I'm over in Asheville now with my sister. We spent the day in Pisgah National Forest, starting at Brevard, and climbing up to Mt. Pisgah (by car - not hiking), and stopped at every turn out we came to. Up high it is still quite early spring, but there were trout lilies and cut-leaf toothwort just starting to bloom, a beautiful small yellow violet that I was tempted to dig, and rattlesnake plantain with leaves just unfurling. At lower elevations along a creek or two, golden ragwort was blooming.

Tomorrow we are going to go spend a good portion of the day at the North Carolina Arboretum.

It was good to have a reprieve from tree pollen, but we are back down in Asheville now, and the coughing and drippy nose have started again. (whine.)