Sounds almost like a Harry Potter spell.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Fluid

The first ones can be seen in the meadow so pick up a blowball, purse your lips and …
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Blow

Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Goodbye/Hello.
For the Cosmic Photo Challenge: 50 shades of grey I tried to pick photos which were naturally (almost) monochrome, either because of the subject or because of the quality of the prevailing light.
For more shades of grey, click here.
Linked to I’m a fan of … #64. More fanatical photos are linked here.

Linked to Sunshine’s Macro Monday.


The title is the beginning of the poem “Phases” by Hermann Hesse (Stufen), one of the best known and most quoted poems in German. It goes on to extol the virtues of endings and their inherent new beginnings and ends with “Courage my heart, take leave and fare thee well.”
This is linked to A Photo a Week Challenge: Endings.

Looking through older photos for a suitable macro shot I came upon this wintry leaf but the I think today I prefer the colours of summer:


More macros can be found at the One Word Picture Challenge.