Together in Niagara

My nephew Eric who just turned 21 came to visit us for the past almost week.  We hadn't seen him for 7 years.  He lives in British Columbia.

We had a great time reaquanting and we were all together all weekend.  On Friday we drove to Niagara Falls.  It was his first trip there.

Here we are with the Hershey kiss....thats me, Geoff - eldest son, my mother and Eric.

 Canadian pictures - Geoff and Eric

Mom and I....

The gardens were lovely...

Eric posing with the Royal Canada Mounted Police figurine..

 Barbeque dinner at moms....mom and Eric....

Richard and Eric...

 We shared dinner at my mom's place....Rich - youngest son and Robin were there....

 My new grand doggies Meadow and Bossco were there....

This is me with Meadow and Bossco, who were so good.

 At my place I made some meringues and everyone made up their own with strawberries, whipped cream and chocolate sauce....it was so yummmy!!

Here the 2 cousins Geoff and Rich with their meringue creations....

We had a great time.  Come back again soon Eric!    I hope you all have a great day too... Judi xoxo

Happy Blue Monday - A Day Visiting Niagara Falls in Ontario

Thank you Sally from SmilingSally for hosting Blue Monday for us. Be sure to visit her site and all the other blue participants.

On Wednesday my mother and I drove to Niagara Falls which is about 2 hours from me at the NY and Canada border. I pass it and see a bit of it when I drive to Marc's cottage on the weekends but neither of us had been there for a long time.

This trip had a lot of BLUE sky and BLUE water! Funny how we travel to other places to look at other sites and sometimes forget to be visitors in our own city and area. This is one of the 7 Wonders and whenever friends come to visit they insist on visiting it.





You can take a "Maid of the Mist" ferry boat trip wearing BLUE raincoats which takes you in the boat right to the edge of the waterfalls.....









Can you see the teeny tiny little speck at the end of the river right in front of the falls? .... I mean the furthest away from you little speck? Well thats the Maid of the Mist ferry. It goes so close and you need to wear the BLUE raincoats because of the spray. It takes you so close and then turns around and brings you back...you hope!

This is another view. This spot has a lot of rocks and the water pounds on it. With that force its no wonder it can supply all the electricity it does.

These are the little ferry boats up closer. You can see the BLUE raincoats on the people standing at the top portion of the boat. The weather cooperated for us for once this summer. It wasn't muggy or humid and perfectly warm beside the breezy water.

We enjoyed a lovely lunch together and had some ice tea. The waitress was kind enough to take a picture of us.

More BLUE sky in this picture. Although I didn't take pictures of the whole Niagara Falls area it is such a busy spot. You can walk up and down Cliffton Heights (the main road) where there are wax museums, and games and food spots and ice cream and souvenir shops and rides....and lots and lots of people. This is a scary type of ride where starts from the top, sitting on that red thing you see partway down. All of a sudden it "lets loose" and come flying down along the building...FAST! Then it goes back up part way and comes back down part way and up and down until it settles at the bottom.

The flowers are just at their best....

These pictures are from one of the wax museums we passed.

Then we drove along the river to the Floral Clock. Isn't it pretty? The hands really move and it does tell time. It also plays chimes. My mom is sitting looking at it in the picture.

We really had a lovely day together and didn't even get home until 8:40 p.m. Fun!

I guess the other BLUE for today is I'm back to work. I've been off since June 25th with the exception of sneaking into work for 4 days in July. It was all a wonderful vacation time!

I hope you have a fun day today too.... Judi xoxo