About three weeks ago, I prepared a post which featured photos of the restored 19th-century village and of the spectacular lower falls.



The lower falls is in the shape of a horseshoe and at most times of the year has very little water flowing over it.
Yesterday I revisited the area and hiked up the majestic Twenty Mile Creek to see the upper falls. It is in the shape of a “curtain” and also had very little water flowing over it on this August day.




















Each time I visit the Niagara area I find a few plants which I am unfamiliar with. There were two species today.
The delightfully named Lizard’s-tail:


and Sanicle Snakeroot:

Other botany:












Some birds:



Some photos taken in a nearby winery:







NATURE POETRY
All Nature helps to swell the song
And chant the same refrain;
July and June have slipped away
And August’s here again.
Miles Hearn
Gorgeous. I love the formations! Great plants, birds and insects, too. Thank you, Miles!
Thank you for this. I love Balls Falls.
And I finally got the name of a flower I’ve been growing for the past 2 years.
( I got it from a cutting a neighbour gave me. The trumpet creeper. )
Pina