18/06/2026
No one sees...
No one sees the endless hours.
No one sees the sacrifices.
No one sees the mistakes.
No one sees the money lost.
No one sees the risks that don't pay off.
No one sees the early mornings before sunrise.
No one sees the late nights under headlamps.
No one sees the crops that fail.
No one sees the seeds that never germinate.
No one sees the plants that don't make it.
No one sees the pests, diseases and setbacks.
No one sees the weather that undoes months of work overnight.
No one sees the beds that need rebuilding.
No one sees the countless weeds pulled by hand.
No one sees the aching back and sore hands.
No one sees the invoices, paperwork and bookkeeping.
No one sees the experiments that lead nowhere.
No one sees the varieties trialled and discarded.
No one sees the uncertainty.
No one sees the self-doubt.
No one sees the weekends you don't take off.
No one sees the holidays you postpone.
No one sees the thousands of small decisions made every day.
No one sees the years spent learning, failing and trying again.
They see the flowers.
They see the blooms, the colours and the beauty.
But every flower carries a story of persistence, resilience and hope. Every bloom is proof that despite all the things no one sees, I see every failure, lesson and risk that made them possible and I wouldn't change it for the world.
Sonia x
