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Dandelions for Good Luck

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with MoonDancer Realty, Dillsboro,NC NC# 218097
 
When my brothers and I were little kids growing up in Warren, Michigan we used to blow on dandelions for good luck.
 
Driveway Dandelion copyright 2011 Mona Gersky
 
 
I can only imagine what my parents thought when four little children were introducing all those seed pods for what are considered weeds in the middle of suburban yards.
 
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Jon Zolsky
FunCoast Realty 386-405-4408 - Ponce Inlet, FL
your Daytona Condo Agent

Weeds... and now we learn that you can make juice and salad from the green parts, even though it is bitter, but they say, has power of healing

Sep 19, 2012 12:06 PM
Mona Gersky
MoonDancer Realty, Dillsboro,NC - Sylva, NC
GRI,IMSD-Taking the mystery out of real estate.

Roger, no doubt about it, I am lucky!

Hi Jon, nice new profile photo.  Go figure about the greens and the juice. yum?

Sep 19, 2012 12:11 PM
Dianne Goode
Raleigh Cary Realty - Raleigh, NC
Realtor/Broker

Lovely photo!  It's nice to remember how delightful dandilions seemed back then.  Now .. not so delightful.

Sep 19, 2012 12:15 PM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Yeah you are................

Sep 19, 2012 12:45 PM
Clint Mckie
Desert Sun Home, commercial Inspections - Carlsbad, NM
Desert Sun Home, Comm. Inspection 1-575-706-5586

Hi Mona,

 We used to do the same thing as kids. Always liked to watch the seeds fly away. I never knew I would be pulling their offspring later in life LOL. 

Have a wonderful evening.

Best, Clint Mckie

Sep 19, 2012 12:46 PM
William Johnson
Retired - La Jolla, CA
Retired
Hi Mona, Neary a dandelion ever went to waste in our yard as a kid. Between my little brother and I, even the ones we had to look for in other yards got attention. Like Clint, little did I realize I would be pulling this weed in even greater numbers than I spread back as a kid. :-) As they say, no good deed goes unpunished.
Sep 19, 2012 01:15 PM
Ralph Janisch ABR CRS Broker
Janisch & Co. - Conroe, TX
Selling Northwest Houston to good people like you!
What a delightful reminder of how little things can bring back memories of happy moments! Dandelions are messy and do produce weeds... But they also have pleasant effects on our psyches!
Sep 19, 2012 01:45 PM
David Burrows
Classic Realty - Fairfax, VA
No Pressure, Just Seriously Devoted to Real Estate

Mona, it is truly a small world. My friends and I did the same thing with the Dandelion..... I can truly relate!  I grew up not too far from Warren, Michigan and in fact spent time every summer with my Aunt and Uncle there. I still have family in Warren and maintain a Michigan Real Estate License. Thanks for the great photo and bringing back some wonderful childhood memories.

Sep 19, 2012 08:48 PM
Jason Sardi
Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Your Agent for Life

Mona - I used to do the same.  Can't hurt, right?

Sep 19, 2012 09:18 PM
Mona Gersky
MoonDancer Realty, Dillsboro,NC - Sylva, NC
GRI,IMSD-Taking the mystery out of real estate.

Hi Dianne, who knows?  Maybe as adults we should still be blowing the seeds for luck. In fact, I'm on it!

Goodest of Mornings Roger.......yeah, I am ;-D

Hey Clint, pretty funny but I'm thinking you need to jump back on the dandelion blowin' wagon with me.

Hi William, think of all the photo ops if we return to blowing on the seeds!

Hello Jeanne and Ralph, I think our psyches need more attention and dandelion blowing would be a great thing to do at parties, with kids and grandkids.  It's kind of like a natural heritage, isn't it?

Good morning to you David, it is truly a small world and sometimes silly little posts like this remind me that maybe if we would all just tune in to each other...we would find we have more in common than not...at least that's my hope.  I might blow on a dandelion and turn that into a wish.  Warren was a long time ago for me but all happy memories and I'm sure I still have family there.

Sep 19, 2012 09:23 PM
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Mona, a few weeds sometime populate a well manicured lawn. Sounds like you had a good time! Enjoy your day and the cool nights!

Sep 19, 2012 09:24 PM
Sheila Anderson
Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ
The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

good morning Mona. What a great picture. Hard to believe it is real. Lucky is as lucky does. Hummmmm. Have a good day.

Sep 19, 2012 09:27 PM
Mona Gersky
MoonDancer Realty, Dillsboro,NC - Sylva, NC
GRI,IMSD-Taking the mystery out of real estate.

Jason, certainly doesn't!

Wayne, I had a great time and I'm looking forward to doing it again.

Sheila, we make our own luck so dandelions shall be my tool of choice, lol.

Sep 19, 2012 10:21 PM
Tony & Darcy Cannon
Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT
The C Team

Mona, I think that every kid has done that!  This post does bring back some fond memories of childhood, thank you!

Sep 20, 2012 04:15 AM
Mona Gersky
MoonDancer Realty, Dillsboro,NC - Sylva, NC
GRI,IMSD-Taking the mystery out of real estate.

Tony and Darcy, you are welcome ... I love hearing that most of us had those same memories.

 

Sep 20, 2012 04:46 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Mona, what a graet photo!  The last time I blew on one of these, my next door neighbor started to yell at me for aiming at his yard!

Sep 20, 2012 12:22 PM
DeeDee Riley
Lyon Real Estate - El Dorado Hills CA - El Dorado Hills, CA
Realtor - El Dorado Hills & the Surrounding Areas

Mona,

Same with us.  Little did we know what we know now! 

Sep 20, 2012 03:58 PM
Mona Gersky
MoonDancer Realty, Dillsboro,NC - Sylva, NC
GRI,IMSD-Taking the mystery out of real estate.

Pat, was that the old guy who worked at the Pentagon? Besides, you were aiming at the dandelion, lol.

DeeDee, no kidding!

Sep 20, 2012 09:21 PM
Morgan Evans
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Manhattan, NY
LICENSED REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON

Pictures like this always bring back good memories of those child activities that we all did. 

Sep 23, 2012 02:15 PM
Mona Gersky
MoonDancer Realty, Dillsboro,NC - Sylva, NC
GRI,IMSD-Taking the mystery out of real estate.

Morgan, they sure do.

Sep 23, 2012 02:35 PM