Earlier this year a few things sprouted in pots I had outside. I was excited and curious. Eventually I asked my mom and she said they were trees. Whoops.

I always enjoy seeing a random flower pop up between sidewalk slabs. Next spring I actually fully intend to buy a few thousand wildflower seeds and spread them all over my new neighborhood.

We sometimes get plants or seeds gifted to us from other folks in our community, but the givers don't always know the name of what they're giving us. Sometimes we'll have whole swathes of growing beds covered in seedlings I can't identify beyond "the yellow flowers that Susan gave us" and it's incredibly exciting whenever there's an advancement in their growth that gives another clue as to who they'll be when they grow up. When we get transplants rather than seeds, we often let the plants go to seed but then the following year it can be tough to pick out which cotyledons are the ones that will grow to be what we're hoping for. It can be a lot of fun documenting them in pictures as they mature and it's a good way to learn new plants.