Richmond Hill Concert Band at Delmanor...

                                                                                              Photos by Barry Wallace

Delmanor Retirement residents in Aurora were treated recently to a mixture of musical styles and selections by the Richmond Hill Concert Band.    Selections included pop symphony music, Simon & Garfunkel classics, big band standards and trendy video game themes!

     Sitting to close to the brass section? 

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Barry Wallace

Delmanor welcomes exotic critters...

Photos by Barry Wallace

Delmanor Retirement Residence in Aurora received animal visitors from 'handsonexotics' recently, which included Pippa (above), a Red-tailed Cockatoo from Australia.   Pippa brought many smiles and laughter to Delmanor residents, pictured below...

 

Shelly, a ten-year

old Red-footed Tortoise from

Asia, (above and

at left), fascinated 

Delmanor residents

while exploring the living Well Centre non-stop.  This heavy tortoise will have a lifespan of 200 year.

Above and at left 

is Lara, a ferret and popular European pet animal, that sleeps 20 hours a day.

Above and at right, is Ravioli, a bug-eating lizard from Australia that is also called a "bearded dragon".

It can change its colours to blend in with rocks.

Delmanor residents, Pat Cromie (above) and Ron Thornton (below) get up close and personal with 'Stinky', a North American Corn Snake.

At left, perched atop 

a compliant Delmanor resident's head, 

is a South American Chinchilla, 

named Cocoa, the softest animal 

in the world.

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Barry Wallace

Overlooking the Oak Ridges Moraine...

                                                                                                 Photo by Barry Wallace

 My balcony view 

at Delmanor Retirement Residence

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Barry Wallace

Never-before-seen photo of my sister Denise...

 

Many thanks to my cousin Judy Thomas for passing along this (never-been-seen-before photo, by me)  of my sister Denise and her husband, Fred Georgekish, taken long ago.   Fred, a native Cree Indian from the Quebec side of James Bay, passed away several years ago.   Denise now lives in a seniors nursing home in Montreal.   Denise, in her high school  days in King City, Ontario, was once a prom queen.   Love to you and happy Valentine's Day my dear.

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Barry Wallace 

In the Holland Marsh...

Photo by Barry Wallace

Looking to be a winter warrior no more...

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Barry Wallace

January sunsets prevail over Aurora & King...

 

Photo  by Barry Wallace

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Barry Wallace

Red and white winter testament...

                                                                           Photo by Barry Wallace

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Barry Wallace