A full, 360-degree rainbow paints the mist over Niagara Falls

You have probably heard about this, but a month or so ago there were some images/videos/articles posted online about a full 360 rainbow that was viewed. It was quite neat. Here are a couple of reports: Washington Post – A full, 360-degree rainbow paints the mist over Niagara Falls Daily Mail – Where’s the pot…

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Canadian daredevils climb up ice-covered Horseshoe Falls

From the Toronto Star: The thunder of the waterfall roared in his bones, but Will Gadd kept climbing. Moments later, along with Sarah Hueniken, who followed him up, Gadd completed the first-ever ice climb of Niagara Falls, a feat that earned the champion climbers praise and attention from around the world. “This is absolutely the…

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Niagara Getting Some Winter Love from Pittsburgh

Click the photo or link below to view to a great local (well… if you’re from Pittsburgh) news segment/article about Niagara Falls in the winter.  Like the reporter who put together this piece, Niagara Falls is a place I have visited with my family and friends many times over the years.  After viewing it, I called my mom…

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Wind damage from Saturday

If you live within a few hours of Niagara Falls, you probably experienced some very high winds last Saturday. Occasionally we experience that, but this lasted for 18 hours or so. However, with all of that wind, there was actually very little damage. Other than some small branches around, the only damage I saw was…

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It’s a beautiful day (or so the U2 song said at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville)

I took these pictures along Queen Victoria Park, and commented out loud how it was a beautiful day. Then when we walked past Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, that U2 song was playing.

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Lots of damage around the rose garden in Queen Victoria Park

As I was out for a walk today, I could see some small branches here and there. However, once I got to the rose garden in Queen Victoria Park, there were 3 very large trees that had fallen over in the strong winds today.

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Flowers along the Parkway

I’m sure some of the flowers will get damaged with the huge gusts of wind today, but this is what the Niagara Parkway/Queen Victoria Park area looked like yesterday. Nice!

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Springs Flowers (in snow and rain)

It is great to see the flowers starting to come up along the Niagara Parkway, even if it is through the snow. The snow is gone now, and some of the smaller flowers have opened.

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Back from Florida

I’m back from Florida, and trying to get used to this crummy weather 🙁 It’ll probably take me a few days to get organized and get caught up on my posting.

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Ice bridge takes shape under falls

From the Tonawanda News: In the wake of bone-chilling temperatures over the past couple of weeks, Niagara’s top off-season attraction has formed below the falls. The ice bridge, as it is known, was spotted Friday morning by Emil Bende, general manager of marine operations at the Canadian Maid of the Mist landing. “It (the ice)…

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