Sunday scenes at sunset

Photos by Barry Wallace

Kettleby twilight 

Pottageville sunset

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Ready to pick apples?

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Picking starts Tuesday at Pine Farms Orchard

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A car I'd never heard of before...

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1932 FRONTENAC 6-70

This immaculate, restored 1932 beauty caught my eye at the gas bar in the King's Ridge Marketplace last Sunday.   The Frontenac was the successor to the Durant, after they stopped being built in the 'depression'.   They were built only in Canada, in Leaside (Toronto) for three years: 1931-1933.

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South lily pond scenes at Seneca College

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Fruit and veggy market ~ King Road

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If you run out of space for Cherries, just

drop the capital letters and change the spelling.

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My new neighbour makes and plays 'tars'

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Tars being built, restored and played in King City

I drove by a house today, very close to mine, where a man, in the open garage, appeared to be holding some kind of musical instrument.   I stopped and introduced myself and discovered this neighbour was restoring (see photo above) a musical instrument of Persian origin, called a tar.   The gentleman's name was Hussein and it turned out he plays, makes, repairs and restores these interesting stringed instruments with their unique and voluptuous body shape.   The particular instrument above is made of mulberry wood, has six strings and is akin to a lute, said Hussein.   His mother introduced him to the tar as a child and he has been playing for 35 years.   I was delighted when he asked me if I would like to hear it played.   He played it for a few minutes and I was musically transported to the other side of the world to some mystical enclave of Persia.   It was a brilliant moment.   I thought afterward how I had first driven by the scene without stopping, but turned around and went back to meet this man. I'm so glad I did.

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New Laskay Hall and bandshell sites underway

 Photos by Barry Wallace

Preparation of the sites at the King Heritage & Cultural Centre, in Kinghorn, for the Laskay Hall move and the new bandshell, is underway with heavy equipment on site and construction fencing in place.   The first three pictures here show the Laskay Hall site between the heritage and cultural centre and the old church, while the bottom photo shows the site preparation underway for the bandshell, in the north-east corner of the property.

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