Dandelions

I know they are a weed, but I think there is something truly fabulous about a field full of dandelions. The yellow is such a happy contrast to the green of the grass. I love how soft the petals are and how many there are on one flower. Here's one from childhood:

"Mama had a baby and it's head popped off!" (at which point you "pop" the head off the dandelion. LOL)

They can be eaten the sweet milk is used in food products as well as the flowers themselves in saldas and the like:

http://www.mountain-breeze.com/kitchen/dandelions/
http://frugalliving.about.com/cs/foodtips/a/042302.htm

What I like about dandelions the most though is how quickly they grow and turn to seed. One day there are pretty yellow flowers and the next white puffy cotton-ball flowers "wish flowers" we used to call them and we made wishes as we blew them away on the wind!

I took some pics yesterday, the first was taken this morning and the second this evening.