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Entirely sympathize. Our Siberian Irises finally sent up shoots and bloomed. Trying to appreciate amidst the symphony of sneezes and coughs around here.

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I bet your irises are beautiful. šŸ˜ Iā€™d love to see a picture, if you can take one without sneezing too hard

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Itā€™s almost too picture-postcard-beautiful here in NC. So much to take in... Ah-chooo!!! The clouds of pollen! Creatively, I much prefer a chilly gray autumn morning.

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I love both the heat of summer and the chill of fall, anything but the pollen shower of spring!

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Apr 14, 2023Liked by Jason McBride

Allergies are the band of my existence in the spring time.

On a side note: my cousin was a senate intern just a couple of years ago. He graduates from George Mason this May. šŸ„³

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Being an intern was such an amazing experience. I was a young polo-sci student back then and the experience was like catnip for me. I hope your cousin like their experience and that you find some respite from allergies this season!

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I am SO with you!! And I love this comic and haiku!! I'm in Vancouver WA and I don't like Spring either!! Summer is barely tolerable. I much prefer the PNW Fall and Winter!!!

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I live down in Salem, and boy is there a big difference in my health between fall and spring!

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I hear you! Hang in there... someday Fall will come again...

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I do year round allergies. Worse in spring and fall.

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Apr 17, 2023Liked by Jason McBride

Brilliant poem, and I fully understand about the feeling to spring. Although I am adamant to not let the allergies win. Even with eyes that I want to scratch out of their sockets because they are itching so much, or sneezes that turn into coughs so loud I'm afraid I have to scrape my lungs off the street. But I know the feeling. We were in a beautiful park by a beautiful French castle the other day, and all I could do there is sneeze and cry. Hahaha. Summer is coming, we will be saved.

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Thanks! Yes, Iā€™m anxious for summer to come and end my suffering!

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Ok. Now I'm on the hunt for my ideal T-shirt comic. I'll check out the store in case you already made it. šŸ˜

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Definitely let me know if you have any questions

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Oh, my DH and I are with you, Jason. Spring pollen season here begins in February, even with the cold. We always look forward to AZ's summer monsoon rains.

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Unfortunately for me, Iā€™m even more allergic to desert plants than the temperate climate ones.

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I usually find there is poison ivy in the mix, a couple days later!šŸ™„

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I woke up with a spot of poison oak today! I'm lucky that it's small, because I'm super allergic to it, and if I get it bad enough I have to go on steroids and the rashes get nasty fast. This one is tiny and I got to it before it spread all over. Sometimes I think I wasn't built to go outside. lol

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