Lawn is full of them so...

Dandelions.
Why was I told as a child that if I picked these I would wet the bed??? As far as I know I never did!

[mcdermgl]

Lol, we were told that too and we had a slightly more vulgar name for them. this shot really brings out the lovely detail in it.

[Gillian]

Lovely - so bright and colourful and ... well, ... summery!!! :)

I hadn't heard about the bed wetting connection before so did some googling - found the following "The other French name for this plant is pis-en-lit, in English this means wet the bed. Dandelions deserve this name because their greens, when eaten, remove water from the body i.e they are a diuretic."

You learn something every day! :)

[Calx]

@kwiksilver Well there u go!! Learnt something new! @mcdermgl Thanks, what name do you call them?

[Gillian]

@mcdermgl Yes, do tell us, McD!

[Meredith Jones]

Lol, I have never heard that before. Lovely close up. Hope you didn't pick it. :-)

[mcdermgl]

@kwiksilver @kwiksilver lol, well, it turns out as kids we had a literal translation of the French and called them p**s in the beds. I actually thought that was the real name until I said it in school one day. My teacher was not pleased! (i kind of hope she secretly laughed)

[Gillian]

@mcdermgl I'm sure she would have, McD! And stored away in her book entitled The Things My Students Say! :)

[Jen Hudson]

Great close up, they are so lovely and bright.