Figure 1 – The Concord River, Concord, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2014.

For me the National Historic Site at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts is a place that ever rewards photographically.  There is always something different, some difference in light or color.  I just keep coming back and have been coming back since my first visit, dare I say it, fifty years ago with my parents.

This past Sunday I went hoping that the wild irises that I spotted in the woods along the river bank beside the Old Manse would be in bloom.  They were not, but I was rewarded instead by vivid, cloud filled azure skies and cold dark water reflecting the trees.  I am offering up Figures 1 and 2.  The first is a look at the reflections of the trees on the opposite bank of the river.  The second is a tribute to the fact that more things than pumpkins and the color’s namesake can be vivid orange.

Figure 2 – Kayaks along the Concord River, Concord, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2014.