Colorchallenge Sunday Purple: Thistle in Bloom with Variations

Here is today's contribution to the popular #colorchallenge photo contest, originally started by @kalemandra and now thriving in many corners the Steem community. This may actually be the oldest actively running photo challenge by now!

Today's theme is "Sunday Purple;" purple is also the color corresponding to the Crown Chakra.

Try as we might to keep weeds out of our garden, there are always a few that sneak past us. Thistles are invasive and spread thousands of seeds, but they are also quite decorative, when you take a moment to actually look at them.

Meanwhile, having a little fun playing with various art filters to produce some variations:

More of a "painted" look on that one. We can also go completely over the top and do some major color changes, although that starts to fall a little outside the whole "Sunday Purple" theme.:

Have a beautiful day!