We were travelling along a straight road, approaching a stretch where the verges were glorious with a magnificence of bright yellow flowers. What species of flora could possibly present such beauty? Well, now, they were dandelions! Prolific, common, wild dandelions! The name, dandelion, is an English corruption of the French name, ”dent-de-lion” which refers to the tooth-like serrations on the edge of the leaves. Its scientific name is Taraxacum Officianale- derived from a P

One of my earliest memories concerns a yellow plastic duck, in a washing-up bowl, full of water. I went to school when I was three, enjoyed each day until one sunny, Summer afternoon I came home to find a collection of my toys on the path outside; with the duck in the bowl. My mum explained that my cousins, who didn’t go to school, had come to visit and explored my toy box. I was affected by what I saw. I was disappointed that I had missed my cousins and dismayed that foreign