niagara lately: volume I.

"squeaky swings and tall grass.

the longest shadows ever cast.

the water's warm and children swim.

and we frolicked about in our summer skin."

i think this might be the first time in my life that i have let where i live, show me its truest colours. lately i have found myself, more than ever, being taken aback by not only how handsome it is, but how lucky i am to get to live here. growing up, i complained about how there was nothing to do, how there was nothing worthwhile to see, but as i grow older, i have come to appreciate if only a fraction of all that niagara has to offer -- it's quaint, it's unique, it's the perfect little spot, 
and i'm happily nestled right in the thick of it.