Sneezing and a bit of watery eyes are my classic symptoms for allergy responses. For the last 1-2 weeks, I have had intermittent episodes of sneezind and watery eyes. I just finished moving some of the felled trees from the backyard to the wood rack behind the garage, and I am sneezing. About two weeks ago, we had a
massive pollen release, probably from the western red cedar trees with contributions from others. I say
massive because there was a coating of yellow on everything. The black asphalt of the driveway became brownish. The black enamel of the BBQ became brownish and took on a crust after a cook. Cars were covered in yellow dust. It was bad, but I did not react. Well, maybe a little, but nothing serious. After moving the firewood, I am stuffed up and sneezing. It is not as bad as some of the November episodes in Chicago and Boston, but it is worse than normal in Seattle.
On a more positive note, I saw two hummingbirds at the feeder today and they were each comfortable in the presence of the other. Normally, two hummingbirds would be ballet-fighting over the feeder and only one would remain, however these two were clearly traveling together. The second part of the surprise is that the hummingbird population took a drop in February or March down to one-a-week or so. The population is now rising again. It is still low - about one a day - but that is well above the one-a-week rate that I was adapting to. Nice to have them back.
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