Aaa-choo!

One of the joys of living in Hotlanta is how beautiful it is in the spring.  Really, it's spectacular.  But then there is the pollen.

I read about pollen counts and people sneezing in New York City and other parts of the country, and I laugh.  Because they are griping when the pollen count is 300.  Now, 300 is high, I'll give you that.  But folks, you ain't seen nothing.

This is today's pollen count.  It is 2,967, and I think it will go higher - I've seen pollen counts as high as 6,000 here.  One year when the pollen was at this level, I was stuck at a dead stop in downtown traffic and had a major asthma attack.  (I carry an inhaler at all times now - I'm not repeating that horror.)

We are living on Claritin here.  And using lots of tissues.  Even the cats are sneezing, poor things.  And this is part of the reason.

Here's the little dogwood in our front yard.  The white dogwoods are blooming, and the pink ones are not far behind.

This is in my side yard.  I'll be durned if I know what it is, but I see these blooming everywhere.  Such a gorgeous purple color.

The azaleas are starting to bloom.

Phlox is out in force.

And one of my all-time favorite spring flowers is now blooming - wisteria.  It grows wild along the road (it's a vine).

And sometimes people train it.  Isn't the wisteria pretty on this garden gate?

I've been cleaning and relaxing on my time off.  I've tried to organize my HDT - more on that another time - and I'm getting Curly's old room ready to paint a soothing blue.  And I've been working on the Kittie blankie.

See?  It's getting big.  It's 30 inches long and 17 wide - getting wider by the day.  (I've folded it under so you don't see the unfinished edges that look icky.)

I think it's soft and nice.  Should be good for a sweet baby.

Cisco, my big kitty, brought us a present this morning.  I found it on the doorstep of the front door, beheaded.  Yes, Cisco killed the Easter Bunny. The head was next to it, leaving us ALL the good parts.  Um, thanks?

I will be kind and not show you the picture.  Cisco has no remorse about this.  In fact, he can sleep peacefully.  Sophie doesn't seem perturbed either.

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