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Tag: Dandelion

  • Circles

    We listen to podcasts. Kyria Swisher’s “Sway” is one of the best. She talked with Larry Ellison yesterday. He made the new “Top Gun” movie with Tom Cruise. Everything is done in camera. Tom Cruise put together a “learn to fly” program so that everybody who was supposed to fly could fly. He, like Larry…

  • Like Stars

    These things are delicate, very delicate. They usually last less than a day. Wind, water and animals destroy them just by touching them. They can be very hard to photograph. Get too close and they sway in the light breeze you created. Get even closer, touch them and they fall apart. Stand over them to…

  • Changes

    All the yellows of the day. There’s a song with that line in it, but I can’t remember it. Not Kodachrome. That was “greens of summer.” There’s a little place by the sidewalk that I can be sure to find dandelions. Every year. Right about now. I don’t know about you, but they make me…

  • Just Dandy

    Just Dandy. See what I did there? Spring arrived. The time of allergies. The time of sneezing. Not from this little guy, but from Live Oaks. So much pollen. More pollen in years. At least, that’s what the weather person said who comes on at six. Everybody is sneezing around here. Even the dogs. None…

  • Life During…

    “This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco This ain’t no fooling around This ain’t no mudd club, or C.B.G.B. I ain’t got time for that now” — The Talking Heads I awoke with the song “Life During Wartime” in my head. I had to hear it. The best version in our library is from…

  • The Heart

    You belong among the wildflowers. The first line of Tom Petty’s second album. Wildflowers. I found this on — what else — a dog walk. These wildflowers are little teeny-tiny things. That “big” bloom is less than the size of a dime. Ten cents. About an 1/8 of a Euro. That’s what attracted me to…

  • Gentle

    What is it? A weed? A flower? We started this discussion yesterday. Since I like nature’s offerings, I think this is a wildflower. It’s fragile. You can blow a dandelion away in a couple of seconds. Its seeds will be scattered. You’ll be sneezing. You’ll deserve it. Don’t mess with Mother Nature. Don’t mess with…

  • Spring Flowers

    Spring. It arrived in Louisiana a little early. I’m sorry for those of you who are in the freezing cold. And, hate it. Not to worry, I’m looking at an early and very hot, humid summer. I don’t like that any more than you like the cold. That’s it. For today. Maybe for the foreseeable future. No…

  • Dandelion in Hiding

    Dandelion. This is what I found. Blowball, Cankerwort, Cochet, Common Dandelion, Couronne de Moine, Dandelion Extract, Dandelion Herb, Délice Printanier, Dent-de-Lion, Diente de Leon, Dudal, Endive Sauvage, Fausse Chicorée, Florin d’Or, Florion d’Or, Herba Taraxaci, Laitue de Chien, Leontodon taraxacum, Lion’s Teeth, Lion’s Tooth, Pisse au Lit, Pissenlit, Pissenlit Vulgaire, Priest’s Crown, Pu Gong Ying,…