The dandelion clock appreciation thread

[Butterfield]

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.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I've not seen any dandelion clocks but I have seen zillions of dandelions.

Mostly in my garden.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I wonder how that bloke's getting on, making his dandelion mead?

[Nightjar]

They were blowing all over the shop when I was walking to Boots for maximum strength arse ointment earlier.

[Butterfield]

I've not seen any dandelion clocks but I have seen zillions of dandelions.

Mostly in my garden.

They'll all be dandelion clocks before too long.

[Butterfield]

They were blowing all over the shop when I was walking to Boots for maximum strength arse ointment earlier.

Try rubbing on some oil of dandelion clock.

[Nightjar]

That doesn't work.

It's like oil of cloves.

I'd rather stick a massive co-codamol the size of an manhole up my ch*colate starf*sh and be done with it.

[Nightjar]

I sense that I may have said wrong and/or things that are a bit much.

[Nightjar]

About my backpassage.

[Fangirl Three]

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.

[Nightjar]

[The Call of the Wendigo]

A flying one went up my nose when I was mowing the lawn yesterday.

[Fangirl Three]

You after it takes root ->

[Butterfield]

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]

After a bit of research, the latter might be seeds from rosebay willowherb, as seen launching in their millions in this video.

[Butterfield]

Each one of those will be floating in through an open classroom window on a summer's day.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

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?

[Nightjar]

Triffid blossoms?

[Fangirl Three]

Dead randy lions?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Apparently, they're orange hawkeeds but, for some reason, mine are a lot redder than the ones on the Internet.

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