Let’s Play Hooky, Cleveland Style had one of my favourite stops: FLOWERS! Many of the botanical gardens host an orchid show this time of year. Orchids Forever, at Cleveland Botanical Garden, is an excellent display of various types of orchids, some of which are rare. This…
One type of flower is considered elegant and beautiful, and as a gift, it can represent beauty, charm and love. At this time of year, orchid showings are in full bloom. Recently, we travelled to Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, where they were having…
We love animals. Going to a place with animals to view is always our top priority. The Hamilton Aviary is one of those places that is readily accessible for us to visit, and the best part is that it is free to see. They have…
Who doesn’t love flowers? Who doesn’t love paying admission to one place and getting free admission to hundreds of other locations? I have wanted to get a membership to Royal Botanical Garden for some time now. We pass by it almost all the time whenever…
It is rare for this waterfall to be flowing with an impressive rage, that so many other falls we have visited. Most of the time, it is barely a trickle. Yet it is one of those places that grabbed me and held me tight when…
Frogs. I don’t think I know a single person that does not like frogs or toads. Snakes, on the other hand, are reviled worldwide. But frogs, not so. Now at Royal Botanical Garden is Frogs. In their event centre are several terrariums with various species…
In my travels around Ontario and now into Quebec and the States, I have been to thousands of places over the past years. The one thing that I have learned in all of this is that there are so many places to visit and see.…
Felker’s Falls – Winter Waterfalls Hamilton, Ontario, is rightly known as the City of Waterfalls. Within the area of Hamilton is the largest collection of waterfalls in the world. Some of them are only after the spring thaw or after a rainfall, but then some…
