Dandelions
I’m sure each and every one of us, as children, loved picking up those stupid dandelions, blowing on them, and watching all of the tiny little cotton-white fuzzies float through the air. Some “grown-up” probably told you that if you did this, these weeds would sprout up every where. Hell, you didn’t see the problem with that. The more the merrier! Why do you care? You’re going to pick those ones too, soon as they turn white, and repeat.
And then, you got older. Now you’re the one telling the kids not to spread weeds on your lawn. But, who likes worrying about weeds? I say dandelions can be a treat. Stop worrying so damn much about everything! You know you want to pick those cottony white flowers, give a good puff of air, and watch blissfully as they float off into the sky, or at least off the ground for a few minutes. You can even make a wish.
Personally, I always thought the magic was in the fact that they were yellow and kind of cute one day, and the next they were snow white and globe-shaped. I think it took a while for me to figure out they were even the same thing.
And here is some advice for after you go crazy and let the yellow dandelions grow everywhere:
Make dandelion wine. Or salad. Wine is probably more fun. But seriously, did you know these things were edible? We should seriously stop wasting them, spraying poison on them, and ripping them out of the ground. Why are we such bastards to nature? At least use them for something if you’re going to tear them out of the ground every time they appear.
I recommend the book “Making Stuff and Doing Things” by Kyle Bravo and Jenny LeBlanc for a good sounding Dandelion Wine recipe. I haven’t gotten a chance to put it to use yet, (Let me know if you have like a million dandelions I can have and I totally will) but the book itself has some really cool stuff in it so I trust that the recipe is good too (and will try to post it once I find my book AND when I make the wine, I will definitely write about how it turns out). It’s a little late in the season, but if you keep it in mind, I will too. ;D
I hope everyone has a great week!
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Dani(elle)
