SPRING SNOW

[Templar]

WELL ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN WHEN THE COTTONWOOD TREES DO THEIR THING.........THEY DROP THEIR SEEDS WHICH ARE LIKE DANDELIONS WHEN THEY TURN INTO THOSE PUFF BALLS AND BLOW AROUND ONLY THESE ARE SMALLER AND NUMBER IN THE MILLIONS....THEY CLING TO THE GRASS...PLANTS.....PORCHES....AND IT TAKES A GOOD RAIN TO BRING THEM DOWN AND WASH THEM AWAY......MEANTIME THEY ARE EVERYWHERE AND YOU CAN'T EVEN OPEN YOUR DOOR WITHOUT LETTNG THEM BLOW INSIDE.....MY BLACK LAB GOES OUT TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AND SHE COMES INTO THE HOUSE LIKE A SHEDDING SHEEP.....JUST AN OBSERVATION ON DPTING IN MICHIGAN...............
      YOUT SERVANT.................THE TEMPLAR

[scottishmoney]

Funnily enough they have a very similar tree in Ukraine, that does the same thing.  And it really is kind of fun to go around with matches or a lighter and "poof" the little white clouds all over the ground.