Beanstalk beauties!

Here are the beans from our garden, at last--believe me, they were fabulous... wok-seared with matchstick carrots, garlic, ginger, and black bean sauce (with just enough chili peppers to add a little zip!) But here they are just basking in the sun, unaware of their future fate! I'm sure there's a moral lesson in there for us all, but I'm not sure I want to pursue it...