All Down the Drain - Sink Syrup

I spent some time yesterday collecting dandelion heads because I wanted to try making syrup using the Mooberry Farm  Recipe.  I walked around the yard but most had gone to puff ball stage.  I collected what I could, walked up and down the road, through weedy hillsides and finally had 6 cups, enough to make half the recipe.

I didn't have a lemon.  Oh oh, I forgot that part but we had to run an errand that evening and we made a  quick stop at the grocery.  One lemon.

I chopped the lemon and boiled the flower heads.  I let them cool.    I lined the colander with coffee filters but the filters weren't really letting all the juice through so I decided to do a second filter with cheese cloth.

I lined the colander and poured the juice back through.

Do you see anything wrong here?

I forgot to put the bowl back underneath the colander.

The boiled lemon-dandelion juice went right..down..the..drain.

I just stood there, wide eyed and mouth gaping.  

I looked at my sister-in-law, who I had been talking to, and  said  " (bad word)  I can't believe what I just did!"

There was so very little left that I didn't pour down the drain.  

Not to mention I forgot to use only 1/2 lemon when I cut the recipe in half. 

This will teach me to not jabber away when I'm trying to cook- it's difficult enough without be distracted! 

There will be more dandelions, I can be assured of that!  Maybe I'll try next weekend.