Are you covered in yellow?

The pollen count this morning in Atlanta was 5,733!!!  The extremely high category starts at 120.  We are 47 times above extremely high.   From what I can tell this is a top 5 pollen count ever.  The highest was in 1999 when it topped 6,000.  It is supposed to rain tomorrow and that will hopefully wash most of it out of the air and off our cars.  However, the pollen count is taken at 7am and the rain isn't supposed to start until later, so tomorrow's pollen count could be even higher!

Here's a link to the Atlanta Allergy Clinic.  They do the official pollen count and have a chart and archives of previous months.

Pretty Tulip

Here Come The Azaleas!

The pink ones are open. The red ones are buddding and the white ones
are right behind them.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!
Spring is my favorite time of year.  My tulips are blooming, the azaleas in front are getting buds, and the dogwoods all opened up in the last couple of days.  The temps have been in the 80's, which is a little above where we should be, but OK with me.  The down side is that the pollen should be jumping way up soon, because the pine trees are getting those yellow things that end up covering everything. 

Here's the latest from my flowers in the front.  The yellow daffodils are starting to die off but the white ones are opening up.  I'm going to cut the hyacinths because they have gotten top heavy and are falling over.  They smell soooo good, like the lilacs I remember growing up in South Bend.  Below that are some pictures of the dogwoods in our neighborhood. 

My First Tulip

Here's the first one. I counted 27 more buds. All that hard work last
fall is paying off!