Yellow Ranunculus

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Have I mentioned that my allergies have gone bezerk? Another way I know that spring has arrived is when I am stuck purchasing every over-the-counter antihistamine known to humanity and taking two to three times as much as I am supposed to, just so I can breathe. Yes, this is tremendously expensive.

Yellow Ranunculus, Ranunculus abortivus, in a flower box outside a restaurant in NYC.

Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger].

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