When I was a child we called them wishes of witches. The seeds that float on the air surrounded a large puff of fluff. Are they thistle or willowherb or something else? They're too big for dandelions
When my nephew was young someone told him that they were fairies. He tended to come to me to fact check things at the time and he was fairly sceptical about the truth of that one. As a believer in science I told him the truth; none of the ones I've ever caught appeared to be fairies. Real faeries are a lot more interesting than that Victorian era Tinkerbell nonsense anyway but I didn't want to give him nightmares.
Creeping thistle appears to be the big floaty seed du jour here at the moment.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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