Above Aurora...

 

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Blue sky full of clouds

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Kettleby Road...

 

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Porcine Street Decoration 

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Carrot Harvesting in Holland Marsh...

 

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There are enough carrots grown in the Holland Marsh, within its 7,000 acres, to provide every single Canadian

with 4 pounds of carrots!

- - Bill & Avia Eek, Marsh Farmers

                                                                        

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Bathurst Street North - King Township

 

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Dead trees - but thriving, climbing vines

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Delmanor Aurora ~ Rooftop Terrace

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 A pleasant planting

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Dufferin Marsh, Schomberg ~ mid-August

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                                                                            Bat house

Purple Loosestrife returning

Comfy sheltered seating

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Old Lloydtown-Aurora Road ~ Pottageville

 

Ancient 

bridge

1916

 

7" tall 

~ but what 

is it?

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McKenzie Marsh in Aurora

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Killdeer

Canada Goose

Wood Ducks

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Purple Loosestrife bouncing back?

 

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Purple Loosestrife comeback?

As a daily birder around central York Region, I am seeing  more Purple Loosestrife than Purple Finches.   It surely looks like an invasive comeback is underway.   I see it mostly starting to clog up roadside ditches all over.   No doubt the Region of York will be on top of this quickly and launch an attack on one of the most damaging, invasive plants, with a previous serious record hereabouts, and nip the invasion in the bud.   Too bad it's such a pretty damned plant.

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South of Highway 9

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Weston Road Gateway

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Contented King Critters...

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Contented cattle

Contented bison

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All over King and Aurora...

 

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Phlox blooming like mad everywhere

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In the Holland Marsh...

 

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Newly shorn - on the Graham Sideroad

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Oak Ridges Moraine view from my balcony

Photos by Barry Wallace

This is the southern view from my 5th floor balcony at Delmanor Retirement Residence, on Yonge Street in Aurora, Ontario.   I moved here from my King City house, about six months ago and am nicely settled now.  The view is the same from the large bay window in my living room and bedroom.  Below is recent photo of Delmanor itself.

Delmanor is located on Yonge Street at the south end of Aurora, bordered by Oak Ridges Moraine forest on the south, west and north sides.   I love the setting and the birdwatching.

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Kayaks in the Holland Marsh.

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Two well-geared kayakers were photographed in early August paddling south on the East Holland River Canal, bordering Pumphouse Road, in the King Township part of the Holland Marsh.   The Holland Marsh occupies just over 2,800 hectares and is primarily organic soils.   The canal is just over 28 kilometres long, which encircles the marsh.   The Holland Marsh Drainage Project started in 1925 and took two years to complete.

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Lunchtime in the garden...

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Yummmm...looks good enough to eat.

Sauteed shrimp and veggies 

or 

washed stone garden decorations?

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Awaiting the day...

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New $86,000,000 Township-wide Community Centre to be opened in 2024

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Seen at King Heritage & Cultural Centre...

Museum open Tuesday-Saturday

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

 

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                              Collapsible high chair

                                 Folding dental chair

                                 Queen Victoria Print

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New at King Heritage & Cultural Centre...

 

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The York Region Experience

 Trail Marker Project

In York Region, the York Region Arts Council has installed the first of two installations of the York Region Experience Trail Marker Project, a collaborative interactive art project designed to re-connect people on the land presently known as York Region through art.   The piece, The Butterfly, pictured above is by aboriginal artist Donald Chretian, of Newmarket, and is an outdoor presentation beside the King Heritage & Cultural Centre at Kinghorn.   A second piece, The Bee (below), is to be found in Aurora, at the Aurora Town Park, at 49 Wells Street.   The unique style and impact of Aboriginal fine artist Donald Chretien springs from his combined passion for colour and woodland-style expression.   On ongoing exploration of his heritage has him concentrating on distinct features of Ojibwe clans with acrylic on canvas.

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King Wildflowers...

 

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End of Bathurst St. North - King Township

 

 

OSPREY

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