Aug 31 21 2021 - Things of September

 

September is something to look forward to here in Niagara.  Compare that with February.  February is more snow and more cold.  September brings change, cooler temperatures in the air, with the warm temperature of the soil.  It brings lots of events that celebrate the harvest - the final crops are maturing and the vineyards are full of grapes. September is a celebration month here. Will there be a Grape and Wine Festival this year?  Yes, there will be a festival.  It is the 70th anniversary.  It takes place September 18 - 19 and 25 - 26.  There's no mention of a parade this year, but Montebello Park and other places will have events. This is also the best month for annual flower bloom.  Growing beside Brian's lilies in the Lilycrest Hybridizing field is an array of annual flowers, grown by Mark, the owner's daughter.  She had planned to send them to market, but got called back to work, so they are unpicked and the field is full of bloom.  Zinnias, Cosmos, and Sunflowers that must be 10 - 12 feet high.   When should you expect apples?  I think September is the time frame for apple picking to start.  I can ask Michelle Seaborn who runs the Grimsby Market.  She has the apple orchards at her Silmaril Farm with a pick-your-own every weekend in the Autumn.   Finally, September is the back to school month in Ontario.  It is interesting for us older people - what we experience is more people out and about:  we see people out in the morning and later afternoon.  School buses are on the roads, children on the sidewalks.  There is congregating in September that is enjoyable.  Even with COVID worries and cautions, we'll see more people out.  Today's picture - found at one of the Niagara wineries.

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Oct 22 2020 - More Along Moyer Road

 

I went through the photo archives yesterday looking for more pictures of Moyer Road.  It is on the lower escarpment, and starts at Victoria Ave in Vineland, runs west and then ends at a bend that turns south and becomes Spence Road which itself ends at Fly Road in Camden.  I find this conclusion disappointing. Fly Road is a  rural highway - one of the regional roads where everyone is driving very fast to get somewhere.  Along Moyer Road is Vineland Estates Winery and restaurant, Mark Picone, notable chef's residence and culinary studio on the road.  Crossing over it is the Bruce Trail, which as you know goes on and on until it gets to Tobermory. It has beautiful views north to Toronto across the Lake, and then to the west to Megalomaniac Winery on the top of the escarpment edge. This is a good place for both the hawks flying overhead during migration and the Hamilton Lancaster bomber which flies quite low over the escarpment here during its tourist summertime flights.   I seem to pick Autumn for pictures on Moyer Road, perhaps its most colourful and scenic time of year. Here are two Autumn leaves jokes for us today: What do you call a large colorful pile of leaves? The Great Barrier Leaf. Did you hear about the tree that had to take time off of work in autumn? It was on paid leaf.

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Catching Up with Niagara's Harvest

It's a short drive from Toronto to the vineyards of Niagara.  They start in the Grimsby area and continue right to the Niagara River.  These shots were taken in the Grimsby area at Hidden Bench and Angle's Gate wineries.