Leigh wrote:

> , but I imagine
> there is a variety of tree out there (no willows) that with this
> strange, strange weather (its going to hit 70 today), is putting out
> some pollen.  I hear, closer to the city were George is, the
> daffodils are starting to flower.

Pussy Willow are a classic early pollen source and are small bushes so
generally unseen. It comes in - along with Poplar - before the daffodils
bloom here in Maine. It is surprising where so much early pollen comes
from.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, ME