More and more Spring

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Past weekend I had to leave Iya for a while.  In other parts of the world cherry blossoms were in full bloom, and in some cases already past the full bloom and petals were falling.  In Iya the blossoms were just the buds still.  Seasons were moving on without me knowing about it.

But when I returned to Iya it was full bloom here as well.  Spring is a pleasant season by itself, but it is more so the harsher the winter is.  This past winter was the harshest winter I have ever experienced so far (water frozen, below freezing temperature inside the house, roads covered with ice so that I could not use cars...) so this spring is going to be really great.  But, with the spring comes the pollens in the air, and in Iya where there are so much plantations the pollens are so much harsher.  Things never go all pleasant at once I guess.