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Today's exciting breaking news is that President Biden has picked a dandelion clock from the grass and handed it to his wife Jill to blow, despite the fact they'd both got masks on. This reminded me that I too saw a dandelion clock for the first time this year a couple of days ago. It was growing between the pavement and the front wall of a house. Share your thrilling dandelion clock stories.
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Subject: Re: The dandelion clock appreciation thread Sat May 01, 2021 6:21 am
It's true you struck a bit of a bum note.
In non-Nightjar's bot related news, my garden has lots of skeleton dandelions, as I've suspended weeding in favour of getting all my stuff out of the house.
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Nightjar
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Subject: Re: The dandelion clock appreciation thread Sat May 01, 2021 6:22 am
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The Call of the Wendigo Admin
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Subject: Re: The dandelion clock appreciation thread Mon May 31, 2021 9:23 am
A flying one went up my nose when I was mowing the lawn yesterday.
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Subject: Re: The dandelion clock appreciation thread Mon May 31, 2021 11:47 am
You after it takes root ->
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Butterfield
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Subject: Re: The dandelion clock appreciation thread Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:06 am
Not quite as epic as it going up my nose, but I saw a dandelion clock seed go floating past the window today, like a tiny parachute.
*Not to be confused with a "fairy", which is a much rounder and fluffier type of seed.
Butterfield
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Subject: Re: The dandelion clock appreciation thread Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:12 am
After a bit of research, the latter might be seeds from rosebay willowherb, as seen launching in their millions in this video.
Butterfield
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Subject: Re: The dandelion clock appreciation thread Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:14 am
Each one of those will be floating in through an open classroom window on a summer's day.
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I have flowers in my garden which I've always assumed were red dandelions but the Wikipedia page on dandelions makes no mention of there being red dandelions. Does anyone know if they are dandelions and, if not, what are they?