Do you remember these things from your childhood?
I was just sitting here watching my candle burn, listening to the radio, staring at the screen and thinking--why don't I write a post?
Well, of course, I have nothing to say with any substance as usual, but it felt good for a moment to think that I might....
I decided to let my my mind flash to whatever--and the first thing I saw in my mind was a picture of myself as a child blowing on a dandelion stem. It was as clear as if I had just done it--so I guess I was getting one of my wishes....I thought of another post about pretty much nothing.
But one thing I recall about blowing on those dandelion stems was that my sister told me that if you blew on it, that the number of "flowers" left on it was how many children you would have.
I guess I must have blown pretty hard on that dandelion, because I only had one child--and it was just fine that I only had one. I wished for a child at the time---and I got a most wonderful one.
I also remember eating roses at my aunt and uncle's house. Don't ask me why I was eating them---peer pressure, I think. But there is a wild story that followed. There were some cousins that I was with at the time, that I lost track of as years went by.
But then one day I was sitting with a co-worker and out of boredom, I picked up a newspaper. There was a name involved with an ad to sell horses, and the name was familiar. I mentioned it as it was my uncles' name. She looked at me funny, and said, "That is my uncle's name."
After a bit of discussion, we found out that we were cousins, and that she was the one who had made me eat the rose!
All that aside... I used to eat clover.
(mares eat oats, and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy.....)
