Feeling decidedly better today, I ventured out for some aerial photography. Pictured in the foreground above is Concord’s South Bridge Boat House, where people can rent kayaks and canoes for an outing on what is arguably one of the prettiest stretches of river in the state. The holiday weekend translated to a lot of traffic on the river.

Below is a field just off of Nashawtuc Rd., which is frequently inundated by the adjacent Sudbury River. I was drawn to the distinctive patterns in the grass. My first guess is that deer like to sleep in this area. It is close to water and food, offers numerous paths for escape, and is not an area where humans normally tread. Another possibility is that it has to do with how the water recedes as the river level drops. Either way, the pattern makes for a nice foreground element in the photo,