Earl Moore Photography
Those bare branches are bare no more - Spring

I was going over the signs of spring in my head the other day and decided to list them:

  • sneezing, itchy eyes and running noise requiring daily allergy medicine ✔
  • yellow pollen on my car deep enough to write your name in ✔
  • random thunderstorms causing our dogs to whine, seek shelter and then require constant reassurance ✔
  • mowing the yard every five days ✔

Yelp, spring is here. :-)

Earl Moore Photography
The green of new Spring growth

Then there are good points as well.


20 Comments

  1. I think I recognize those Dogwood! It’s definitely been a tough spring, allergy-wise. Before long we’ll be talking about the heat!

    • Tom, matter of fact, both of these photos were products of our Saturday walk…I’m sure you might see a few more in the near future as well. :-)

      You’re right…the heat and humidity will be the next subject.

  2. It’s a different kind of spring here; rainy and forty-five degrees.

    • Steve…I love this spring, except for those allergies. Your’s sounds a little too cool and damp for my taste.

  3. I’ll take Steve’s version of Spring, every day. Otherwise a flame-thrower for hazel, birch et. al. would do nicely. As none of these wishes will be granted, I retreat to my office in the basement where it’s dark and cool until I can move into my projected Alaskan pineapple farm ;)

    • Markus, I well understand retreating into your cave awaiting the passing of all this pollen. I sometimes have to use that same tactic during the very worst periods. I just learned something new…that saying about “the Alaskan pineapple farm.” :-)

  4. Alaskan pineapple farm? Is there a market for that? :-)

    I’ve had a head cold the past 6 days which is unusual for me. I hardly deal with any illness. You cause me to wonder if maybe I’m dealing with an allergy rather than a cold. No matter, I do love Spring, right after Fall, which is my favorite season.

    • Monte, the expression “pineapple farming in Alaska” was coined by an ultraconservative Bavarian politician, now late, to denote something ultimately improbable. If he only could know what climate change might do…

      Allergies unfortunately can turn up in later years, as they did with my father. I hope for you it was just a normal head cold.

    • Monte, as bad as this sounds, I hope it’s just a cold too. As Markus indicated of his father, my father also developed allergies later in life. He was a farmer and never suffered until after he was in his sixties.

      Spring might become my favorite season if it were not for allergies, but they are what they are so Fall wins out.

  5. Fortunately, my allergies went the other way. I suffered dearly with them when I was young. So much so that my eyes would swell shut from all of the rubbing. Back then, as I remember, there were no over the counter allergy medicines. Now, we have quite a few. My allergies usually don’t kick up until September with the ragweed, but when they do, a dose of Claritin always does the trick.

    I just love spring, the serious temperature swings (I love cool/cold mornings and warm afternoons). I’m not too fond of all of the pollen, though. It does, however, give me an interesting looking car! :)

    • Paul, you are fortunate about Spring allergies. Claritin helps me but it also makes me feel slightly drugged. I’ve got to agree with you about the temperatures…they are great!

  6. I have developed rather mild allergies as I have gotten older – it mostly results in some pretty severe sinus headaches. My drug of choice is now Zyertec-D or the generic equivalents. No druggy side effects, and seems to keep most of it at bay. Just the stuff can be expensive. Cool shots Earl.

    • Mark, I think I tried Zyertec-D and while I think it helped with the allergies it made me sleepy. I’m sensitive to many drugs even those that often claim non-drowsy, but maybe I need to try it again. Thanks!

  7. I sympathize with the allergy suffers (my wife included) of the world. The fall pollen is the harshest for her and it’s particularly bad since we live near a lot of open fields where ragweed grows rampant.
    I like these shots, especially the dogwood. You’re way ahead of us in the blooms.

    • Ken, I only suffer during the Spring so I count myself lucky in that regard!

      It’s been like late Spring here for a couple of weeks now and the plants are going crazy trying to catch up with the season. :-)

      Thanks!

  8. That fresh green growth has such a fine look. Very appealing image that help’s me wait for real spring.

    • Don, that greenery almost looks nice enough to make a salad out of doesn’t it…probably would taste awful. :-)

  9. I thought I’d be safe from the pollen out here in the southwestern desert, Earl. Not so. Lots of people sneezing and hacking – just like me. Allegra is selling like crazy. What the hell is happening to this planet this year, anyway?

    • Paul, I don’t know…I’m only hoping this is an unusual year and not the beginning of things more sinister.