The Gift
![The Gift](/content/images/size/w960/2023/07/flower-in-vase.png)
...is easily missed and often hidden.
These daisies, mirroring the sun, grow from a crack in the back alley next to the garbage cans and the recycling. Incredibly enduring, I watched them each time I took out the trash, patiently growing until they were taller than me. Clearly, they are reaching for what they love and emulate – as are the sweet peas, beauty in chaos, reaching, reaching, bugs included.
![](https://www.thereluctantillustrator.com/content/images/2023/07/sweet-pea-photo.png)
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