Warning: This may be disturbing for passionate gardeners!
The poor maligned dandelion
Is really a miracle.
A drop of bright sun in the garden
That turns into a silken parachute.
It glows like a ruby in the sunset
Before ending its life on the wind —
And making wishes come true.
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Lady Fi 
Jag vet inte om det stämmer… men bilderna är fina 🙂
Ha det gott
Halina
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~~~Lady Fi,
You see the beauty in Everything…
This is the reason you have captured my heart. Xx
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Makes wishes come true indeed! Exquisite captures and a beautiful start for my day! Thank you as always for the lovely captures and wonderful words and thoughts!
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They are beautiful too.
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I’m very familiar with these, unfortunately! 😉 Nice shots, they are definitely beautiful in their own respect.
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How i loved making my dandelion wishes & sending them away on the breeze…Thanks for the reminder.
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Snygga bilder …men inte alltid så roliga blommor. Very nice shoots!
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Beautiful captures of this wish maker, LadyFi
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So much beauty in everyday things! Lovely captures.
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Lovely series!
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This post shows we need to see beauty in everything!
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nice…i love dandelions…and always make wishes on them
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Brings back so many childhood memories of blowing on dandelions. The images are absolutely beautiful.
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loved your warning! and your post. 🙂
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A wonderful post! Great bokeh in the last shot!
Hope the wishes come true.
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awesome post.. while you are making wishes make one for me!! 😀
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Interesting this should be your post! I just went biking along a scenic trail and had a few mouthfuls of these! They look much prettier on their stems! Stunning photos as usual!
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Childhood memories oui!
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I love dandelions! We have some dotting Long Hollow right now – I’m going to run out and make a wish!
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You have made me look at those “weeds” ahem in a new light.
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
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Lovely!
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beautiful series, the glowing one is very special and beautiful
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Your photo’s are stunning like always.
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I love dandelions and you got such fantastic shots of its seeds. I spent many a happy hour as a child trying to blow them all off so I’d get my wish.
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I like dandelions. But then I don’t have a lawn of my own to bother about…
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so very lovely~
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The other day Romeo walked right over to a “puffy” dandelion (like the ones in your photos) and ate it. It was funny. I don’t know why he thought it was something to eat!
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Beautiful series of shots!
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So beautiful and fluffy.
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I love the lighting in these photos! Beautiful
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Beautiful, hope all your wishes come true.
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Dandelions are a rite of passage maybe. Children love them but then are taught to hate them because they are “weeds.” Not me, my motto is “green is good” so I still love dandelions. Maybe I just haven’t grown up yet?
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I love them too! In my garden even… yes. Let’s never grow up!
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Wonderful captures all, Fi. Thanks for sharing and wishing you a wonderful week.
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I always thought the seeding dandelion was beautiful, and your shots capture it. Unfortunately I know it means more weeds in my yard!
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I’m one of those who loves dandelions. And I’m not much of a gardener, so that works for me. Fun shots. 🙂
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I made a wish in my new backyard off a dandelion! So far, so good. Love your shots. 🙂
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I like your pictures of the dandelions much better than the real things in my garden.
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you da BEST! always a WoW
Enjoy your week!
Aloha from Honolulu
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I like those! I also like those silly long stemmed yellow flower weeds that bloom everywhere in the Spring! I know they are weeds, but they are pretty ones! Love the photos. You are doing dandelions proud!
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Great shots of the flower from every possible angle.
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Beautiful shots.
Sydney – City and Suburbs
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It is a different world there. Great captures.
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Wow. Those are beautiful shots. Well done!
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No wish the best wish?
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I say let them grow…. and then let her pick them and make a wish all day every day! 🙂 Every garden needs a few weeds…keeps us humble!
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I am a keen gardener and dearly love them in my garden, lawn and in the salad bowl. Beautiful shots.
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So beautifully said and shown. I’m truly amazed at the way you’ve captured the golden glow!
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Oh wow, I never realized dandelions caught the sunset so prettily. Beautiful!
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I wish people wouldn’t blow dandelion seeds all over my grass!
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Weeds are only plants popping up somewhere you don’t want them. In a wildflower meadow, they are welcome wildflowers!
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Hi there – they really are a splendid thing – long may people pick them and make wishes! SM
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the last oen is my favourite. 🙂 Guess you know why. 🙂
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Perhaps in another life, it will be a treasured wildflower — lovely images, Fiona. 🙂
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fascinating images…
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Yes, it’s magical. My children really like blowing it. 🙂
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Hi There, I used to ‘blow’ dandelions when I was a child… Little did I realize then that I was creating another dandelion with every ‘blow’…. ha ha … Even though I loved dandelions as a child, we do everything we can to keep them OUT of our yard these days… I like seeing them —just not in our yard! ha
Hugs,
Betsy
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What beautiful images, each one lovely on its own
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The reddish glow is quite different. How did you capture the light penetrating the dandelion?
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I shot low into the setting sun with a wide aperture.
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Fantastic dandelions. Recalling the childhood. I am greeting
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So beautiful!
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I blow on as many as I can find!
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I love dandelions.;) Even now with a large lawn, I find them only to be the loveliest addition.;) Besides, their blooming time is limited and they pose very little nuisance.;) Beautiful images and narrative.;)
xoxo
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Yes, it’s perfect and beautiful for photos, but not for the garden, lol !
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Okay, while I love the photos – I have to admit I continually dig up the dandelions in my garden. Don’t mind them elsewhere – just not in my garden!!!
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Let’s hear it for the dandy dandelion! Fabulous shots!
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Who could not appreciate the simple beauty of a dandelion! Lovely capture of the clock with the red evening sun shining through.
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As a child I can remember being told that the seed heads were called dandelion clocks. Depending how many times you have to blow to disperse all the seeds then that is the time! Has anyone seen the dandelion trees in Madeira when walking along the levines?
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That looks blissful and creates happy ending! Liked the one glows to sunset.
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Nice thisledown pictures fi. That pinky one looks specially nice – Dave
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If I had formal gardens, I probably wouldn’t like them. Since I’m not the formal type, I like them. Love how you captured their pretty puff balls.
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I wish blowing it! Beautiful capture… 🙂
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Beautiful tribute to this lovely flowering plant! Great photos too!
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Beautiful captures! I especially like the one with the ruby glow! I am a volunteer wishgranter for a major wishgranting charity, and I just got back from some of my volunteer activities. How nice to see this ‘making wishes’ post.
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What a lovely dandelion series. I just love all the different takes on the bloom. I caught some bokeh in that last shot. Very nice. genie
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They should always be dispersed by children:)
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There is beauty all around us, only thing we have to do is … see it! Beautiful pics 🙂
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What a heartwarming tribute to dandelions! You nicely described the real beauty manifested in each stage of dandelions, ladyfi.
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romantic 🙂
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I’ve always felt that dandelions were unfairly maligned. -Danette
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Oh sweet you.. this rminds me about my childhood, to blow dandelions.. Lovely magic photos along with your warm magic words..! 🙂
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i love the crop & action in the last shot 🙂
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