Early December sunset - south Aurora

                                                                           Photo by Barry Wallace

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

December plants underway...

Photo by Barry Wallace

 Poinsettia, Christmas Cactus and Orchid

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

"Singleton Sunset on the Ides of October"

Painting by Phil Chadwick

Here is a recent work by one-time and well-known King Township artist and Environment Canada forecaster Phil Chardwick.

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Blind lifetime friends were part of my late wife Linda's family history.

John Scott & David Moore

Life-time friends who lived on the Scott family farms between Vaughan and King in the mid-1850s.   The Scotts were from one branch of my late wife, Linda (Cairns) Wallace.   John Scott and David Moore were inseparable fixtures in southern York County for decades, seen almost daily walking about with David leading the way and John Scott following along clutching David's coattails.   Photo from family history files.

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Seneca College setting sun...

Photo by Barry Wallace

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Sideroad snow in King...

 

                                                                                             Photo by Barry Wallace

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Eaton Hall - built in 1938...

EATON HALL

Eaton Hall, a large 70-room castle-like home in the Norman style, on Dufferin Street In King Township, was built by Lady Eaton during 1938/1939.   It sat on a 700-acre parcel of land, with its its own lake, and in 2025 it has been owned for several years by Seneca College.   Today, Eaton Hall is used as an event venue, by the college.

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

The Mary T on Bond Lake - 1920s

 

The Mary T

Pictured above is the paddle steamer Mary T  (a.k.a. The Lady of the Lake)  touring folks around Bond Lake in the 1920s.   Bond Lake came to be owned by the Metropolitan Railway Company.   In the early 1900s, the Metropolitan Railway Company turned Bond Lake into a park area for their employess.   There was a dancing pavilion erected and a playground for children.   People could rent canoes or ride on the 'Lady of the Lake': The Mary T.

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Canada Geese on Lake Jonda - Seneca College

  Starting to freeze over

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace 

King City Trail...

 

                                                                                  Photo by Barry Wallace                                    

                                  A late bit of fall ~ an early bit of winter

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Humber River tributary about to freeze over...

                                                                  Photo by Barry Wallace

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Fine art with changing realities at Aurora's Cultural Centre on Victoria Street

 

Photos by Barry Wallace

New works by Aurora artists 

Judy Sherman and Eva Folks

Longtime Aurora artists and good friends Eva Folks and Judy Sherman have combined to present a gallery show which recently opened at the Homeroom Galleries in the Aurora Cultural Centre in the centre of town, just east of Yonge.   The double-solo exhibition blends realism with a touch of surrealism: Folks working in acrylic paints and Sherman in oils.

Shifting Realities is on until Friday, January 2, 2006 and is a show for all ages and all types of artistic persuasion: not to be missed!

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Solitary chilly blackbird...

 
Photo by BarrytheBirder

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Holland Marsh - roadside outlook...

Photo by Barry Wallace

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Another post-Remembrance Day sunset...

Photo by Barry Wallace

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

 

                                                                                                   Photo by Barry

                                                     Linda  Catherine Wallace

                                            Mar. 7, 1944 -  Nov.13, 2025

 Passed away at the age of 75 at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

Miss you my dear.

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

                  

Watervolleyball at Delmanor Retirement Residence in Aurora...

                                                                  Photos by Pat Cromie

Delmanor Aurora's water-volleyball team recently invited the water-volleyball team from Delmanor West Village in Etobicoke to a friendly challege match in Aurora.   A great time was had by all with Aurora Delmanor winning the close 3/4 hour match.  The Delmanor teams shared lunch after the match in the Pub at Delmanor Aurora and it seemed that another match in the new year was in the offing.

In the photo above, yours truly is about to serve to the guys and gals from Delmanor West Village and in the photo below, I'm returning their return of my service shot.   How a bunch of 80 and 90-year-olds lasted 45 minutes non-stop was hard to believe, but everyone seemed to enjoy themselves immensely.   Good for us!

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Kettleby Cemetery...

 
Photo by Barry Wallace

Remembrance Day can be any day...

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Ancient Daimler ride ~ London to Brighton!

 

The younger brother (seen above) of my partner Pat,  at Delmanor Retirement Residence in Aurora, has just returned from England after participating in a race between London and Brighton.   The vehicle he drove in was a 125-year-old open-top 1900 Daimler which had a 6 h.p. engine and solid rubber tires.  There were 401 participating vehicles in the race.  

Jim Wilgar and his compatriots reach Brighton, on the English Channel.

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

More orchids...

                                                                                     Photos by Barry Wallace

These orchid photos were taken at Rocchetti's Wigs, opposite Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill, where my partner, Pat get her nails done.   Pat has been sharing and swapping orchids with the gals at Rocchetti's for a few years.   The orchids at Rocchetti's are currently in a bit of an eclipse, but will return to grandeur early in the new year when I will publish some more photos with plants featuring dozens of blooms!

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

October orchids...

    Photos by Barry Wallace

My partner Pat, at Delmanor Retirement Residence, in Aurora, has a passion for orchids.   Herewith is a recent one in bloom.

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Sunset ~ October 31, 2025

                                                                         Photo by Barry Wallace

Game 6 - World Series - pre-game sunset

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

A few photos from friend Dave Kemp on a sunny Vancouver Island...

 
                                                                                          Photos by Dave Kemp

Pumpkins & Gourds

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Seneca College...

Photo by Barry Wallace

Almost End of of October

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Late October afternoon sky...

 

Photo by Barry Wallace

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Butternut Ridge Trail - south Aurora

                                                                     Photo by Barry Wallace

3rd floor westward balcony view from Delmanor Retirement Residence 

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace

Pine Farms Orchard...north of King City

                                                                                              Photos by Barry Wallace

A small group of eight residents from Delmanor Retirement Residence in Aurora, including Pat and I, recently visited Pine Farms Orchard, north of King City.   People getting apples were there in droves.   The site was very busy and there were lots of things to see and do.

                                                       Pat ponders a pumpkin purchase

                                                                Delmanor bus driver Dave

Please comment if you wish.

Barry Wallace