Like the Dandelions do

Alice loves a dandelion clock.  Many a roadside whine has been abated by a handy weed.

As it is with many things - sport, weather, skin cancer - Australians do it better...and tougher.  Dandelion seeds here cling to their seed heads and it takes a darn good blow to separate them.  Alice works hard, but we have stopped counting the hours by her puffs.  That and she has taken to asking the (somewhat existential) question of "What does 2 o'clock mean?".  It's enough to start a roadside whinge from her mother.  Now we just huff and puff.