Dandelion Clocks

Dandelion Time

mother nature
freshens her
palette and
paints
dandelions
to dot our lawns
like tiny
short lived
suns,
their lance-like
leaves a
delicacy for 
some.
warm days 
go by,
yellow brilliance
fades to
globe-like seed
heads with
individual,
silver, ephemeral
parachutes 
that wait 
for wind and
wishes
puffed with
counted breaths
to tell the
time
in childrens’ 
games.

My first Blipfoto journal post, 5486 days ago was a dandelion seedhead. The phrase, dandelion clock was unknown to me. I blew millions of these soft parachutes into the air as a child, unaware that each puff could count as an hour of time. A comment that day was puzzling and I googled some queries for an answer. Thanks to blip, it was the first of so many things learned by being a member of this community.

My first blip is in the extra and here is the comment...

"What time is it, Mr. Wolf?"


For the Record,
This day came in dark and cloudy. The showers held off till afternoon, but it's rainy and very chilly now.

All hands so happy it's Friday.