That’s right…someone woke up the cottonwood trees. These trees provide us with lots of pretty green and cool shade but they also shower us with that nasty cotton. It’s snowing in June now, as the cotton flies and piles up all over the place.

For those of us with seasonal (or year-long, really) allergies, this cotton is not a welcome sight. I’ve actually had a couple of pieces fly up into my motorcycle helmet…yuck!

It’s also time to watch the cooling fins on your air conditioner and keep them free of cotton debris. That stuff will plug up the fins quite quickly. In years past I’ve used a porous foam wrap on my AC unit but I don’t have any for this year.

On that note, it’s time to go find a Claritin tab or something.