Ah, the Pacific Northwest. An area of the country that has amazing hiking trails, excellent camping sites, and lakes that are not spoiled, unless a low-level quake disrupts a sewer line. It also holds the wonders of trees, not like back on the east coast of the United States where one sees the mighty Oaks, giant Willow, or the lovely use to flower Maples. No out here are the Pines, Juniper, and shrubs of the high desert variety. And that means, one had better love their local beekeeper and/or source of local honey because the invisible kick starter to those flowers we all love, pollen, rides the waves of the wind.

At this point my sinuses are field-daying with the pollen, along with waking up to half swollen eyes in the morning. If that wasn’t enough…the nose. It’s like a race at all the upper gates! Cause let us not forget the ears and throat that receive the drip. Golly day. Now, with the over-the-counter fast acting 12-hour relief, my nose is terrified of another tissue touching its now sensitive skin. I can say that even with the investment of aloe tissue, it has been blown and rubbed out with vast quantities of phlegm that I didn’t know could be produced. Talk about a frequency clean out and shift, since this my first season and last time, of experiencing allergies. Source always finds a method to clear out the old to aid us in getting out of our own way…even with pollen.