What fun have I been missing out on?
Love blowing dandelion clocks in sunny meadows being also an avid maker of daisy chains.
Major problem this last few weeks -we have an exceptional year for Poplar flowering over in Italy - you could be forgiven for thinking that it's snowing outside at the moment, if it weren't for the fact that it's sunny and 27°C! All those fluffy little seeds swirling around everywhere are making my eyes itchy and iritating my asthma no end -when did i start suffering from hay fever? Never had it before
As to the good old "Dent-de-leon" (pardon my french) or Dente di leone as they call it over here -the locals are out in force picking the tender new leaves to mix in their salads. Hops shoots are also ripe for the picking -taste and look a bit like wild asparagus -great in a risotto (as are nettles) or to make a frittata.
When we were little my Gran used to tell us not to bring those lovely sunny yellow flowers indoors as they would make you wet the bed...it's nicknamed Pis-en-lit in french which means just that.
