Dundas Valley and its waterfalls, Ontario

Dundas Valley Conservation Area is one of the southern Ontario’s most spectacular natural areas. It offers great hiking opportunities along a small section of the Bruce Trail and few other side trails that weave through the forest along Niagara Escarpment.

Being part of a large glacial valley from about 10,000 years ago that spreads into Lake Ontario, this conservation is actually famous for its 1,200 ha of lush Carolinian forests, a rich and unique ecosystem found in southern Ontario.

Dundas Valley Conservation Area
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CA, Ontario: Felker’s Falls in a rainy day

If life gives you lemons, you can make a lemonade, but if the sky gives you rain, then go to waterfalls!

After few rainy days at the beginning of July, we decided it is a great time to visit what else than Felker’s Falls.

Felker's Falls
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The sound of the spring @ Riverwood Conservancy

This year, the spring arrived stealthily in Ontario, and suddenly I realized it was gone already.

From March to May, Mother Nature put on her new appearances, and we watched the flowers blooming, as we eagerly awaited them for so long. We enjoyed the sun and the clear skies, the birds and their songs.

Trillium flowers
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CA, Ontario – A symphony of colours: Brueckner Rhododendron Gardens

If you are ever passing through Mississauga during the spring, or summer time, then you should stop here. Brueckner Rhododendron Gardens is a waterfront park with many varieties of ornamental shrubs, trees, and flowers, that are in full bloom at the end of May.

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CA, Ontario: Looking for signs – Emily Provincial Park

What would you be up to on a Saturday morning with a clear sky, and a bright, beckoning sun? I’m telling you, my feet got itchy the next second I opened up the blinds. Quick decision, Emily Provincial Park was my choice. I have passed by few times this park in the past years, but never had the time to stop. Now it was the perfect time!

Emily Provincial Park
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CA, Ontario: Niagara Parks, Butterfly Conservatory

‘One morning a butterfly knocked on my window

and he told me the sun was calling me.

I was sleepy, and I didn’t believe him,

then I opened the window,

and I saw the sun was smiling at me,

and millions of butterflies fluttering their wings, eager to play.

It’s a miracle, isn’t it?’

Small postman butterfly
Small postman butterfly
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