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