I think this is NY Ironweed on the fence at Al's.  Not positive, because I've never seen such a small bit of it.  But it was easier for Sandy Bradley to photograph it up close in his driveway, than at 45 mph on 19-129.  So we did.

 

Veronia noveboracensis.  New York Ironweed.  You can see a huge stand of it on Moccasin Creek Rd when you turn left out of the neighborhood.  It's in the field just past the horses on the right.

 

It grows 3 - 9 feet tall in low wet meadows, along streams, usually in moist soil.  The flowerheads appear to be flat-topped.  But each plant has many heads of purple or magenta colored flowers, each consisting of 20 or more small blossoms in each cluster.  They are in full bloom right now, and really breathtaking.

 

I hope you see some in your travels.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!