tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post4682428226611834245..comments2023-06-23T10:31:01.764-04:00Comments on Kaslkaos Drawbridge -- Artist's Journal: Beautiful Niagara, & photo essaykaslkaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04041865957191874234noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post-23784314132726973462010-02-04T09:09:43.101-05:002010-02-04T09:09:43.101-05:00Chrissy, familiarity turned Niagara into a cliche....Chrissy, familiarity turned Niagara into a cliche. Blogging here has taught me to see it with fresh eyes.<br />My mother had heaps of coarse dark incredibly curly hair, my sister looks spanish. We had comments about Gypsy blood too. I don't think my parents minded that speculation at all. They always referred to us a Heinz 57's if you dug backwards long enough, Germany sitting smack in the middle of Europe and all.<br />PS. Now I'm looking at your avatar with new eyes, gypsy indeed.kaslkaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041865957191874234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post-71558680625448561302010-02-02T09:27:12.979-05:002010-02-02T09:27:12.979-05:00I would love to visit, I never really thought of i...I would love to visit, I never really thought of it as being commercialised. How silly is that?<br />The butterflies are amazingly beautiful.<br />Indeed your heritage does sound interesting, perhaps it is your parents that had the problem for whatever reason. Indeed, my mother has always said I have gypsy blood. When I went looking back, I think she is right but it may well be from her side. I would never say too much about that though ....I think it's great and adds colour but somehow I am not sure she would share my enthusiasm, lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03252876587579985190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post-39772504960117484622010-01-29T14:18:23.266-05:002010-01-29T14:18:23.266-05:00Answering those questions could fill numerous blog...Answering those questions could fill numerous blogposts, and I think I will as I often have no clue what I should blog about. I'll be doing much guessing. It was a touchie subject. For some reason my parents thought I was ashamed of my heritage and it was so far from the truth it made me very angry. Hence, never asked them those questions.<br />The 1st photo is thanks to photoshop. We had really grey weather, somehow the auto re-touch enhance a sliver of wan sunlight into a golden afternoon.kaslkaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041865957191874234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post-67945879071450129072010-01-29T14:04:13.434-05:002010-01-29T14:04:13.434-05:00I enjoyed the photographs (especially the first on...I enjoyed the photographs (especially the first one)and the personal history that went with them. I'd love to hear more about your family, why your parents settled where they did, what their impressions were.Jenny Bennetthttp://streamsandforests.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post-65809045267550625492010-01-26T08:27:10.222-05:002010-01-26T08:27:10.222-05:00Jennifer, The Niagara River Gorge is still relativ...Jennifer, The Niagara River Gorge is still relatively unspoiled, so if you get the opportunity you should see it. Comfy shoes will get you down the hill (winter can get too icy, but otherwise it's not a bad trail) or there are beautiful lookouts and parklands between the falls and Niagara On The Lake.<br />Michelle, I've only heard of the falls freezing over, and cannot even imagine it.<br />The Butterflies are always fabulous.kaslkaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041865957191874234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post-86092727981908131522010-01-25T11:05:03.392-05:002010-01-25T11:05:03.392-05:00My only trip to Niagara Falls as an adult was in J...My only trip to Niagara Falls as an adult was in January. It was a really cold January and the Falls were solid ice. The sound of water around them so limited. It was like time lapse. Amazing... There were few tourists about then...<br /><br />We did the Butterfly thing too! :-)Michelle B. Hendryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500918089801585939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post-396531059547582832010-01-25T10:43:55.243-05:002010-01-25T10:43:55.243-05:00I love going to the falls in the winter. it is so ...I love going to the falls in the winter. it is so much easier to get a feeling of the impressive power of the falls when there isn't hundreds of people fighting to get the perfect shot. it is sad to see tho how much has changed over the years. <br /><br />I remember going when I was about 13 and it was touristy and tacky then, but when we went back 10 years later it was like walking into a different place. its gotten way too commercialized :/Jennifer Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06528908250338974537noreply@blogger.com