In the Holland Marsh...

Photos by Barry Wallace

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Aurora Community Arboretum

 Photos by Barry Wallace

Eradicating noxious weeds

Several Aurora residents participated in getting rid of noxious weeds in the Aurora Community Arboretum 

on Saturday, May 31.  

Pictured above is Lissa Dwyer, of Aurora,  bundling up invasive

 Garlic Mustad and Stinging Nettle, among other noxious weeds.

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Top six wines at the LCBO...

1. 2021 J. Lohr Seven Oaks Cabernet Sauvignon ($24.95)

2. 2021 Josh Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon ($19.95)

3. 2023 Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc ($21.95)

4. 2022 Bread & Butter Cabernet Sauvignon ($21.95)

5. Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio ($21.95)

6. 2022 Tom Gore Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon (19.95)

Sorry, Mr.Trump, but I'll only be buying No. 3 and 5. until you leave office.

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Delmanor Retirement Residence - Aurora

A Green Oasis...

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"I've looked at clouds from both sides now..."

 
                                                                    Photos by Barry Wallace

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Finally...a late May sunset!

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Views from a 3rd floor balcony at Delmanor Retirement Residence in Aurora

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Attending my first 'Tea' at Delmanor...

                                                                                                       Photos by Cathy Low

For the first time in my 83 years I attended a real 'Tea' this past Friday, in the Raju Dining Room at Delmanor Retirement Residence in Aurora, where I live.

The room was full of ladies.   I was one of four men in attendance.   In the photo at top I am the fellow, second from the right.   My friends at the table are Pat Cromie, Marlene Birnie and Victor Pitt.   My tea choice was the Wild Berry Zinger (very tasty). It was a pleasant experience and quite different from my get-togethers with the guys for a beer in the old days.

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Curling @Delmanor Retirement Residence...

 

Photos by Barry Wallace

Serious consideration of scoring is done after each end is played.

Each shot can provoke comment and gestures!

The

agony 

and 

ecstasy

of each

shot!

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Queen Victoria ~ born May 24, 1819

Photo by Barry Wallace

Painting by Sir William Ross (1794-1860), Victoria, Princess Royal, 1850.  Watercolour on ivory mounted on zinc, 238 x 183 mm.   Commissioned by Prince Albert from the artist for the sum of 90 guineas and listed in the prince's accounts on January 11, 1851.   Royal collection @2010, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.   The photo of this reproduction was taken in the dining room of my daughter Allison's home in Aurora.   A copy of the artwork also appears in the Prince of Wales Hotel at Niagara-on-the-lake.

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Delmanor Aurora floral front entrance...

 

Photo by Barry Wallace

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White tulips at Aurora cenotaph...

 

Photos by Barry Wallace

White tulips evoke a sense 

of calm and serenity

and are a gesture 

of respect 

and remembrance.

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Delmanor Aurora folks visit Salem Alpaca farm

 

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18 residents from Delmanor Retirement Residence in Aurora took a bus tour to the Salem Alpaca Farm in Manilla, Ontario, on Thursday May 15.   The farm has been operated since 2000 by Kathleen Holmes and Erma Burkhart, much to the delight of thousands of visitors over the years.

Dalmanor resident Dorothy gets close and fuzzy with one the Salem alpacas.

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