... cotton...
...everywhere!
Our cottonwood trees are prolific this season. The right breeze can cause heavy "snow"-showers. For those who live with it every year, it takes work to see beauty in what sticks to every plant and gives the whole lawn a grey hue.
But I still remember the awe with which others' unaccustomed eyes enjoyed the sight during the hot summer semester I spent at university. And I can picture the way we used to play with it as kids - gathering the drifts from the front steps and even stuffing a doll pillow with the damp fibers, which soon turned smelly!
Though we may not see much beauty in the yearly deluge, maybe we can still see humor and sing, "Snow-puffs that lodge in my nose and eyelashes..."
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