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Dandies & Violets,\nCornsilk and Roses,\nChickweed in salads,\n& pollen on noses,\nHollyhock towers all tied up with string,\nthese are a few of my favorite things!\n\nBeeswax and Honey,\nall gooey and sticky,\nMarigolds running\noff bugs that are icky,\ndeep purple Basil and Lemon Balm zings,\nthese are a few of my favorite things!\n\nWhen the dog bites, when the bee stings,\nwhen I\u2019m feeling sad,\nI just remember my favorite things\nand then I don\u2019t feel so bad!<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
All my love and appreciation to composer, Richard Rodgers for the melody I know you all heard in your heads; and to lyricist, Oscar Hammerstein II for the last stanza, which belongs entirely to him!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dandies & Violets, Cornsilk and Roses, Chickweed in salads, & pollen on noses, Hollyhock towers all tied up with string, these are a few of my favorite things! Beeswax and Honey, all gooey and sticky, Marigolds running off bugs that are icky, deep purple Basil and Lemon Balm zings, these are a few of my … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,113],"tags":[118,119],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-tradition","category-stories-arts-fun","tag-poetry","tag-songs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":197,"url":"https:\/\/yourvillageherbalist.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/a-dandy-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":1,"position":0},"title":"A Dandy Day","author":"yourvillageherbalist","date":"April 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"My daughter and I just sowed 10,000 dandelion seeds on my half-acre lawn. 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