Farewell to winter ~ King Township

Photos by Barry Wallace

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Cold Creek Conservation Area - King Township

 

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Laskay Emporium at Village of Black Creek...

The Laskay Emporium was moved from the village of Laskay, on Weston Road in King Township, 65 years ago in 1960.   It dated from 1845 in King Township.   In its last days as an operating general store it was owned by the Arbuckle family.   It was transplanted into Black Creek Pioneer Village in North York, at the intersection of Steeles Avenue and Jane, which was renamed Village of Black Creek in 2024.

  

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King City WalkingTrail...

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Student art at King Secondary Schools...

 

Dozens of artists on display until the end of April

at the King Township Municipal Offices in King City

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Canadian songwriter's thought...

    

   "When the snows are gone

   and the spring is o'er the land

   you may stroll upon its shores

   where the waters kiss the sand".

    - Gordon Lightfoot

                                                                                                

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Late March winter blow on King farm...

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STUDIO TOUR KING - Art Show & Sale

    Olga Muhortyh

                                             Jaqueline England

                                                                                                          Andrea End

                                                      

  APRIL 5  & 6  2025          10am to 5pm

Art on display by 45 artists at 3 locations and online

   * King Heritage & Cultural Centre

  * King Seniors Centre

  * Schomberg Community Hall

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     Barry Wallace 

King 16th Sideroad between Keele & Jane...

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Major restoration at King Heritage & Cultural Centre in Kinghorn is underway...

  
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Major renovations and improvements are underway in Kinghorn (King Road and Jane Street) at two of the historic buildings on the King Cultural Centre and Museum site.   The King Christian Church and the old King City Railway Station are receiving complete overhauls that include a full basement and HVAC system in the Christian Church, while the railway station is getting a complete restoration including new roofing.

Workers measure and cut new window panes for the old King City Railway Station.

Work on both historic buildings is well underway and should be complete later this year.

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King MOSAIC Spring 2025 edition available...

Now available Free at many locations throughout King Township.

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Aquarium at Delmanor Retirement - Aurora

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Delamanor Aquarium and its fish turned green on St. Patrick's Day.

Below, as seen on any other day....

 

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King City landscape sculpture...

 

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SHIFT by Richard Serra

 Replacing a glass balcony door

 shattered by Minus 18C temperature

The full glass balcony door in my Delmanor Retirement Residence apartment recently froze and shattered into thousands of pieces.   But the thousands of pieces of broken safety glass, in the door, incredibly clung together, intact.  Service people arrived and  replaced the door glass, but it was an exacting process.  The still intact shattered glass was taped on post sides with red adhesive plastic strips.   The rubber molding holding the shattered glass panel to the door frame was stripped off, and the taped broken glass panel was lifted out and replaced by a brand new glass panel.  The workers doing the job had expertly and quickly done the job and it was very impressive to watch.

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  Snow Bales

Photos by Barry Wallace

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 Revulsion redux...

ADOLPH TRUMP

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 DONALD TRUMP

ONE MAN

DESTROYING

AMERICA FROM WITHIN

DO NOT LET

HIM SET FOOT

ON CANADIAN SOIL

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My daughter's next book...

After having witnessed my second daughter Auralee Wallace-Parekh's book-writing career blossom over the past several years, I have decided to write a bit about her, mainly so that I can bask in her reflected success.   The book pictured at top is her latest effort for Penguin Books and is coming out August 19th of this year.   It is entitled The Late-Night Witches. 

  

Her publisher describes it as An enchanting warm and funny novel about family, love lost and found, discovering who you are, and how difficult it is to stay a vampire from the beloved national bestselling author of the TikTok

sensation In the Company of Witches.   Moreover, In the Company of Witches (with new bonus material) is being re-released July 8th of this year.   The series is getting close to a hundred thousand books shipped!

Auralee has authored over a dozen cozy-mystery novels which have been published and read world-wide by keen readers of the genre.

Well done, my dear.

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    Late February sunset...

Photo by Barry Wallace

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Colour-coordinated dog-walking in Aurora...

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Butternut Ridge Trail

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Needles & Knits Wool Shop - Aurora...

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