PhyllistheAuthor

This spring I planted impatiens in front of our house and they looked great until deer found them and had a feast. The above photograph is a volunteer impatiens that somehow managed to take root in the crack between the sidewalk and the foundation of our house.

Nature in the form of deer destroyed my plants. The abundance of nature was not to be denied, however, and a tiny seed from last year's impatiens found an unlikely home and flourished to cheer me for the loss of the others.