Friday, September 20, 2024

Westerly Aurora window exposure...


Photos by Barry Wallace

Anthurium ~  Orchid ~ Vinca - Coleus

Flowers by Pat Cromie













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Barry Wallace

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Moon over the moraine...

 

Photo by Barry Wallace
Super Harvest Moon
 over the
OAK RIDGES MORAINE
3 a.m., September 15, 2024
Photo taken from the rooftop 
of Delmanor Retirement Residence in south Aurora
(likely to be visible for a few more nights)

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Barry Wallace

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

SOLVE THE PUZZLE.....



Amazon rainforests (above)?
or
Aurora Spurge-covered dining-room rooftop
at Delmanor Retirement Residence  (below)?


ALL  three photos were taken from above 
the dining-room roof
at Delmanor Retirement Residence in Aurora.

Photos by Barry Wallace

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Monday, September 9, 2024

Aurora evening sky...



Photo by Barry Wallace
No two sunsets ever the same...

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Sunrise - Wemindji, Quebec

                                                                                                          Photo by April Dawn Georgekish

September sunrise ~ James Bay, Quebec
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Barry Wallace

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Double rainbow photo by Joey Georgekish...

                                                                                                                     Photo by Joey Georgekish

James Bay - Quebec side

My sister Denise's son, Joey Georgekish, took this photo of a double rainbow over James Bay, in northern Quebec recently.  Great photo, Joey.

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Barry Wallace

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust to create butterfly display...

Photo supplied by Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust

Last month, the Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust embarked on an exciting new project.  A permanent educational display about the biodiversity of the moraine is being developed.  The exhibit  will be shared with school groups and participants for events like guided walks.   The ORMLT has already received some fantastic donations, including five taxidermy fish, a wooden display cabinet, a dear antler, shells, fossils and the amazing butterfly and moth collection.  Anyone with natural history items or display cabinets they would like to donate are asked to contact outreach@oakridgesmoraine.org.   The butterflies were donated to the Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust by Phillippa Hajdu.   She collected them in the Aurora area as a child in 1949 shortly after her family arrived in Canada from Britain.

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Grand River Boat Cruise...

Photos by Barry Wallace

The 'Grand River Belle' boat cruise
A gang of residents from Aurora's Delmanor Retirement Residence boarded the Grand River Belle, moored north of where the Grand River enters Lake Erie, this past Tuesday. The boat route was a return trip, on the river, between Onandaga and the Caledonia Dam (home of Canada's only 9-span concrete bridge).   There are 82 species of fish in the Grand River watershed (that's 50% 0f all the fish species in Canada). The lunch, weather and boating were superb.  Fellow passengers included a large group of seniors from Jamaica.  The boats are docked on Big Creek that flows into the Grand River.   The boat cruises between the town of Caledonia and the village of Onondaga with the Six Nations of the Grand River located along the south side of the river.



Riverboat cruiser 'Len' from Delmanor

Local fisherman

Grand River Dock Repairs



 
Passing a sister riverboat


At left, lunch time musical 
entertainment







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Barry Wallace

Friday, August 30, 2024

Overnighter at Lake Muskoka...


                                                                                                                      Photo by Barry Wallace
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Monday, August 26, 2024

Town of Aurora properties designation intention...

The Town of Aurora's Heritage Advisory Committee has selected 8 individual Aurora properties that would be designated for their 'Cultural Heritage Value'.   The properties are shown below in photos I took last week.

Photos by Barry Wallace


139 Temperance Street
Edwardian dwelling associated with the early development of Aurora.



15 Kennedy Street West
Edwardian dwelling associated with the early development of the town.


19 Kennedy Street West
Edwardian dwelling associated with the early development of the town.


29 Kennedy Street West
Edwardian dwelling associated with the Fry and Smith families and with the early development of the town.
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77 Spruce Street
(photo not available)
East side of Spruce Street, north of Maple Street
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80 Spruce Street
West side of Spruce Street, north of Maple Street


71 Connaught Avenue
South side of Connaught Avenue, east of Wells Street


59 Tyler Street
South side of Tyler Street, east of George Street

Details of this proposal may be found on Page 9, in the August 1 edition of The Auroran newspaper.   Objectors to the designations have until August 31, 2024 to announce such objections to the Clerk of the Town of Aurora. 

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Barry Wallace

Friday, August 23, 2024

There are ladders ... and there are ladders.

 

Photo by Barry Wallace

...and this one has steps to climb
plus a rope to hold while climbing.

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Aurora United Church resurrection looms...

 

Photos by Barry Wallace

Pictured above is the new tower and steeple of the Aurora United Church which burned to the ground on April 11, 2015.   It is already an instant landmark on Yonge Street in the middle of town, adjacent and connected to the new Amica Aurora Retirement facility development being constructed.   Both structures are scheduled to open their new doors in 2025.




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Thursday, August 22, 2024

Polyphemus Moth?

 

Photo by Barry Wallace
I think this is Polyphemus Moth that I photographed at  an unknown butterfly sanctuary in southern Ontario a few years ago.   It is about 5" wide and has what appears to be an amazing eyeball on each hind wing.
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Monday, August 19, 2024

Walking Stick Bug in Aurora...

Photo by Barry Wallace
Above is a Walking Stick Bug I photographed on a rainy window in Aurora this week.   It was about 5" long and appeared to be looking for a dry spot....  Interesting creature.
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