Friday 6 February 2009

IF- Time

Every time I see a dandelion clock I have vivid memories of childhood and telling the time by blowing the seeds away. However many 'blows' it took - that was the time. Did you do this too?
© 2009 nicky linzey for Illustration Friday

15 comments:

murphy girl said...

oh so dreamy!

get zapped said...

Remarkable! A wonderful design. I really like how managed the delicacy of the dandelion with the simple shapes.

I don't recall the time deal, just making wishes when I blew them. Now I have another thing to play with :)

Vicki Smith said...

Lovely image and a nice memory to go with it.

Valerie Lorimer said...

Wonderful memory...beautiful piece!

loubylou said...

id call this dusty and sparkly fun!

Danyell said...

Very magical.

I've never heard them called clocks before, though.

yoon see said...

Amazingly beautiful!!!
I wish I have the chance:)

Dana S. Whitney said...

Beautiful! (Though the dandelion/time connection was new to me!)

Anonymous said...

Very beautiful! I like the serenity of this blue.

Bella Sinclair said...

Oh oh oh! This is so beautiful! Love the blues and greens and purples. Really delicate. I love the look of dandelions. So is that why they call them clocks???

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Nicola said...

Beautiful illo truly capturing those beautiful, cloud-like, fantastically puffy English time-telling dandelions!

Renee said...

Yes, I did this too.

Your blog is wonderful.

Love Renee

aimee said...

fanTAStic! love it, nicky!

Caroline said...

Wow! Love this! Super job! Yes, I did and based this week's illustration on my memory of it too!