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12 October 2023

summer

Summer has never been my favourite season. The heat and humidity exhausts me. And, after so looking forward to patio season, the cool, air conditioned interior of any restaurant or cafe draws me inside. And, it seems to be fraught with disasters - fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes... But the gardens are beautiful and lush.

as is the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake

which is festooned with flowers along Queen Street

which is also where you can find several ice cream shops, including this one (which conveniently also sells postcards)






Niagara-on-the-Lake is a tourist town, with its flowers and the Shaw Festival (with three theatres)

Some tourist towns are really quiet beyond the summer, like Tobermory, which is located at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula which divides Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. The little town, with about 1,400 permanent residents, wraps around this harbour.

It has lots of restaurants, art galleries and craft stores, book shops and clothing shops, a well stocked grocery store filled with all your camping needs, and places where you can buy tickets for the several boat tours. But, as a local once remarked, there are no hair salons.

for Thursday Postcard Hunt


4 comments:

Mail Adventures said...
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Mail Adventures said...

Living in a mass tourist town, summer cannot be my favourite season. And the heat is growing worse every year.

But no doubt summers create wonderful pictures for postcards :)

A taste of summer on an island.

Joy said...

Always love a place with opportunities for a boat trips.
My summer is here

marina said...

Lovely postcards and sites. I like summer, (i like all seasons) but with the relief of air conditioned. I like flip flops, beach, less clothes, nature, and fruits.