Nature spent all summer on this one branch and honestly? The budget shows. Six leaves. Six. That's the whole performance. Meanwhile the tree behind them is doing its thing, a hundred thousand leaves going full orange, and this branch is like, 'No, I curated.' Look at them. Backlit like stained glass, glowing like they've got somewhere important to be. They're showing off. It's almost rude. I tried to photograph them for twenty minutes. The wind moved everything except this branch. It knows it's photogenic. This is the branch that peaked in high school and never let anyone forget. The one leaf at the tip is slightly curled, like it's checking its own reflection. Same, honestly. We all have that one leaf energy in October. I've come to terms with being a background leaf in someone else's highlight branch. We're all doing our best. Some of us just glow harder against a blue sky. Anyway. Respect the branch. Fear the branch. I went home and watered my sad houseplant. It judged me. We all have our seasons. Its is apparently 'slightly damp disappointment.' Love it anyway. #mapleleaf #backlit #october
