One of the bright spots on my daily run every spring is dandelions.

Their bright yellow is a welcome burst of color after a long, cold, dark, drab winter.

This spring in particular—with all of the struggles we’ve been facing with the COVID-19 pandemic—the bright yellow dandelions have been an especially welcome sight.

My guess is that this spring, even hard-core “lawn farmers” who usually do everything they can to kill dandelions may be finding something to like about these bright yellow flowering plants. (Yes, they are officially classified as plants, not weeds).

Shown here in the photo is a field of dandelions that always brightened my run every spring back when I lived and ran in the rural countryside just outside of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Their bright yellow–mixed in with the rolling green hills and wide open view of the big blue sky—were a sight that said loud and clear that spring is here and warmer days are ahead!