Silent Sunday – October 22, 2017
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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Roda’s Critter Connection Challenge
…..do birds count as critters?
Do you have any unusual or interesting photos of critters? If so why not join Roda over at Growing Yourself and take the challenge.
Autumn Leaves
…the colour change has been slow to come this fall because of the unusually warm temperatures
Little by little the leaves are changing colours. Some trees changed colour weeks ago but many are just starting now and many still appear green.
Nature’s Velcro
….burdock sticks to everything…..clothes, dogs, etc.
The ‘Glow’ on the Lake
….this week’s theme for WPC is glow
Everything around me seems to glow this time of year. The lake today sparkled under the warm October sun.
Milkweed Pods
….well into October it is getting more and more difficult to find flowers to photograph
Flying High Over Lake Ontario
….kite surfing in mid-October
Last Sunday as I was walking the dog I noticed this large kite hanging in the sky.
As I got closer I noticed a group of men and women inflating and preparing their kites to take out onto the water with their surf boards. Despite the overcast skies and drizzly weather, these brave souls took to the choppy waters and put on quite a show.
We’ve been experiencing very mild temperatures for October this year. Sunday was no exception but there was one difference; it was very windy. Perfect conditions for kite surfing.
Thursday Doors – October 19, 2017
….continuing to photograph doors in my neighbourhood
Today’s doors come from a very scenic street that looks over Lake Ontario. Thanks Norm for hosting Thursday Doors.
Webster’s Falls
….one of dozens in the Hamilton area
Hamilton is not only the city where my youngest daughter and her family live but it is also considered the Waterfall Capital of the World. Hamilton sits on the Niagara Escarpment and the region surrounding this large urban area has over 100 naturally occurring waterfalls; there are so many waterfalls in fact that some call Hamilton the “City of Waterfalls”.
Webster’s Falls is one of the first falls I have visited in the area. It is 30 metres wide and 22 metres high. I took the following history of the falls from http://www.waterfalls.hamilton.ca.
The waterfall and surrounding land was purchased in 1819 by the Webster family. Their family manor still stands on the Webster’s Falls Road and family gravestones have been preserved in a small area near the parking lot. A story of native folklore also surrounds this site. In the area now known as Westover, lived an Attiwendaron chieftan and his princess daughter. Although the princess had fallen in love with a high-ranking Indian from the Seneca Nation, she was promised in marriage to a young chief of the Erie Nation. The cheiftan threatened to imprison the princess unless she agreed to marry the chosen chief from the Erie Nation. The young lovers, realizing the hopelessness of their situation, locked in each other’s arms, jumped over Webster’s Falls to meet their death in the rock pool below. Legend has it that whenever the water level is high and the air is filled with a silvery mist from the full moon, the princess and her lover can be seen to rise to the edge of the cliff, where they again pledge their endless love to one another.
Bursting With Seeds
….Withering flowers and seed pods
I love this time of year with all the autumn colours on the leaves but I also enjoy looking at the change that takes place with flowering plants, especially wildflowers. The seed pods and seed heads are almost as beautiful as the flowers themselves.
Mama Cormier 