First we had the “snow” of cherry blossoms everywhere, including indoors, since we like keeping doors and windows open on hot days. Now some kind of yellow pollen is everywhere – on all kinds of surfaces in the kitchen, on the deck furniture, the car and everywhere else. In rain puddles it looks like an invasion of alien goo.

When I photograph a thing, I cannot help doing some research about it. I have now learned that the yellow dusty pollen in puddles is most likely from fir and pine trees, and – unlike most pollen – usually does not cause allergic reactions.