Springtime in Texas

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Richmond Texas USA
BREAKING: Texas pollen and dust have officially teamed up and reached “can taste the air” levels, and the entire state is now breathing through grit, heat, and stubbornness.
🤠
🌾

It starts innocent.
A light yellow layer on your truck.
You think, “I’ll hit the car wash later.”
That was your first mistake.
Now your vehicle isn’t a color anymore—it’s just
“Texas Spring Edition: Dust + Pollen Combo Pack.”
You hit the windshield wipers and it turns into straight-up mud streaks like the truck just fought the wind and lost.
Out by the fields and backroads, even the cows are standing there squinting like,
“Y’all serious right now?”
Wind’s blowing 30 mph for no reason, carrying half the state with it. One minute it’s clear, next minute it looks like the horizon just disappeared.
People step outside, take one breath, and instantly regret their entire bloodline.
“Yeah… nah. We’ll try again after sunset.”
Meanwhile every porch, truck bed, and lawn chair got a fresh coating overnight like Texas said, “We redecorating—no permission needed.”
Nobody’s cleaning it.
That dust-pollen mix? It owns the place now.
Allergies in Texas aren’t symptoms anymore… they’re a full-time job.
Antihistamines? That’s basically sweet tea with extra steps.
Sneezing hits like a sudden gust—loud, aggressive, and out of nowhere.
You don’t ask, “You sick?”
You ask, “You alright… or did the wind just hit you?”
And the real Texas part?
Somebody is STILL outside.
Boots on.
Grill fired up.
Hat pulled down.
One eye watering.
Dust in their teeth.
Sneezing mid-sentence like nothing happened.
Because in Texas… if the sky’s big and the sun’s out, we’re going outside—
even if the air itself feels like sandpaper and is actively trying to fight us.
Welcome to spring.
Or as Texas calls it:
The Great Dusty Yellow Showdown.
🌬️
🤧


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BREAKING: Texas pollen and dust have officially teamed up and reached “can taste the air” levels, and the entire state is now breathing through grit, heat, and stubbornness.
🤠
🌾

It starts innocent.
A light yellow layer on your truck.
You think, “I’ll hit the car wash later.”
That was your first mistake.
Now your vehicle isn’t a color anymore—it’s just
“Texas Spring Edition: Dust + Pollen Combo Pack.”
You hit the windshield wipers and it turns into straight-up mud streaks like the truck just fought the wind and lost.
Out by the fields and backroads, even the cows are standing there squinting like,
“Y’all serious right now?”
Wind’s blowing 30 mph for no reason, carrying half the state with it. One minute it’s clear, next minute it looks like the horizon just disappeared.
People step outside, take one breath, and instantly regret their entire bloodline.
“Yeah… nah. We’ll try again after sunset.”
Meanwhile every porch, truck bed, and lawn chair got a fresh coating overnight like Texas said, “We redecorating—no permission needed.”
Nobody’s cleaning it.
That dust-pollen mix? It owns the place now.
Allergies in Texas aren’t symptoms anymore… they’re a full-time job.
Antihistamines? That’s basically sweet tea with extra steps.
Sneezing hits like a sudden gust—loud, aggressive, and out of nowhere.
You don’t ask, “You sick?”
You ask, “You alright… or did the wind just hit you?”
And the real Texas part?
Somebody is STILL outside.
Boots on.
Grill fired up.
Hat pulled down.
One eye watering.
Dust in their teeth.
Sneezing mid-sentence like nothing happened.
Because in Texas… if the sky’s big and the sun’s out, we’re going outside—
even if the air itself feels like sandpaper and is actively trying to fight us.
Welcome to spring.
Or as Texas calls it:
The Great Dusty Yellow Showdown.
🌬️
🤧


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have you lived there all your life ... 🤷‍♂️
 
My Weber had a coating of pollen almost as bad as that trucks hood last Saturday.
I washed it off and smoked some ribs.
 
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I can relate, as Arizona has gotten just as bad. Gone are the days when they sent TB patients here for the clean air.

We had a mild winter, causing most everything to bloom early. One can't tell if their symptoms are allergies or a cold/flu half the time.
 
That sounds like loads of fun! I feel sorry you all have to go through that! However, "God Bless Texas!"
AHHHHHHHHHHHH yes but it can also be pretty spectacular when the bluebonnets and wildflowers are in blume.

For the last 29 years Wifie and I would put the top down on our 96 Grand Sport Vette and drive the back roads admiring the wildflowers and Bluebonnets (the State flower of Texas).
Due to Wifie's dementia we are not able to this year. I was able to pick some Bluebonnets from son's yard for her to look at

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Longhorns and wildflowers we aren't in Kansas anymoreToto
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When I first saw your thread title my assumption was that it would be about bluebonnets. A friend from Texas who is 6'5" and 300 pounds has a picture of his full-grown self in the bluebonnets, aping the baby pictures people take in them. It has to be seen to be believed.😂
 
I can relate, as Arizona has gotten just as bad. Gone are the days when they sent TB patients here for the clean air.

I remember when Tucson had "pollen police" who would write a citation if you had too many pollenating plants in your yard.

We moved to Tucson when I was a kid and my father discovered that he was allergic to cactus pollen.
 
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