It was a pleasant day in Acton when I decided to see how fall was treating Prospect Park. A lot of the leaves have said goodbye and left the trees. October was warmer and drier than usual and the water level in Fairy Lake is down. There still is plenty of water left for the ducks and geese that love the area and I got close to some of the friendly, colourful Mallard Ducks like the one pictured above. I believe he said wack wack.

The dry summer has quite an impact to the waterfalls around Southern Ontario. The small trickle of water runs along the upper edge of lower Ball's Falls.

A mother and her daughter sit at the top of the falls with a height of about 28m (90').

This is a day of adventure with my brother Joe. While the waterfalls are less than spectacular because of the low flow of water it still is a beautiful area along the Niagara Escarpment - and the mosquito count is really low! The shot above is along the trail to Louth Falls which also hooks up to the Bruce Trail.

The creek has cut a sharp valley through the rocks of the escarpment. The floor of the creek remains covered in leaves with small pools of water scattered here and there. The drop just ahead is quite impressive but it only has a trickle of water flowing during our visit.

Joe looks onto the falls from high up at the building where the spotlights are mounted. We had decided to do a tour of waterfalls on this day so it was with great luck that the weather was great and that the Niagara Falls Festival of Lights kicked off on this day. The colours of the spotlights really adds to the atmosphere of the world famous falls and make some great pictures. We also got to enjoy the two fireworks shows put on for the tourists.

Winter seems to be on it's way as we get a sprinkling of snow on November 8, 2007. The snow is a light blanket on our little home in Acton. The Barrie area had got a few inches the day before so we were very lucky. Hopefully this will be all for awhile. Now I need to find my snow shovel.