MyPoWriYe #35 - Dandelion Dot-to-Dot

The yellow polka dots are here, and with them the brightness of spring.  Yesterday's dandelions were almost blinding, singing out to be the subject of a poem.

Spring separates the dandelion cleavers from the dandelion leavers.  Last night at baseball, my husband kept popping dandelion flowers into his mouth.  Thinking him strange, I asked him to stop, but today I found a recipe for dandelion fritters at Learning Herbs.  

This afternoon, our children got off the school bus only to receive paper bags for "dandelion harvesting".  We made the fritters for dinner, and they were quite tasty (so tasty that I finished the cold ones at 10pm.)  We had dandelion cookies too, recipe courtesy of The Splendid Table, and our dandelion syrup from 5 Orange Potatoes is in the fridge cooling for step #2 tomorrow.  

Dandelion wine just may be next.  All free, free, free!  Now I, too, am a converted "dandelion leaver".  Eat your weeds!

Dandelion Designs

Photo by Amy LV

Dandelion Dinner

Blurry Photo by Amy LV

 Dandelion Dessert

Photo by Amy LV 

Please share in the comments if you have a favorite dandelion recipe.  It's that time of year!

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Poem #24 & TV Turnoff #6 - All Day Long

Here is a picture of our our home just a few days ago.

The Poem Farm 
(Heart Rock Farm)

Photo by Amy LV

If you look closely at the lower left part of this photo, you will see a whitish blob on the cellar doors.  It is Firepaw, one of our many drop-off cats, sunning on the warm metal.  Here is a close up of this gorgeous beast, named by our eldest daughter after one of the cats in Erin Hunter's Warriors series.

Firepaw Sunning

Photo by Amy LV

Today's TV Turnoff poem is in honor of spending more time with pets.  Sitting at my desk this evening, I had begun to write about cooking.  As I looked out the window, my ("I hate cats") husband picked up Firepaw for a secret snuggle, and the poem instantly changed direction.

Are you frequently annoyed by televisions blasting in public places?  Places like your bank, the mall, and restaurant bars?  Well, those annoyances are over.  You, too, can have a TV-B- Gone, a handy contraption attached to our keychains and available to all.  It's a universal remote, and you can just flick off those televisions wherever you find them.  Here's a review at Thingamababy.

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