A dandelion seed head - taken in macro with the Panasonic TZ10
See article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandelion
As a teenager the dandelion seed head was used in the game "she loves me, she loves me not"
In the game you blew away the seeds until none was left to determine the outcome. See...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_loves_me..._he_loves_me_not
The original game (from France) was called effeuiller la marguerite