Time for Annual Pollen Outbreak Here in Gainesville

A few weeks ago, I dismally observed a thin coating of green vegetation on my car one morning.  Oh no, I thought...here comes the pollen again to ruin my life as it has recently with the coming of each spring...only it was still winter (and still is, for that matter).   But that portentous green stuff apparently wasn't the worst of it, no, just the start...other plants, more harmful in their effects, have now swung into attack emitting their noxious products into the air, by now a soup of massive annoyance.  I am prone to respiratory allergies, you see, and usually end up taking Zyrtec or Claritin to fight off the symptoms, which involve congested sinuses, headaches, sore throat, and sneezing fits. These pollen waves will go on for the next few weeks until they finally abate...by that time we'll be back into the hot, sweltering dog days of summer...even it is still springtime...

We barely had a winter here in north central Florida...usually, the grass and bushes take at least a couple of months off from growing during this season, but this year they've continued right on through as if we lived down in the tropics.  As a matter of fact, cold weather has been markedly absent most of the time in recent winters.  There is definitely something going on with the warming climate, whether you want to deny it or not...