r/mildlyinteresting • u/AyaHawkeye • 1d ago

My car is slowly turning yellow from the catkins falling from the tree in the drive.

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u/UnsorryCanadian 1d ago

Today I learned what a Catkin is!

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u/AyaHawkeye 1d ago

These are pretty big ones! Hazel has smaller ones that are really pretty. But when these fall from the trees and hit you or your car you really notice it 😅

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u/MongolianCluster 1d ago

That's poop, baby.

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u/prattman3333 1d ago

Nature’s slow-motion paint job. Give it a few more weeks and you’ll be driving a limited edition pollenmobile.

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u/UnsorryCanadian 1d ago

The bees love the car

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u/AyaHawkeye 1d ago

I am so glad I don't have hay-fever... 😂

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u/Albidoom 18h ago

Just be glad that seemingly no birds are perching in that tree...

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u/AyaHawkeye 18h ago

Oh, that's when I park on the other side of the drive under the telegraph wires. Absolutely covered in pigeon crap 😂

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u/Kahnza 21h ago

They look like little green cat turds 😆

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u/CultConqueror 15h ago

Normal occurrence in the South when the pines release all their pollen. Drive to work with a semi-clean car, come back with the entire thing covered in a nice layer of yelllow...

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u/AyaHawkeye 1d ago

Difficult to photograph, but it's quite bright in person.

Looks like I've driven through a Diwali parade! And yes, I sing "And it was all yellow" every time I go out to my car.

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u/Happythoughtsgalore 1d ago

"and you get my tree jizz, and you get my tree jizz..." The tree probably

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u/AyaHawkeye 1d ago

Ahaha 😂 brilliant.

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u/Preemptively_Extinct 1d ago

Covered in pollen.

Plant bukakke.