The house is surrounded by evergreens and this time of year they cut loose with heavy, yellow pollen. It's actually pretty amazing but it means having to wait to put in screens and open windows until well into June if we don't want it everywhere in the house. Last night I left the window over the kitchen sink open a crack and this morning the counter was covered in pollen.

The house is old, plaster and lath construction, so it takes a while to warm up and so far with fairly low humidity it's been comfortable but still it's been warm enough to take the edge off my appetite.

That and an overdose of caffein. I picked up what I thought would be a 'diet treat', The Republic of Tea's Pomegranate Green Tea and I made some as iced tea yesterday. I didn't expect such a wicked caffein buzz and it pretty much killed my appetite for the afternoon. Not exactly a diet strategy I want to depend on.