Camera on King & Aurora : May 2020

Sunday, May 31, 2020

King City Cemetery scenes...

Photos by Barry Wallace

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Saturday, May 30, 2020

In a wet garden...

Photo by Barry Wallace

After the rain

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In the backyard...

Photo by Barry Wallace

RED SQUIRREL
(Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

This Red Squirrel was asleep on a branch for several minutes before I decided to get close enough for a good photo. Its sixth sense made it open its eye to check me out, however, and it did not move until I got my photo ... very cooperative. While putting this blog together, I happened to come across the photo below by Lindsay Trostle. She took this photograph at Norway Lake, Killarney Provincial Park in Ontario. I did not know that red squirrels were swimmers. Perfect photo Lindsay.

Photo by Lindsay Trostle

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Barry Wallace

Thursday, May 28, 2020

In the backyard....

Photo by Barry Wallace

Finally...a few drops of rain

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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Return of The Roost...

Starting

to return

to normal...

"One large

cappuccino

to go please".

Photos by Barry Wallace

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St.Andrew's Presbyterian Church, King City

Photo by Barry Wallace

Teddy in trouble

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Barry Wallace

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Dog Tales Sanctuary...19th Sideroad

Photo by Barry Wallace

One of my favourites of the draugtht horses

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Barry Wallace

Monday, May 25, 2020

7th Concession and 15th Sideroad...

Photos and rhyming quatrain by Barry Wallace

Boulders and stones

Build me a wall

Older than bones

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Sunday, May 24, 2020

16th Sideroad and 8th Concession

Photos by Barry Wallace

Child's play?

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Saturday, May 23, 2020

Main Street Schomberg

Photo by Barry Wallace

WHITE WINDOW

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Friday, May 22, 2020

King-Vaughan Townline...

Photo by Barry Wallace

Gaggle of Geese

South of King City

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Thursday, May 21, 2020

Lots of new calves up Weston Road...

Photos by Barry Wallace

11 new calves in Black Angus herd

This large herd of cows and calves is located just north of the 15th Sideroad in King. I counted 11 calves, including the one pictured below very shortly after it was born. Some afterbirth is still evident on both mum and baby.

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Barry Wallace

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Kettleby Cemetery...

Photos by Barry Wallace

Stone cemetery monument serves as a bench

I usually visit the larger cemeteries in King Township every six months or so, to see if anything new presents itself that I think may be interesting in this space. My latest discovery was the very large stone monument, pictured above, with the name Hancock engraved on it. It has been constructed to serve as a bench, presumably for anyone visiting the cemetery. There is a regular Hancock gravestone nearby. Below are two other photos I took. The one immediately below, shows one of the massive, towering spruce trees, that appears to be close to 30 metres, or more, tall. The non-denominational cemetery was established in 1890, with the first burial taking place in the following year. It wouldn't surprise me to discover that today's towering spruce trees were planted 120 to 130 years ago.

As is the case in most cemeteries, grave markers come in all shapes and sizes and designs. The unusual, metal one above caught my eye on the western edge of the 6.6 acre burial ground property.

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Barry Wallace