pink hair

i was surprised to see these foxtail grasses on the roadside today, glinting in the afternoon sun. i guess i associate them with summer. anyway, that hint of pinky-purple you can see in the hairy fluff was lit up by the sun, and these long haired beauties looked like all the other teenagers who are dying their hair such fun colors these days. why not?

foxtail barley grasses in october (Hordeum jubatum)