Dandelion in Seed

Super large Dandelion, or something in the general family, in seed at Big Bear Lake, California.  These are particularly captivating in the late afternoon sun.

Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder

I like to think that beauty surrounds us if we but look. Here is a picture of a small, wispy dandelion blooming defiantly out of the granite rocks in which it tenaciously clings. A weed? A flower? Something to admire or something to yank? Inspirational or just a little loopy? Isn't there just a little bit of defiant dandelion in all of us? You tell me?