tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post8798743819809327903..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: 8o'clock, not noticed, saxophoneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-68164381446881596242009-05-23T14:14:58.119+01:002009-05-23T14:14:58.119+01:00Perhaps in adulthood one becomes sadly aware of th...Perhaps in adulthood one becomes sadly aware of the fact one is spreading weed seeds around, though of course they spread themselves around without our help anyway.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-75588193338656647862009-05-22T17:32:12.493+01:002009-05-22T17:32:12.493+01:00Making a wish seems more practical than blowing an...Making a wish seems more practical than blowing and counting the hours. No one has ever suggested that dandelion clocks can truly tell the time, but granting wishes.. Why not?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-1361331822666427532009-05-22T16:51:40.500+01:002009-05-22T16:51:40.500+01:00We do have a custom of blowing the seeds off the h...We do have a custom of blowing the seeds off the head of a dandelion. One must make a wish, silently (preferred), then blow hard. If all the seeds are blown off, the wish will come true quickly and as wished. If some seeds are left, then the wish will take longer to come true and might not be exactly as wished for, with length of time and result of wish determined by how many seeds are left. That's the one I grew up with, and there might be others.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-73686678667054251542009-05-22T13:57:47.307+01:002009-05-22T13:57:47.307+01:00Friend Crow: It is, I suppose, an English custom. ...Friend Crow: It is, I suppose, an English custom. You hold the seed head and and blow on it. You count the number of blows counting the hours as you go. If it takes six blows to dispose of all the seeds, it is six o'clock. This is why the globes of silver seeds are known as dandelion clocks. Do you not have custom in America?<br />Crows have sharp eyes. I hadn't noticed the teeth on the seeds. Thank you for pointing them out.<br /><br />Zhoen:<br />Malingering Plutarch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-2274554004325989282009-05-22T02:37:35.397+01:002009-05-22T02:37:35.397+01:00Lingering seeds.
Lingering knickers.
Lingering n...Lingering seeds.<br /><br />Lingering knickers.<br /><br />Lingering notes.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-26031181721653568492009-05-21T18:23:21.927+01:002009-05-21T18:23:21.927+01:00Friend Joe:
How does one tell time with a dandeli...Friend Joe:<br /><br />How does one tell time with a dandelion?<br /><br />Upon expanding your photo, I see for, the first time in my almost 62 years, that dandelion seeds are also toothed, like the leaves; only smaller, of course. I like discoveries of this sort. They make me want to giggle with delight like when I was a child.<br /><br />:)The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.com