A friend gave me three eggplants and a sunflower from her Chicago roof top garden.  What more could I ask for? -- a beautiful flower,  a new variety of eggplant, and a complimentary palette.
(Please excuse the poor quality photo. It's a gloomy day and I cannot get the colors right even with manual adjustments.)
(Please excuse the poor quality photo. It's a gloomy day and I cannot get the colors right even with manual adjustments.)