In Autumn it’s the gorgeous colours in the changing trees and bright bright sunny days. Take that sun combine it with ample mist and you get perfect double rainbows!
I love the localness of her little hat and that she looks like a unicorn with the double rainbow.
So Niagara Falls is fun but it can be a little over the top. The gorgeous falls and park are almost lost to the Capital Letters TOURISM! The separation of the city of Niagara Falls and the surrounding “fruit basket of Ontario” has always been so strange to me. The subdivisions all have names like “Orchard Grove” yet finding a fruit or vegetable on your plate, let alone a local one is next to impossible. So after a few helpful tweets we escaped to the surrounding wine and orchard country and had a blast. And a proper serving of vegetables.
The Good Earth Food and Wine Company in Beamsville, Ontario was recommended by Eating Niagara as a good place to run around and grab some lunch. What a perfect suggestion.
We started with some peach orchard cuddles.
Then we had a good run. She really wanted to pick fruit and couldn’t figure out where it had gone. I guess all that apple picking left an impression.
So she inspected ALL the leaves.
And then did a little dance.
We moved inside for lunch but didn’t get a single photo of our food. It was beautiful but clearly too delicious to photograph. Ryan and Rebecca shared some duck, I had the best cauliflower soup I’ve ever tasted. The salad had carrot spirals that went on for miles. The wine was delicious. The atmosphere was friendly and charming. The two year was welcomed with a taste of local honey from neighbours Rosewood Estates and peach preserves. We couldn’t have asked for anything more lovely.
After lunch we poked around.
There was lots of fun food and fork related art.
Ryan is inspired and determined that some day we’ll have a whole building to cook in. This has got to be the most perfect set up for group canning projects or pressing cider.
Their kitchen side herb gardens are still going strong and Rebecca got into the grapes.
We picked out some wine, honey and jam to bring home and enjoyed the drive back on the back roads stopping for our groceries from road side farms stands.
Vintage Precious says
Beautiful!! I've never been, the closet I came was watching the movie Niagara with Marilyn Monroe. 😉
Vintage Precious says
Typo! closet = closest
Harry Stoddart says
Now I understand the tweet about the hat. Thanks for IDing the wool in your post. The hat looks very cute. Love the shot with the rainbow arcing overhead.
Meeling says
Beautiful pictures and what a weekend!! It sounded like the perfect Fall day… and 2 naps…woo hoo!! 😉