Ode to Fall in Texas, Which Really Should be Called "Why I am Contemplating a Move to Arizona".

This...















(For those of you non-Texans, that would be a field of ragweed. Right down the street from my house.)


Plus this...






















(For my non-science mindedfriends out there, this is pollen. Under magnification by a really expensive microscope, of course.)


Equals this:



















Pitiful, isn't it?

















At least we have this little bundle of cuteness and smiles to get us through.