Betulaceae, Thy Art my Cryptonite.

Today the Pollen count hit the ceiling. Every year this happens, and every year I am just as surprised to find myself floored around the time the weather turns warm.

I've often said that there are two weeks of good weather in Chicago every year - one as hot summer turns to cold winter, and another when cold winter turns to hot summer. 

I was wrong. As it turns out, there is one week of good weather in Chicago each year.












Electron microscope image of various pollen species [wikipedia]

A night in the toopia

A night of madness ensued with sadly few photos taken. Participating characters were captured early on however. Le Vorris and Vox does Looptopia, featuring:

Mustache Adam

Mad Hatted Bryan

Rosy cheeked Willy

Smile I'm Ricky and yellow pearl

Side-Glanced Thom

72343 Sadie

Y Yo

And sadly but spectacularly, the only actual looptopia scene captured - the imaginative redmoon potatoe land