Over 100,000 page views

Just a note to say that as of yesterday (Aug.8) this blog has had 31,622 page views since its inception 22 months ago.   My other blog called Barry the Birder has had 68,414 pages views since it started on the last day December, 2006.   Together, the two blogs have now had over 100,000 page views.   That's more than some blogs but a heck of a lot less than a great many others.   I want to thank everyone who takes the time to read my blogs and look at the pictures.   The blogspots are mainly photo blogs with usually a short description to put some perspective on places and situations.   I'm going to contiue for the foreseeable future.   I hope you keep looking me up and passing along your comments.   Have a great day.
Barry

The dog days of summer

 Photo by Barry Wallace

Motorists travelling on Highway. 27, south of Schomberg, probably don't see the sign telling them they are passing the "Bow Wow Country Club".   They're probably distracted by the five dogs and the fire hydrant, in front of the neat canine bungalow, drawing attention to the doggy daycare services available here.   There's even a doggy swimming facility.   It also appears there's room for a couple more dogs in front of the blue bungalow...just in case you've got one collecting dust somewhere.

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Barry Wallace

   

Who you going to call...when you need a haul?

Photo by Barry Wallace

King Road ~ Nobleton

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Barry Wallace

'Pink Flame' Phlox in Eversley

Photos by Barry Wallace

This lovely heritage home on Dufferin Street, across from Country Day School, is attractive enough on its own, but being surrounded by numerous plantings of what I believe to be Garden Phlox "Pink Flame" flowers must certainly draw the eyes of passers-by also.

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Barry Wallace

Wellesley Park ~ coming of age in King City

Photos by Barry Wallace

Wellesley Park at the four corners in King City has been around for over 20 years but it seems only now that it is really coming into its own.   The flower beds, fronting on the King road have become fairly mature and what they lack in formal design is more than made up for by their bucolic, pastoral charm.   The arboretum at the west end of the park is maturing in a very pleasant way.   The centre of Wellesley Park is devoted to a well-used children's soccer field and the parking lot is a gathering spot for many racing cyclists training on King Township roads.   There are now five commemorative plaques scattered about  the grounds.   Four are easily spotted (see photos below) while the fifth plaque (immediately below) honouring Doug Wellesley, for whom the park is dedicated, is obscured by flower plantings.   Most people strolling the grounds never see the plaque now, but it is there at the back of the main east flower bed.   And while Wellesley Park is coming into its own, the best is undoubtedly still to come.   Congratulations to all who have had a hand in this civic accomplishment.

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Barry Wallace

30 big bales in one haul

Photo by Barry Wallace

One bale can fill a pick-up truck

This tractor with 2 wagons in tow and 30 bales of straw on top, certainly kept a long line of vehicles from exceeding the speed limit on Highway 27, between Nobleton and Schomberg, on Sunday of the civic holiday long weekend.   It was like a huge float leading a parade.   Despite its nearness to Toronto, King Township is still about farming for many residents and sharing the road is literally a right of passage, so to speak.

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Barry Wallace

Walking the dog

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I spotted this nun and her dog heading south on Keele Street, between the 15th and 16th Sideroads on Thursday of this week.   I stopped and asked her if I could take their picture and the good lady obliged me.   She told me she was staying at Marylake Augustinian Monastery.   She and the dog hiked on the Oak Ridges Moraine Trail up to Pine Farms Orchard on the 16th Sideroad, over to Keele Street, then down Keele Street, heading back to Marylake.   She wasn't exactly sure where she was but seemed quite confident she was headed in the right direction.   I assured her she was just a couple of hundred metres from the Marylake gate and she seemed quite pleased.   I've walked this same route myself and it's a bit of a strenuous hike.   I was quite impressed with the nun's vigour and her confidence that she was on the right path.
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Barry Wallace