Vancouver Island Bald Eagle catches Flounder

Bald Eagle

(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Photos by Dave Kemp

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'Hummer" finds apartment feeder in 5 days...

Photo by BarrytheBirder Wallace

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

(Archilochus colubris)

at Delmanor Retirement Apartments in Aurora

It's been two years since I moved from King City to Delmanor Retirement Apartments in Aurora and I have finally got around to hanging up a hummingbird feeder on the balcony of my new Delmanor friend Pat.   Pat's apartment is on the third floor and I wondered how long it would take a hummingbird to find the feeder.

Well, it took just a week, and a hummingbird is now making dozens of trips a day to get a the sugar-water nectar.   What a delightful surprise for Pat or any visitor, including me, to sit a few feet away from this charming bird-watchers' presentation.  Probably more pictures to come in the near future.

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Lunch at Hogan's Inn - Keele Street, King City

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Combination stacking teapot, cup, and saucer, in 

the main dining room of Hogan's Inn, on Keele 

Street in King City.

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Never seen one of these in Aurora before...

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It says APOCALYPSE on the back

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Aurora spring streets...

 

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April Dawn Georgekish and her mom Denise...

  I just received this charming Mothers Day photo-greeting 

from my niece April Dawn Georgekish, 

showing her and her mom (my sister Denise),

enjoying the sun in Wemindji, Quebec.

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Mute Swans and a Grackle...

Photo by Barry Wallace

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Wall art at Delmanor Retirement - Aurora

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Cloudy sunset over Aurora & King...

Photo by Pat Cromie 

Early May sunset

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Aurora - early May streetscapes

 

Photos by Barry Wallace

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Kinghaven Farms presentation at King Museum

Photos by Barry Wallace

Kinghaven Farms President, Jay Willmot, flanked by his mum and dad.

From Queen's Plate winners to greenhouse lettuce giant

Sunday, May 5th, at the King Township Museum, saw King Township's Jay Willmot, of Kinghaven Farms Limited, make a presentation on the brief history of the world renowned thoroughbred breeding and horse racing operation (with 5 Queen's Plates), just west of the hamlet of Laskay.   But that was followed by a much more elaborate presentation on what the 57-year-old Canadian thoroughbred breeding and racing stable has become in 2024.   The modern-day operation is now a huge, modern vegetable produce farm and greenhouse with a  quickly growing worldwide reputation for its specialized lettuce-growing operation in southern King Township.

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Delmanor daredevil window washers...

Photos by Barry Wallace

After two years since its opening, Delmanor Retirement Residence in Aurora finally got around to having its outside windows professionally washed by expert workers recently.   The window washers rappelled from the 6th floor rooftop terrace, fascinating residents and other interested onlookers.

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Here's to the farmers of King Township

 

  Paintings & Photographs 

     by Phyllis Vernon of King Township

   at King Heritage & Cultural Centre

Grandma Cairns (pictured above) was a distant relative of my late wife, Linda (Cairns) Wallace.  Cairns settlers began farming in the early 1800s on the west side of King Township where Cold Creek Conservation Area now exists.  - - - B. Wallace

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