Um... why is the rain yellow??

[dreamshark]

This is not a picture of paint splatters. It is a picture of dried up rain drops (from yesterday, presumably) on a shiny metal table. There are similar yellow raindrop marks on nearby glass table tops. WTF? No wonder my asthma is acting up!

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[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Here in Massachusetts, the yellow pollen comes from pine trees with air bladders. Actually, it's the pollen that has the air bladders, not the trees themselves, which I just learned tonight. The pollen is so large that it's apparently rarely an allergen, but it damn near did me in the first two years I lived here. The third year, I was in the midwest during the pertinent weeks in May, and ever since it's been like my body finally figured out how to cope with it.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

I found other references to the yellow pine tree pollen in east coast states (mostly North Carolina) but no references in the midwest. Might be a kind of pine that is less common here. We have no pines in our yard, but there is a HUGE pine in a yard across the alley and 2 houses down, so it might be that.