tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54622548442776610182024-03-13T05:59:50.285-07:00The Dandelion Appreciation SocietyAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309305353358437672noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462254844277661018.post-26434858513151097282011-01-29T17:55:00.003-08:002012-05-17T13:15:48.327-07:00Welcome!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> </b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Dandelion Appreciation Society was formed by Naturalist Alan Russo to help educate the world to the beauty and usefulness of </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Taraxacum</span></i></b></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></i></b><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">officinale</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">,</span></b></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> commonly known as the Dandelion.</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Dandelion is one of my favorite plants. I think part of the admiration comes from the fact that even in the face of the human onslaught to eradicated it, it still thrives and still gives us all the good that it has to offer, and all we have to do is open our eyes and take notice.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> My vision of this Society is to have <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.thedandelionappreciationsociety.org/p/join.html" target="_blank">Members </a></span>who are passionate to share, with the rest of the world, all they know and have experienced about the Dandelion. I would like writers, artists, ethnobotanists, historians, herbalists, photographers and everyday people to have a forum for sharing their Passion for this common plant. </b></span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> I think what I am excited about most is to have members from many different cultures, different life styles, different environments and different HEMISPHERES! sharing their unique knowledge and ethnobotanical history on the Dandelion.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Please check out all 9 pages as the information is categorized.</span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> </span></i></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>This site is in a state of constant change, and will be updated as <u><a href="http://www.thedandelionappreciationsociety.org/p/join.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Members</span></a></u> send information for me to add to the different pages. So check back often and leave comments so I can get some feedback to make things better. Or e-mail me at thedandelionappreciationsociety@yahoo.com</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Interested? Please <a href="http://www.thedandelionappreciationsociety.org/p/join.html"><span style="color: blue;">Join Here</span></a> </b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>Please visit my Blog at: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://ethnobotanist128.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://ethnobotanist128.blogspot.com/</span></a></span></b></span></span></div>Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309305353358437672noreply@blogger.com1