dandelion fluff

The Dandelion.. It is french "dent de lion" and it means "lion's tooth". There are so many different names for it in different languages and they all mean different things. Its pretty cool.. The other day I was outside jumping on the trampoline. I got off and decided I wanted to go back in time to my childhood when I saw a dandelion fluff.. Who hasn't picked one of these and blown the seeds all over to make a wish? If you're one of those few who haven't, I insist you do! You are missing out. Or at least kick it to spread the seeds and make a wish like most boys do.


There's even a facebook group for it -- Making a Wish on a Dandelion Seed.

Or you can buy a t-shirt with that design on it here. How cool is that? There are also magnets.

So make a wish! :)

Will to Live

I think of all things that show a zest
For life, the dandelion beats the rest.
The little winged seeds from its white fluff ball
Settle and grow with no urging at all.
Settle in most unlikely places
And soon there's a crop of dandelion faces.

They are man's worst pest, but a child's playthings.
Sometimes I wish I had light down wings
Like a dandelion seed, and could settle at will
On a velvety lawn or a sun-spread hill,
And live with the eagerness and zest
Of the wanton little dandelion pest.

- MARY TRIPLETT


THE DANDELION CLOCK

I picked a dandelion clock
And I held it near my nose
I blew the pretty fluff away
And counted up my blows

"It's one o'clock, it's two o'clock
I gave a great big puff -
"It's three o'clock, it's four o'clock"
Away went all the fluff

My dandelion clock was right
For mother called to me
"Come in and wash your grubby hands
It's nearly time for tea"

- Ivy Russell