Lucky lettuce

I call them my lucky lettuces. They just seem to spring up spontaneously in the garden. Maybe seeds that didn't germinate last year, sleeping in the dark soil until the perfect moment when all the conditions came together to awaken.

Maybe they were carried by birds, or seeds from plants that flowered and produced seeds last season. Who knows. Nature has its own magic.

I am feeling grateful. These lucky lettuces are a source of food now, just as the season is slowly beginning.