Dandelion Season

April 16, 2012  •  Leave a Comment

Day 106

Everyone tries to get rid of the dandelions, my grandfather used to have this pointy thing on the end of a long stick he used to dig them up with, my father uses fertilizers and weed killers, my grandmother used to pick the greens and eat them in salads, even little kids pop the heads off them. But as you know you can't get rid of them, you can mow them up, they keep coming back, you can put all the chemicals you want on your lawn, they eventually come back, so I say why not enjoy them for what they are? Little yellow polka dots decorating the lawn, I kind of like them because on  gray rainy day like today their yellow color was like a zillion little dots of sunshine to brighten everything up.

 

"You cannot forget if you would those golden kisses all over the cheeks of the meadow, queerly called dandelions." -Henry Ward Beecher

 

 

 

 


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