Ben by Daniel Shelton for June 18, 2022

You can always take your revenge by eating the dandelion’s foliage and making wine.

Anyone growing up in the Midwest understands this nightmare.

As nightmares go, that one is fairly tame.

Looks kinda like one of Garfield’s birthday nightmares.

Everyone in the South knows you can make a fine salad out of them. You have heard of dandelion wine, haven’t you?

What a night horse that is!

He’ll wish he hadn’t done that.

Ben is obviously one of those “perfect lawn” people. I blow dandelion seeds into their yards.

Blowing them, so the seeds could float down, was a “big deal” when I was a kid.

Everyone in North America understands.

When I was in high school and trying to learn to play the piano there was a song called “Dandy Lion” – lyrics started – Once there was a dandy lion…

Alas when one is tone deaf and has no sense of rhythm playing the piano is torture for all for all of those around us as is attempts at singing, etc.

05:17 EDT June 20 and still no “Ben”. What’s up (or down)?