Almost overlooked this picture...

Photo by Barry Wallace

Here's a photo I took this past summer which I thought exemplified the charming and peaceful pasturage of King Township.   The picture was taken in the northwest part of the township, west of Schomberg.   I'm sure I had every intention of publishing it shortly after I took it -- but didn't.   Now it has resurfaced and I present it here as a pleasant contrast to the recent wet and cold November weather.

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Barry Wallace

Taking a breather...

I've decided to take a break 
from my Camera on King blog
for a while.
I'll probably be back at the start
of 2014.
Meanwhile, Id like to wish you, 
dear reader, a very merry
Christmas and a wonderful new year.
Barry

The new Bathurst Steet

Photos by Barry Wallace

At present, vehicular traffic on Bathurst Street (the eastern boundary of King Township) ends 500 metres north of the Morning Sideroad.   Walk another 500 metres or so and you will find yourself at the spot pictured above.   Bathurst Street has been closed at this spot for several decades.

Many locals over the years called this section of Bathurst Street (which plunges down to the Holland Marsh) the 'devil's elbow'.   Driving it was always a challenge at the best of times.   It will probably be early 2015 before Bathurst Street is widened and pushed up and over the moraine to make Bathurst Street a through road. Below is a view south on Bathurst Street from the Graham Sideroad, west of Holland Landing.   The new roadbed can be seen heading up over part of the Oak Ridges Moraine.       

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Barry Wallace

Jack-o'-lanterns revisited

Photo by Barry Wallace

This is one of the pumpkins that decorated my neighbour Rob's front door on Hallowe'en.   It now sits by the side of the road, next to the leaf bags,` waiting to be picked up for recycling.   I was amazed this year to see so many pumpkins with non-traditional symbols carved into them. The choice of designs seems endless and I felt very uncomfortable trying to interpret some them.   The one above is obvious: Boston Bruins...or is it Boston Bumpkins, or Boston Pumpkins.   I thought my street was Maple Leafs territory from one end to the other.   It seems as I get older, more and more of the traditions from my youth are yielding to changing tastes.   Try as I may I just don't see how jack-'o-lanterns like the one above are supposed to be scary... clever, but not scary.

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Barry Wallace

No stone unused at Redcrest

Photo by Barry Wallace

I have never golfed at King Township's  Cardinal Golf & Country Club nor at its premium 18-hole Redcrest course, seen above, but I never drive by without greatly admiring the wonderful series of fieldstone walls, along its east side, on Keele Street, north of Hwy. 9.   The impressive randomness of its heritage-type construction is exceeded only the beauty of the huge stones themselves.   These structures are a photographer's delight.

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Barry Wallace

Meet Tex ~ the Bull Terrier

                                                                                                               Photo by Barry Wallace

Meet Tex, the Bull Terrier.   He can often be spotted, tied up, in front of the house, two doors east of the King City Marketplace, in the centre of the village, on the north-east corner of King Road and Keele Street.   Tex, pictured above with his buddy, Joe, is 16 months old.   He's very friendly and as strong as a bull.   Some may feel that Bull Terriers are an acquired taste, given those beady triangular eyes, big head and snout, and short hair...you either love 'em or hate 'em when it comes to looks.   Tex is very affectionate and muscular.   Joe had to hang on tight to keep Tex from bowling me over.   The name Tex, by the way, is short for Texas and Joe's previous Bull Terrier was called Dallas.   I see a pattern developing.
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Barry Wallace 
     

Steel sculptures by George Holancin

Photo by Barry Wallace

Weston Road - near Kettleby 

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