Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: Common Butterweed

3 more pictures in notes above! :) My "Fort Knox garden is completely caged in with fencing and mesh, and it's a good thing. Last night at about 4am I awoke to the sound of our motion-detecting sprayer going off over and over again. I looked out the window to see 4 deer wishing they could come closer to my garden area, but scared off by the sprayer. That doesn't keep them from trying to push through the mesh to the plants in "Fort Knox", because I sometimes see the tops pushed down from their failed efforts to get through to the tasty plants below. Although the planter is meant for growing flowers I've chosen, there are a few weeds growing there, including the plant which produced this dandilion fluff! The flowers aren't actually dandilions, they are called Common Butterweed, but the seeds are spread the same way as dandilions. I saw this seed head and thought it would make a wonderful Picture of the Day! Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre in his time. He set a standard for scientific and engineering plausibility, and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality. Wikipedia: Robert A. Heinlein Explored on September 14, 2013. Highest placement, page 3.