Baked goods in the offing

Photo by Barry Wallace

NEW BAKERY TO OPEN SOON

The King City property on the north-west corner of the King Road and William Street, next to Rockford's Bar & Grill, is very close to re-opening as a bakery, according to workers on the site. It was most recently a new home presentation centre and prior to that was a popular coffee shop for several years.

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Barry Wallace 

Summer in the Marsh will come again...

 Photos by Barry Wallace

...and scenes like this will greet the eye

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Buzzes from the backyard...

                                                                                                                     Photos by Barry Wallace

Here are some shots from the past that will be replicated in the backyard, in 90 days or so.

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Barry Wallace

4 years ago today...

 Photos by Barry Wallace

On this day...March 6, 2012

My brother Bob visited me today and while commiserating over my post-surgical, limited ability to get out and take pictures, he suggested I go back in the files and find some old pictures that might be interesting to see again.   Good suggestion, I thought, so here goes.   Both shots were taken four years ago today at Cold Creek Conservation Area. The shot above was taken beside the boardwalk, down in the bog. It shows water percolating to the surface, bringing with it the distinctive orange colour of mineral iron.   In this photo, the small pond is fed by a spring that brings very cold water, minerals and sediment to the surface, where a minature atoll formed, topped by a halo of frost.   Meanwhile (below), a short distance away, a full bucket of maple syrup sap  had frozen solid in the icy temperatures.    

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WILD WING to open Monday in King City

Photo by Barry Wallace

If you feel King City needs another restaurant, your wish is about to come true.   Wild Wing is the newest eatery in the village and is to be found in the King's Ridge Marketplace. Wild Wing Restaurants has over 100 locations, mainly in Ontario.   It began in Sunderland, Ontario in 1999 and celebrates its 17th anniversary on Mar 17.   Head office is in Aurora.   The dining focus is on chicken, with 101 flavours of the fast-food favourite, but there's a ton of other stuff also.   
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Who is J. or V Chen?

I was stunned this past week to receive as a gift the oil painting you see at the left.   A gentlemen and a child showed up at the door and dropped off this painting which he said was painted by his wife.   The painting is an oil rendition of a photograph I took of myself a couple of months ago when I stopped writing my long-time Barry the Birder blogsite.   The signature on the painting appears to be either 'V' or 'J Chen'.   The timing of the painting's arrival was just after I had returned from quintupal bypass surgery at Southlake Hospital in Newmarket.   I was flabbergasted with the gift.   It appeared out of the blue from an unknown (to me) artist.   A week later I am still humbled and delighted with this gift.   I shall continue to discover who the mystery painter is and would love to hear from anyone who knows of the artist Chen.

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In fine feather...

 Photos by Barry Wallace

The Pine Farms Orchard ducks were enjoying the slight thaw on the last day of February as Linda and I drove by on the 16th Sideroad yesterday.   I spoke briefly to the ducks and warned them that there were 25 cms. of snow predicted for Tuesday.   They looked at me as if to say 'Sufficient unto to the day is the evil thereof' and seemed to suggest they were not about to worry about tomorrow's weather until tomorrow.   Ah, the wisdom of ducks.

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Barry Wallace