Pollen Attack!

DAY 98

08 APR 09

In Locked and Loaded, I talked about what pine pollen does to all of metro Atlanta every spring. I thought it'd be nice if I showed you. Here we have pine pollen that has flown and blanketed and turned my truck yellow.

I usually don't bother to even wash my truck until pine season is over; it's futile. You wash your vehicle, and ten minutes later it looks like it hasn't seen water in weeks. It's kind of depressing. So I avoid depression. I conserve water. And my truck runs bath-free for a few weeks.

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Locked and Loaded

DAY 88

29 MAR 09

It's that time of year in Metro Atlanta, the time when everything turns yellow. We recently had snow flurries predicted, one person reported he thought he was seeing snow fall until he noticed it was yellow. Not snow. Pine pollen.

Here, we have pine pollen before it's decided to take flight and blanket my neighborhood. Take a look, you'll see it's right on the edge. Once that pine pollen is on the move, every vehicle in Atlanta is the same color.

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