Wednesday, February 19, 2025

 This one doesn't even need a caption...

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Barry Wallace

Monday, February 17, 2025

Mayor's Celebration of Youth Arts in Aurora...


Photos by Barry Wallace


The photographs pictured above and below are part of the current Mayor's Celebration of Youth Arts (MCOYA) at the Aurora Cultural Centre and Aurora Town Square on Yonge Street.   The photos here feature particular works of Grade 12 student Thandia Lord and they are impressive papier-mache mask creations.  Her works are among those of some fifty area graduates whose works are on display until April 20.   Several events are planned for the exhibition including a demonstration by Thandia Lord on mask-making.   

Visit auroraculturalcentre.ca/mcoya25 

for more information.






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Barry Wallace



WionterWinter finally arrives...

 

Photo by Barry Wallace

It took until Valentines Day but winter finally arrived in Aurora and area this week, as evidenced by the photo (above) of one of the parking areas at Delmanor Retirement Residence.
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Barry Wallace




Saturday, February 15, 2025

Valentine's Day at Delmanor Retirement Residence...

 

Valentine's Day at Delmanor Retirement Residence was celebrated by residents by at an afternoon reception that featured 'Creamy Bailey's and vodka martinis'.   Never having tried one before I sampled the drink.   I was shocked at the first sip, but each sip thereafter got much better.   Some of my fellow residents tried to steal a taste of my martini but I repelled them.   I only had one, but became an instant fan.   My Delmanor lady friend Pat also had one of these drinks, which as a bonus had chocolate syrup drizzle lining the martini glasses before the Baileys and vodka was added.   All and all, a rather pleasant Valentine's Day hour spent in the Delmanor Pub. 
 

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Barry Wallace

Friday, February 14, 2025

My new anti-Trump jacket...

 

Photo by Pat Cromie

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Barry Wallace

Message to TRUMP...

 

United States

of  Canada?

...over my dead body!


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Barry Wallace


Monday, February 10, 2025

Canada/USA Border Wall...

 


Canada begins construction on a wall

at the Canada US border

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Barry Wallace

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Mary Anne Trump said...

"Yes, he's an idiot, 

with zero common sense, 

and no social skills, 

but he is still my son.

I just hope he never gets into politics.

He'd be a disaster."

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Barry Wallace

More Delmanor door art...

 

                                                                    Photos by Barry Wallace
In blog two days ago, I showed a photo of a piece of door hanging art by a Delmanor Retirement Residence tenant who had quilted a magnificent and colourful elephant.   I was inspired to select other similar pieces in the halls of Delmanor for display also.   I hope you enjoy them.



















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Barry Wallace

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Door decoration at Delmanor Retirement Residence...

 

Photo by Barry Wallace

Above is a new and colourful door hanging appearing at a resident's apartment at Delmanor Retirement Residence on Yonge Street in Aurora.   It graces the apartment entrance of its artistic and skilled creator, 90-year-old  Margaret.  The work is a resplendent quilted endeavor measuring over four square feet and features an African elephant.   It's extraordinary craftsmanship by an extraordinary woman.   Well done, Margaret!

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Barry Wallace

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Mr. Chen celebrates his 100th birthday at Delmanor Retirement Residence...


Photos by Barry Wallace

Mr. W. M. Chen celebrated his 100th birthday on February 1, 2025, at Delmanor Retirement Residence on Yonge Street in Aurora.   Pictured above is the smiling centenarian about to celebrate with a glass of wine, and behind him on his right is his daughter, also a Delmanor resident and on her left, is my friend Pat Cromie, another Delmanor resident.   In the picture below, and also seen above on the table, is one of 100 chocolate candy boxes which Mr. Chen's family distributed to each diner in the Delmanor dining room and pub during his birthday lunch.   It occured to me, that few us get to live into a 2nd century and the occasion is therefore quite noteworthy!   Best wishes in your second century Mr. Chen.


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Barry Wallace

Saturday, February 1, 2025

So eloquent...

 


"If I were to run, I'd run as a Republican.

They're the dumbest group of voters 

in the country.   

They believe anything on Fox News.   

I could lie and they'd still eat it up.   

I bet my numbers would be terrific."


Donald Trump

People Magazine, 1998

Friday, January 31, 2025

'All My Sons' at Richmond Hill Curtain Club...

 


Cast was stunning in Miller's classic

My partner Pat and I attended opening night of the Curtain Club of Richmond Hill's recent presentation of the Arthur Miller classic drama 'ALL MY SONS'.  Not unexpectedly, the play was grim and depressing but the performances by the 12-member amateur cast, who reportedly had spent three and half months rehearsing this play, were outstanding.   The final scene of the play climaxes with a loud, off-stage gunshot, that takes the life of one of the main characters.   At the end of the play, I leapt to my feet, shouted "BRAVO!" and applauded wildly.   Many in the audience around me shouted bravos also and many gave a standing ovation to the cast taking its bows.   It was a sobering play, but it was an inspired and brilliantly presented production.   It was local community theatre at its best!

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Barry Wallace     

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Swimming pool at Delmanor in Aurora...

 

Above is a photo of my close friend, Pat Cromie, enjoying some swimming pool exercise at the Delmanor Retirement Residence on Yonge Street, in Aurora.  Pat and I are usually in the pool  three times a week for swimming exercise classes and leisure swimming.   The water temperature is always warmish plus there is a hot tub!

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Barry Wallace

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Don Valley Parkway Deer...



Photos by Barry Wallace

Pat and I visited friends of hers who live on the Don Valley Parkway in mid-town Toronto on January 28 and I took these photos from her friend's dining room window.   Two White-tailed deer were resting on a flat spot on the fenced-off steep embankment beside the Parkway and her friend's back porch.   At the time, there were six lanes plus an off-ramp lane full of speeding north and southbound vehicles roaring by.   The two deer appeared not to have a care in the world.   Later in the day, a fellow Delmanor resident  who had lived in a home perched atop a spot on the Don Valley for many years, said the Don Valley was always full of deer, including several bucks with 8  and 12-point antlers.   She felt this was true of all the river valleys in Toronto, from the north city limits down to Lake Ontario.

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Barry Wallace

Chinese New Yeat at Delmanor Aurora...

Photos by Barry Wallace





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Sunday, January 26, 2025

Getting some T-shirts made...


I 'm thinking of getting t-shirts made,

inspired by USA President Donald Trump...


 United States

of Canada?

NO WAY!

-or-

Prime Minister

Donald Trump?

NO WAY!

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Barry Wallace

Robbie Burns Day at Delmanor in Aurora...

Robbie Burns


Scottish piper and toastmaster Ian MacDonald, in full regalia above and below, made the rounds with his bagpipes and then addressed and cut the haggis for delighted Delmanor diners on Saturday, January 25.


Luncheon Menu - Main Course Selections

Bangers & Mash

with gravy and Haggis

or

Pepper Salmon & Whisky Sauce

with butter peas, tatties and neeps

or

Chicken, Leek and Potato Stew

with buttermilk biscuit

Dessert

Raspberry Shortbread Trifle

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Barry Wallace


Thursday, January 23, 2025

 As of January 22nd this year,

Toronto has had 19 cm. of snow

while New Orleans has had 24 cm. of snow.

Yeah...?

Above is photo from several years ago when my dear wife Linda and I lived in her grandmother Glass's farmhouse in King Township, a few kilometeres north of Toronto.   With the right equipment, the snow was removed the same day.   No big deal.
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Barry Wallace

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Alas...

 

The United States of America


                      The

                      Republic

                      Undergoes

                      Misbegotten

                      Presidency


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Barry Wallace

Saturday, January 18, 2025

Terrific Wedding Invitation...


Here's the front page of a wedding invitation my partner Pat received recently from a granddaughter of hers.   What a charming photo!

I couldn't help but think back 60 years ago to the wedding invitation  for my dear but deceased wife Linda and I.   What an incredible difference the decades have made to something that seemed so traditional and plain, ages ago, to something now with animated photography, humour and colour.

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Barry Wallace      

Friday, January 17, 2025

Richmond Hill Concert Band at Delmanor...

                                                                                              Photos by Barry Wallace

Delmanor Retirement residents in Aurora were treated recently to a mixture of musical styles and selections by the Richmond Hill Concert Band.    Selections included pop symphony music, Simon & Garfunkel classics, big band standards and trendy video game themes!




     Sitting to close to the brass section? 

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Barry Wallace