These late bloomers showed off their colors on Spectacle Island last fall and stood out of the then already quite dull display of greens, browns and grays. I am definitely looking forward to seeing more vivid colors outside again. Seeing more colors inside is a different story entirely, featuring a distracted me, a skillet with traces of oil on the gas stove, a vibrant gray-blue cloud and a thrilling finale performed by a screaming smoke detector. Even though the whole fancy was over within a minute, my internal theater jumped into overdrive and showed a movie starring red trucks, blue flashing lights and people in black clothes and white helmets carrying fire hoses. Fortunately, nothing of that sort actually happened! 
Well, I better check on the bread in the oven …