A while back, I blogged one of my favorite quotes.

In the depths of Winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Albert Camus

Today I found myself looking right at this phenomenon in my little garden.

You see, this winter’s cold snap savagely killed almost all the plants . As a memorial, I left a sad, dead, spiky blackberry stalk sticking high out of the ground.

Now that dead stalk is getting overrun by new green growth. Blackberry sprouts are shooting up in other parts of the garden as well. The plant is even flowering, meaning fresh blackberries are on the way.

Life is resilient. 💪

Just don’t touch that dead stalk. That thing is not kidding around – ouch!