Niagara Falls and as it does it rises it’s beholder to heights unparalleled. It offers views like no place else on the world and feels like little else. From the Canadian side the falls seem like just another place, seem so incidental but while walking up the Bridal Veil falls present themselves first up and lead one onto the Horse shoe falls curvy and splendid. The sights on the American side then seem like little when the whole deal is seen on the other side. The sound of water is deeply relaxing and a water fall could well be a scene of utter delight if not simply a matter of calm senses. On the Canadian side of the falls there is the viewing deck that takes one up close to watch the falls from the side and front while portals behind the falls bring one really up close to the backside of the falls where the mist dances about and give one a beautiful sight that is both unforgettable and deeply moving. Like all natural beauty, it incites undoubtedly a feeling like nothing else.
If Niagara Falls and the whirlpool is a beauty, the town Niagara-on-the-lake is a spectacle. The city that is surrounded by wineries and grape farms, seems turned back in time with its architecture, it’s theatre and its shops. Cows the ice cream shop was serving up delicious ice creams and it’s neighbor the Hat shop had be pretty amused with its array of hats, the Niagara apothecary though shut when we visited was the first pharmacy in Canada. It’s leanings towards the essential oils hence the essentials of life are unmistakable. The clock tower and the administrative buildings swathed in brick and wrought iron cut pretty pictures that are well balanced by the trees on fire in the fall. The fall fairy was working her magic in full swing bestowing us with bewitching views. The views of the city of Toronto amidst the clouds are a winning feature of the Niagara-on-the-lake.
Living in full tech, but so close to nature and in proximity to the historical neighbourhoods makes the town very popular for bnbs that facilitate one to enjoy the times gone by. As history has it, the entire town was burnt down in fire and in the 1850s, it rose like a phoenix out of its ashes and has been maintained thus since. A stunning piece of man-made beauty amidst all of Nature’s glory. A walk in the park, a lick of some ice cream, a hat on the head, a theatrical show for the senses, and one has all the ingredients one needs for being touched by beauty. The falls are never shut and they uplift one plenty with their being and their surrounding. All that we wish and pray for, much manifest at our very best, yet we can never be a visionary to what nature at its best can bring forth for us. All we can do is hope to be inspired and surprised by nature, by the universe, by life and enjoy the newness of people and of experiences. Our imagination can be vastly triumphed by our faith, if only we let it. And while advancement may be a recipe for the future, being still in the moment may well be all we need, for the moment is our life and only when we let it be we be.
Vedasri Siddamsetty 