Back in December 2013 we had an ice storm that brought down a lot of the Russian Olive trees that line on side of our street. 
After City workers cleaned up the fallen trees there were quite a few stumps left behind.
In August 2015 I noticed some marigolds growing amid the litter in one such stump:
Then a month later there were zinnias blooming as well:
Now, when I walked down the street I would look for the stump, to see how the flowers were doing.
The end of October and fallen leaves add more colour to this tree stump, the flowers undeterred by the cold:
Notice that someone has removed the litter out; wasn’t me.
Finally, in the third week of November we have our first significant snowfall. Looks like the flowers are finished for this year:
And then, just days later, the City trucks were back. The stumps have all been removed. I wonder what will happen with the marigold and zinnia seeds. Will they grow some place else? Who put them there in the first place?