We heard your sniffled cries, and you’re not imagining it: allergies suck this year.

Find it in salad dressings, pasta sauces, smoothies, and cocktails.

The Washington Post confirms today what I feared last night, as I watched the friendly bartender on the roofdeck at DC9 spend a sizable amount of time wiping tree sperm from the counters which wind around the space — it’s pollen season, alright. Pollen levels have hit “very high” levels this week in the Washington region, meaning everyone who’s allergic to the stuff is really suffering.

The pollen depicted by christaki is better seen than felt. Ugh, if only. Apparently this allergen looms so large in D.C. this spring that you can find and photograph big piles of it. This image might actually be a closeup of my eye or nostril….