{"id":1008,"date":"2007-09-23T14:22:26","date_gmt":"2007-09-23T19:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2007\/09\/23\/ottawas-hidden-treasures-hogs-back-falls\/"},"modified":"2007-09-23T14:24:31","modified_gmt":"2007-09-23T19:24:31","slug":"ottawas-hidden-treasures-hogs-back-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2007\/09\/23\/ottawas-hidden-treasures-hogs-back-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa’s Hidden Treasures – Hogs Back Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love the light in September. It’s warm and golden, and instead of glaring overhead it comes dappled through the leaves at a gentle angle. And then, of course, the trees are starting to change colours, green giving way to gold and even scarlet.<\/p>\n

\n\"Stone<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

Every year in September, when the light gets like this, I get drawn to Hogs Back Falls. It’s one of my favourite places to go for an easy hike right in the city, a little oasis of trees and rough-hewn paths along side the Rideau River where it splits from the canal at Mooney’s Bay. I was telling the boys this morning that I’ve been drawn there in every season, but I never miss a walk at Hogs Back Falls in September, and I usually can’t resist bringing my camera along with me.<\/p>\n

This was the boys two years ago, in September 2005.<\/p>\n

\n\"Sharing<\/a><\/div>\n

We forgot to bring birdseed to feed the nuthatches and peanuts to feed the chipmunks today. <\/p>\n

Back in the day, we’d walk along the wide gravel path at a snail’s pace, first pushing a stroller and then holding the hand of a creeping toddler.<\/p>\n

\n\"Simon<\/a><\/div>\n

Suddenly, taking these two intrepid on a hike is a lot of work. Paths must be followed, rocks climbed over, trails explored. The boys surged ahead while it was me who brought up the rear, sweating lightly despite the early autumnal chill. And this used to be such a leisurely stroll!<\/p>\n

\n\"Tristan<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Hogs<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Fall<\/a><\/div>\n

No doubt, Hogs Back Falls is gorgeous any time of year. But on a sunny September day, when summer forgets to submit to fall and the air is warm and golden, it may just be one of the most beautiful places in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love the light in September. It’s warm and golden, and instead of glaring overhead it comes dappled through the leaves at a gentle angle. And then, of course, the trees are starting to change colours, green giving way to gold and even scarlet. Every year in September, when the light gets like this, I … Continue reading “Ottawa’s Hidden Treasures – Hogs Back Falls”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ottawas-hidden-treasures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}