{"id":2987,"date":"2011-06-21T09:14:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T16:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2021-03-17T19:44:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T02:44:56","slug":"dandelions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/dandelions\/","title":{"rendered":"Dandelions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love dandelions.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"223 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/5817122411\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2038\/5817122411_5f6df7a9fa_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" alt=\"223\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are such simple, earnest, friendly, happy flowers.  I understand that people tend to despise the weed, but they warm my heart. \u00a0They&#8217;re like children; they may make a mess of the yard, but really they just want to make you smile.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, their greens are yummy.<\/p>\n<p>These bear cubs thought so too. They were making quite a nice meal of Dandelions right alongside the highway. (We were a little east of Whitehorse, YT, here.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/041.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2988\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/dandelions\/attachment\/041\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/041.jpg?fit=2185%2C1454\" data-orig-size=\"2185,1454\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1231422334&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bear cubs and dandelions\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;bear cubs and dandelions&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/041.jpg?fit=640%2C425\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2988\" title=\"bear cubs and dandelions\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/041.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/041.jpg?w=2185 2185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/041.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/041.jpg?resize=640%2C425 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love dandelions. They are such simple, earnest, friendly, happy flowers. I understand that people tend to despise the weed, but they warm my heart. \u00a0They&#8217;re like children; they may make a mess of the yard, but really they just want to make you smile. Besides, their greens are yummy. These bear cubs thought so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[768,138,1041],"tags":[549,508,510,102,18,53,513],"class_list":["post-2987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure-living-well","category-parenting-living-well","category-life-skills","tag-adventuring","tag-alaska-trip-2011","tag-bears","tag-canada","tag-critters","tag-flowers","tag-yukon-territory","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"768":{"name":"Adventure","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/life-skills\/adventure-living-well\/"},"138":{"name":"Parenting &amp; Family","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/parenting-living-well\/"},"1041":{"name":"Tools &amp; Skills for Living","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/life-skills\/"}},"tags_names":{"549":{"name":"adventuring","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/adventuring\/"},"508":{"name":"Alaska Trip 2011","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/alaska-trip-2011\/"},"510":{"name":"bears","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/bears\/"},"102":{"name":"Canada","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/canada\/"},"18":{"name":"critters","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/critters\/"},"53":{"name":"flowers","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/flowers\/"},"513":{"name":"Yukon Territory","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/yukon-territory\/"}},"comments_number":0,"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1fDeG-Mb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":120,"url":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2006\/06\/12\/birds-bees\/","url_meta":{"origin":2987,"position":0},"title":"Birds &amp; Bees","author":"Judy Schwartz Haley","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"While looking at my pictures of my zucchini plants, mom mentioned that all the flowers were male. 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