Weekending (206/365)

[white_hart]

This weekend I have (a) made a pair of wide-leg trousers in a very nice blue shot cotton: (b) cut out and assembled a set of mermaid-scale print underwear (it just needs elastic now); and (c) swum twice in the river and once in the lake. I have also listened to a large number of podcasts while sewing, watched an episode of Midsomer Murders and read some of The Night Circus.

I'm feeling awfully tired for the end of the weekend, but I suspect that's mostly down to having terrible hayfever now the weather has broken (for some reason, my hayfever is always worse on rainy days - I don't know if the rain shakes the pollen into the air or something).

At least four-day weeks feel much easier than five-day weeks.

Comments

[sfred]

That sounds like a lot of doing!

[anna_wing]

Thunderstorm asthma, perhaps. My understanding is that the pollen absorbs water and bursts into smaller fragments which make asthma worse in people who have issues, and creates issues for people who would normally not have issues.

https://allergyasthmanetwork.org/news/thunderstorm-asthma/

I was in Melbourne when the 2016 event happened, and city hospitals were overwhelmed by emergency admissions. Several people died.

[tree_and_leaf]

Apparently there's a difference between light rain and heavy rain. Light rain does reduce the pollen count, partly because plants don't produce as much in the wet, partly because it washes it out of the air, but heavy rain, as you say, whips it up into the air.

[white_hart]

Ah! I'm glad there is an actual scientific basis for it.