Dandelion Appreciation Month

May is Dandelion Appreciation Month

For years, these dandy lions were unappreciated by American society. Seen by many as "weeds", they were mowed down, pulled up from their roots, trod upon, spat on, and generally disliked, and for no good reason. Yet as our democracy lays on its deathbed, dandelions yet persist, growing wherever they want, and spicing up boring green lawns with their little yellow plant vulvas strutting around in the air. What do they know that we refuse to acknowledge?

Dandelions have several stages of existence. First, they're invisible. you don't even know they're there, and nobody will believe you if you told them they exist. Then they will begin to sprout, like little bundles on the ends of reddish stems. Not red, but reddish. There's a difference.

Later, when the plant feels mature enough, if you know what I mean, those bundles will open up  to spread its pedals, and invite literally any pollinator to get its little legs dirty in its pollen.

 After letting the insects have their way, the flowers become "pollinated", and the flowers transform into a ball of seeds. they're very light and fluffy, so they can be blown away by the wind, kicked by a thing with feet, or mowed by a mower, and the seeds will fly around all over the place, growing wherever they land. If they land on dirt. The fluffy parts can catch the air so they can blow away in the wind, finding a new home to grow as a new dandelion for all to appreciate.

You may notice here that the seed ball dandelion is taller that the ready-for-action flower. A possible reason for this may be in dandelion's crafty ways to stay alive. When the thotty lawnmowers come, their blades are attracted to anything that's tall. The short flowers are left alone, they survive to reproduce. But when they are filled with seeds, they want to spread it. So if you see a dandelion in this form, don't be shy, kick it right in the face. It wants to be abused.

Here's more rando dandelions for you to look at. I took them all in the last week because there's nothign else to do during the corn teen. If you know how to change the background color on this thing, let me know in the comments.