Beautiful allergy season (photo)

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

I’m allergic to tree pollen, and birch trees are just about the most allergenic.  Plus I hate the way fallen pollen adheres to our shoes and gets tracked into the house every spring. 

But I do love the look of those drooping catkins.  They remind me of party lanterns strung across a patio.  Last night, illuminated by porch light in the gloaming (love that word :)), they were so striking against the twilight sky that I had to snap this photo. 

birch tree pollen/catkins

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About Katherine Wikoff

I am a college professor (PhD in English, concentration rhetoric) at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I teach film and media studies, political science, digital society, digital storytelling, writing for digital media, and communication. While fragments of my teaching and scholarship interests may quite naturally meander over to my blog, this space is intended to function as a creative outlet, not as part of my professional practice. Opinions are my own, etc.
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1 Response to Beautiful allergy season (photo)

  1. 35andupcynicismonhold's avatar 35andupcynicismonhold says:
    May 12, 2013 at 8:49 am

    am allergic to pollen myself. but i always forget, haha. 😉

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