Something in the air -- pollen!

For a big city, Kharkiv has a lot of trees -- especially poplar trees (топол in Russian). For the past three weeks, those trees have been giving off cotton-like tufts of pollen. People call it пох (I think; they might be saying пах). It's everywhere: in the air, on the ground ... When I go running, it gets into my mouth.

Fortunately, we've had a little rain, and that keeps the stuff from floating in the air so much.