Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Canada's Birthday in Kettleby

                                                                                  Photo by Barry Wallace
Hurray for Canada Day!

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Barry Wallace

Monday, June 29, 2020

Pumphouse Road ~ south of Hwy. 11


                                                                                             Photos by Barry Wallace
Wetting a line in the Holland Marsh...
There's no shortage of people wanting to fish in the Holland Marsh's river or canals these days.   Everyone brings all their gear and portable chairs to their favourite spots and spend a few hours enjoying the summer sun.   Not everyone picks the perfect spot however, especially when there are wires or cables over the water (as seen in the photo below) and a lot of fishing lines, floats and hooks, etc. become hopelessly snagged overhead....all part of fishing's rich pageant.


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Barry Wallace

Sunday, June 28, 2020

Keele Street ~ north of the 17th

                                                                                             Photo by Barry Wallace
Black Forest Garden Centre
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Barry Wallace


Saturday, June 27, 2020

19th Sideroad of King...


                                                                                      Photo by Barry Wallace
Ancient mower ~ old but colorful
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Barry Wallace


Friday, June 26, 2020

11th Concession of King...

                                                                          Photo by Barry Wallace
Rhubarb or burdock?
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Barry Wallace

Thursday, June 25, 2020

spresso dessert bar opens in King City

                                                                                  Photo by Barry Wallace
A new coffee and dessert bar has opened on the east side of Keele Street, just south of the King Road, in King City.   It is a small but charmingly chic spot with desserts that will tempt everyone!   The last thing I need is another place to get desserts and sweets, as I'm trying to lose 20 lbs., but I did try something and it was absolutely decadent.   You have been warned.
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Barry Wallace

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Signs of the times...

                                                      Photos by Barry Wallace

Here are a couple of signs flanking a driveway entrance on the Lloydtown-Aurora Sideroad, south of Kettleby.   I don't know if they are one-of-a-kind or first of their kind In King Township, but they are certainly topical.
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Barry Wallace

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

The undeniableness of Red Squirrels...

                                                                     Photos by Barry Wallace
They can be threatened.
They can be thumped.
They can be thwacked.
They can be thrashed.
They can be throttled.
But they cannot be thwarted.
                  


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Barry Wallace

Monday, June 22, 2020

Keele Street - north of the 16th Sideroad

                  
          Lily pond at the Field Farm
                                     
Photos by Barry Wallace
 Pulchritudinous Pink

                    
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  Barry Wallace
                                                 

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Kingscross Estates ~ King City


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Watch Hill Road
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Barry Wallace

Saturday, June 20, 2020

34.5 Celsius - Saturday afternoon...

                                                     Photo by Barry Wallace

"CATatonic"?

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Barry Wallace

Friday, June 19, 2020

In the backyard...


It must be summer...
 the peonies are blooming

                                                      Photos by Barry Wallace


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Barry Wallace

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Laskay landmark still stands...


                                                                                  Photo by Barry Wallace
LASKAY EMPORIUM - 21st Century
Black Creek Pioneer Village

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19th & 20th century views below







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Barry Wallace

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

A century or so later...

                                                                                               Scott Family photo
Circa 1900
Pictured above is a photo of James T. Scott and his wife Edith Jane Wells, with a grandson, in front of their "little tin house" on Jane Street, south of Kinghorn.   James and Edith were my late wife Linda's great grandparents and lived here for many decades.

                                                                                                 Kingsbridge Photo
Circa 2020
120 years later, the old Scott property is now the expansive home of the Kingsbridge Conference Centre & Hotel, a new King Township 21st century landmark.

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Barry Wallace

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Station upgrade at Kinghorn...

                                                                                                                  Photos by Barry Wallace
The original King City Railway Station at the King Cultural & Heritage Centre site in Kinghorn is currently getting an all-new and much-needed platform around the station.   In 2020, the station marks its 167th year of existence.




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Barry Wallace

Monday, June 15, 2020

Built about 1863 by Benjamin Lloyd...


                                                           Photo: Elizabeth McClure Gillham
The original general store at the four corners in King City was built over 150 years ago, around 1863, by Benjamin Lloyd.   The photo of the store, pictured above, was taken about 1907, approximately 7 years after James MacDonald purchased the building and business for his two sons.   The store remained under ownership by succeeding MacDonald family members, (including Crawford Wells) for almost 75 years.   New local owners, in 1975 continued to operate under the Crawford Wells General Store name (see photo below).   The old store became Locale Restaurant & Bar in 2012 (see bottom photo).

                                       
   Photo above and photo below by Barry Wallace

                                                                                       
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Sunday, June 14, 2020

Much needed improvements at Kinghorn...

                                                                               Photos by Barry Wallace
New parking lot and pathways
paved at King Cultural & Heritage Centre





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Barry Wallace



Saturday, June 13, 2020

Worth the wait...


                                                                                    Photos by Barry Wallace
My poppies were a few days late this year.   None in May, but they did show up early in June, and very welcome they were.


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Barry Wallace

Friday, June 12, 2020

Entering the village...

                                                                                     Photo by Barry Wallace
On the side of the Kettleby Road
Dryad's Saddle Fungus ~ a.k.a. Pheasant's Back Mushroom

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Barry Wallace

Thursday, June 11, 2020

In the spring garden...



                                                                                       Photo by Barry Wallace
Fresh herbs to the rescue
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Barry Wallace

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Back-breaking work on Keele Street...


                                                                              Photos by Barry Wallace
'Lifters' ~ not stone masons


These two young, good-looking lads were hard-at-it last week on Keele Street, just south of the Anglican Church, in King City.   The cut-stone retaining wall on the east side of the street is being rebuilt after decades of service and at the same time as new sidewalks are being installed.   I told these hardy lads that they looked rather young to be stone masons.   One of them replied: "We're not stone masons - we're "lifters".   Candid and charming...well done guys.
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Barry Wallace

Eversley Presbyterian Church - built in 1848

Photos by Barry Wallace




The Eversley Presbyterian Church is now owned by JTF Homes Ltd., a custom estate property development company.   It began as a church in 172 years ago on Dufferin Street, close to King City.   It closed 110 years later in 1958.   In 1960, it was purchased by Lady Eaton.  It was taken over by the York Pioneer and Historical Society in 1967, and was sold as part of the Lady Eaton estate in 1971.   Upkeep of the old church has been conducted by several occupants over the last several decades.   I think it is fair to say that old church and the property it sits on, accompanied by a pioneer graveyard looks as attractive today as it ever has.   After 172 years of existence, it looks as though it could easily serve some appropriate cause for another 100 years.   This is a one-of-kind treasure for King and long may it inspire us.  Fascinating information on this Eversley landmark is to be gained from Elizabeth McClure Gillham's 1975 book entitled "Early Settlements of KING TOWNSHIP Ontario".



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Monday, June 8, 2020

The Grackle ~ by Ogden Nash



                                                                                                               Photo by BarrytheBirder

The grackle's voice is less than mellow,
His heart is black, his eye is yellow,
He bullies more attractive birds
With hoodlum deeds and vulgar words,
and should a human interfere,
Attacks the human in the rear.
I cannot help but deem the grackle
An ornithological debacle.

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BarrytheBirder