After a long break - I am back.
It’s Jinny Joe's day!!!!!!!!!!! (In my world)
Let me explain to you what a Jinny Joe's day is. A Jinny Joe is a flower, but in my imagination a Jinny Joe’s more than just a flower, they're fairies. When I was young I used to make a wish and blow on the Jinny Joe. Some of your might call it just an old 'dandelion', but I think I’d rather call them Jinny Joes. And if you get the chance to read the book, 'If You Could See Me Now' I think that they will always be that to you afterwards. You see if you wish on a Jinny Joe, your wishes come true! Here in Scotland we have had a Jinny Joe day everyday for the past two weeks. So I am going to share all the Jinny Joe’s we’ve been able to enjoy and my wish is that it is a Jinny Joe day for each of you!
Here's a poem about the lowly dandelions.
The Dandelions
Upon a showery night and still,
Without a sound of warning,
A trooper band surprised the hill,
And held it in the morning.
We were not waked by bugle-notes,
No cheer our dreams invaded,
And yet, at dawn, their yellow coats
On the green slopes paraded.
We careless folk the deed forgot;
Till one day, idly walking,
We marked upon the self-same spot
A crowd of veterans talking.
They shook their trembling heads and gray
With pride and noiseless laughter;
When, well-a-day! they blew away,
And ne'er were heard of after!
Helen Gray Cone [1859-1934]
So Make a Wish!
Love to all,Dawn