Dandelions are so cheerful to see - bright yellow flowers, each with a bundle of slender petals. The green zig-zag dandelion leaves are good to eat - they make a salad look and taste all dressed up. The seeds are fascinating. When the petals start to droop and drop, little spindly rods appear, the tops dressed in translucent, silky white. Seeds are attached at the other end. A breeze sends them flying away, parachuting, to feed the bugs and birds or start a new plant growing. Both kids and grownup humans will pluck a seeding dandelion, make a wish, and set the seeds floating outward on a puff of breath.