Spring has sprung: Blooming flowers, green trees, bring pesky pollen

Photo by Johnny Jackson Air temperatures in near downtown Hampton reached regularly the upper 70s by mid-morning most of last week, as flowers and trees continued their early bloom.

Automobiles and porches throughout the Southern Crescent are coated like powdered donuts in a bakery, as flowers blossom and tree foliage blooms into full canopies on this official first day of spring. But the pollen-dusted outdoors, glowing a green-yellowish hue in the sunshine, is giving allergy sufferers fits.

Some Dos and Donts to follow during the pollen and mold season for allergy sufferers:

Do keep windows closed at night; use air conditioning, which cleans, cools and dries the air.

Do minimize early morning (outdoor) activity when pollen is most usually emitted (between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m.).

Do keep your car windows closed, if you drive to work or school, while out shopping, etc.

Do stay indoors when the pollen count or humidity is high and on windy days when dust and pollen are whipped about.

Do take your vacation during the height of the pollen season to a place more pollen-free (such as a beach).

Dont mow lawns or be around freshly cut grass; mowing stirs up pollens and molds.

Dont rake leaves (it also stirs up molds).

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Spring has sprung: Blooming flowers, green trees, bring pesky pollen