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Dandelion wine

Dandelion Wine is a 1957 novel by Ray Bradbury, taking place in the summer of 1928 in the fictional town of Green Town, Illinois, based upon Bradbury's childhood home of Waukegan, Illinois.

The title refers to a wine made with dandelion petals and other ingredients, commonly citrus fruit. In the story, dandelion wine, as made by the protagonist's grandfather, serves as a metaphor for packing all of the joys of summer into a single bottle.

 

 

Dandelion Wine also is the name of a song by Blackmore's Night.

 

Where has the time gone...it seems to fly so fast

One moment you're having fun, the next its come to pass

Days turn into yesteryear, old friends find their own way

Until the moment you leave...I wish that you would stay...

 

So here's to you, all our friends, surely we will meet again

Don't stay away too long this time

We'll raise a glass, maybe two

And we'll be thinkng of you

Until our paths cross again...maybe next time...

 

Let's laugh at the memories, and talk all afternoon

Let's remember the moments that leave us all too soon

We'll smile at the pictures still lingering in our minds

When you're reminiscing, then all you need is time...

 

Tracing faded photographs, a scrapbooks lonely charm

Pressed flowers and dreams we had, our fingerprint on time

The 1st moment we ever met, when your eyes met mine...

I remember the summers of Dandelion Wine...

 

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Uploaded on May 9, 2015
Taken on May 9, 2015