Fireworks on the Charles

After an entire month of rain in June (ok, well, almost an entire month), this year’s July 4th weekend in Boston proved to be quite a nice surprise. The weather was beautiful.  The skies were clear.  People were happy. Finally.   However, doubts did linger, and  I did see a considerable number of people toting umbrellas just in case. And,  if you put me in Room 101 (sorry, reference to Orwell’s 1984, which I just finished re-reading), I might just admit to carrying one myself.

Anyway, after making a solid but unsuccessful attempt at moonwalking, it was time to head down to the Charles. I was pretty excited to capture some photos  – I thought it was a special thing (my glass is half full) until my bubble was burst by a cynical friend (glass half empty) who commented that these pictures would look just like the ones from last year, and the year before that. Geez.  Anyhow, I ignored that comment and it’s a good thing because after posting them to Twitter, Universal Hub was kind enough to mention my photos in his post about last night’s fireworks.  So I got another 2 or 3 seconds of Internet fame.  Plus, amazingly, it got me to post to this frightfully neglected blog.  

Here are a few more shots. You can view the entire set on Flickr.   These were taken at the end of Mass Ave. in Cambridge, which is a GREAT place to watch the fireworks, although I highly recommend earplugs — it’s pretty noisy from this location.