The Initial Growing

For the inital entry into the dandelion garden I have been taken rather off guard. I thought I would just be setting up this blog and have time to put something together. But the point of my creation of this garden is to just express the ideas jumping around in my brain. So, I'll give it a try.

Since my recent decision to create this blog I have been trying to come up with a very good title. Just like a shiny plastic cover gets you a good grade on your book report (thank you Bart Simpson) a catchy title draws attention to any piece of work. Originally I intended to create "Low Expectations" - it's kind of a montra for me. But it always suggests that the content may be rather depressing and this will not be the case. And the concept of low expectations should not be considered depressing, but more on that later. Anyway, I began looking around my world and thinking about what's going on. And looking out the front window of the house I noticed that one of the more overwhelming things in my life right now may be the incredible amount of dandelions in the front yard. I can vaguely recall a story by Robert Fulghum who apparently upset his neighbors because he allowed the little yellow weeds to grow in his yard. He liked the way the yellow blended with green grass. Then, just a few days ago, my niece wanted to go outside and pick the pretty flowers. At three years old, there's no reason to explain botany to her. But that was my deciding factor. I still still prefer 'thistle' to 'dandelion' - it's just a better word. But thistle hurts and doesn't look anything like a flower.