purple stripes

once again i'm ignorant on the name of this flower but was drawn to the colors. poor thing was stuck all by itself with a bunch of others so i wonder if it's one of those errant weed-types. doesn't matter to me, though... i still like it and when you do a close-up, well.... who can really tell?

as i was bent over snapping away, a little old lady passed by using her walker. she slowed down to stare at me and i thought she was going to say something but didn't until i said hello first, and then still stared at the camera in my hand. i felt like i was holding a gun. it was difficult to hold back my laughter which came out more like a snort as she was well down the walk.... sigh... i suppose if i'd have used the camera on her, she could've used her walker as a weapon back at me! ...heavy sigh...