The sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the whole world calls me outside…into the pollen.

And while I’m at it, why not just open the windows and let the pollen in too? There’s a loblolly pine in almost every view, each with its clusters of pollen sending wafts into the beautiful breeze. But I love Houston’s spring weather, and this week I started to itch for some spring cleaning. While itching all over. I’ll just keep popping my allergy pills and reveling in it.

This also means that I’m not prepared for a post today. I’ll be prepared next week for Surah 22, and in the meantime I hope you treat your eyes to some long distance vistas of the coming green. Cheers.