Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for April 16, 2023

Dandelions grow well. Don’t they.

I’m with him.

Yep.

Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Dandelions. Good reminder. I think it’s a good idea to get to at least some of them early by doing a spot spraying with Weed B-Gon.

Dandelions add a sprinkle of colour to what would otherwise be a boring field of green. Anyway, that’s my story….

Dandelions are desired.

I always thought that dandelions would be a prized garden flower if they were hard to grow——- ground cover, pretty yellow flowers that transform to lovely white puff balls, etc.

if they didn’t try to take over every spare inch of yard I’ld like them too.

They look dandy lying there on the grass!

All I can think about when I look out the window this time of year is that I won’t be happy again until October.

I like dandelions. I guess I’m in the minority.

Embrace the yellow.

Another man with the lawn fetish.

good, you’re growing your own food.

I feel your pain, brother!

Both are seemingly correct…..

dandelion (n.)Well-known plant of the daisy family found in Europe, Asia, and North America, with a tapering, milky root, producing one large, yellow flower, late 14th cent., a contraction of dent-de-lioun, from Old French dent de lion, literally “lion’s tooth” (from its toothed leaves), a translation of Medieval Latin dens leonis. From Latin dens (genitive dentis) “tooth,” from PIE root *dent- “tooth” + leonis, genitive of leo “lion” (see lion). Other folk names, like tell-time refer to the custom of telling the time by blowing the white seed (the number of puffs required to blow them all off supposedly being the number of the hour), or to the plant’s regular opening and closing with daylight. Other names refer to its diuretic qualities (Middle English piss-a-bed, French pissenlit).

I mowed the lawn today and was admiring all the dandelions I was cutting! Lots and lots of dandelions! Well, we do have four acres!

Anybody remember the book ‘Dandelion Wine’ from Ray Bradbury?