I’m sharing these purple and violet flowers for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge in the hope they will be uplifting.
If you know what the purple spikes are, please let me know and I’ll update the caption. At a push I’d guess nepeta but if so, it’s an unusually fine flower.
Susan Rushton 
So Pretty! Halo lavender is my favorite!
You are in good company – that seems to have been the most popular one.
Wow! Barney was there!
I nearly missed this comment Tony and now I have found it, I was puzzled at first thinking you meant your little dog, Rhody. A google search set me straight. 🙂
Oh, Barney? Yes, he is . . . disturbing. Two of my nephews really liked him.