A New Year

Well, this blog was started last year...and nothing happened. Life got busy; I didn't sit down and journal. So, my lovely blog sat empy - gathering dust.



Well, this is a new year. Yeah, I know its April but we just held our Annual New Year's Day Open House with Wild Bill's Sourdough Waffles, so I can start this anew and afresh.



It's Springtime in NM and that means pollen. I suppose folks other places have pollen, but we usually just have dust. A friend commented one day that she could "smell the rain". New Mexico is a desert, so what you smell is usually just dust. Dust smells dry and dusty, but sometimes, sometimes you can actually smell the fragrance of spring, or an alfalfa field. However, pollen. Monday's mulberry pollen count was 18 - Medium. Tuesday's mulberry pollen count was 1000+ - that's Very High. Many had a scratchy throat and a rough voice. Today's mulberry was nearly 2000! My nose, my throat, my mouth, my eyes all itched. On the way into work I was fussing and said, "Lord, what You need to do is wash the air." The day got colder and greyer and by tonight a light rain was falling. I sang as I walked to my car, "He's gonna wash that pollen right out of the air." Thanks, Lord.