2 & 3) hiking in Niagara Falls


4 & 5) the view from our two-level suite at Niagara Falls – gorgeous


6 & 7) the view at night was even better … here the American Falls


8) G looks out the window of our room to the Rainbow Bridge connecting Canada and the US; 9) here’s the bridge with hardly anyone on it

10) time for a rose petal tub at home


11) we shared a costume on Halloween night at the King Edward Hotel; 12) G stands for Ghost


13) Cousin Richard shoots the pizza at one of our many Wii evenings; 14) this Wii night was brought to us courtesy of Choya 23° … ever had it? A traditional Japanese ume liquor

15) Wii’s up; 16) Blee, moi and G

17) then it was on to American Idol, Wii-style, with Blee and Cousin Richard; 18) Blee and G prepare for a tennis match

19) hay! (and dirty hay at that); 20) Superdogs at Royal Winter Fair

21) we went opening night and the Superdogs show was empty!; 22) the winning wheat … isn’t it beautiful?

23) dairy cows; and 24) an African cow … it was this cow that was first domesticated some 3000BCE

25) a face only a mother could love; 26) the bacon sleeps

27) the winning wool (sheep), not 28) alpaca wool

29) these are African geese; 30) in Ricoh Stadium we watched show jumping

31) more show jumping; 32) then 1000s of folks came out and removed everything lickety-split


33) and ride-em cowboys (from Quebec) appeared to do a show; 34) and then came out the Clydesdale horses and wagons

35 & 36) these were beautiful horses and wagons and I thought of my great grandpa who owned a team of these up in Renfrew County