AAAhhhhhchoooo

Last week, in the local paper, was an article recommending that those suffering from asthma ensure that they have enough medication, as the pollen from the pine trees was due. This was something that diddn't apply to Ed or myself, so I simply dismissed the article.

This week, I understand the implication! As Ed drove out of the drive, with the digger, the cab of the machine touched the branches of our pine trees, and a huge cloud of yellow/green pollen wafted out. In the week, as the delivery truck left the back garden I saw it again, as his cab touched the trees. On Saturday, we had a little breeze which was enough to send clouds of pollen everywhere. I had never seen anything like it before. Everything is covered in a fine film of yellow/green dust. Sweeping the livingroom results in a pile of coloured dust, rather than the normal pile of dirt from outside.

Looking at next doors garden, we could see swathes of dust. We then looked across to the bottom of the mountain (covered with pine trees) and the whole of the mountain was covered with a smog of pollen. (Jamie - don't come over in early March!)

Apparently it is not this bad every year. Everything is covered. Cars, slabs, patio tables and chairs, even the ground is a strange yellow green. It is very fine, and simply blows off everything, but there is so much of it!