The Hills Are Showing Off

There are a few weeks every year when New England becomes completely unreasonable about color.

This was one of those days.

The green hadn’t given up yet, the hills had gone red and orange behind it, and the sky was doing its best impression of something painted rather than real.

I stopped and took the picture because sometimes that’s the whole reason.

Not everything needs explaining. Not every beautiful thing needs to become something else.

Sometimes you just look.

And sometimes you take it home with you.