The pollen is one thing. Then there's the maple twirly things. I've been inundated with them. They're bad every year but this is the worst in the 7 years I've been in this house. The wretched things drive me nuts. they clog the gutters, get stuck in the space beneath the windsheild wipers of the car, cover my flower beds and burrow their foul little selves into the gravel in my driveway making it look like crap.
I've blown two 30 gallon trashcans full out of the driveway and they're back all over it again. So far I've raked another can and a half out of the worst spots in the yard and have a bunch to go. I haven't even started on the flower beds and gutters yet. I have to get as many up as I can before I mulch or I'll have a million baby maple trees coming up through the mulch.