Recognize this King City biker?

Photo by Barry Wallace

Former King Township councillor Cleve Mortelitti

I came across Cleve at the King City Shoppers Drug Mart a few days ago and was very much taken with his Honda Valkyre motorcycle.   For the uninitiated (like me) this Valkyrie has a 1500 cc SOHC flat 6 engine with a top speed of 211 km/h.   Just like Cleve, when he was a municipal councillor, this bike is SERIOUS!   It's a few years old, but has low mileage and looks brand new.   I love that cream and green paint job.  Happy motoring my friend.
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Barry Wallace

Southwest corner of Keele Street and King Road

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THE CLIMATE CAN CHANGE...CAN WE?

This large installation, with a message, recently appeared amidst the spring plantings in the public parkette on the north side of Hogan's Inn in King City.   I asked one of the township employees who was watering hanging planters above the sidewalk about it, but the young woman said it was not a municipal item.  Interesting...

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Barry Wallace

Cold spring has been great for tulips...

                                                                                               Photos by Barry Wallace

Our tulips seem to have been blooming for ages during this long cool spring, plus some of them just keep getting bigger and bigger.   The bloom pictured here is 17 cms. (almost 7") across.   It's very showy and admired constantly.

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Barry Wallace

Feeding a big baby bird...

Photos by Barry Wallace

Linda and I are being entertained constantly by the  many European Starlings and their youngsters at the backyard feeders.   The babies are as big as the parents and like all young birds are insatiably hungry.   Four or five young birds will mob a single adult for food.   

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Barry Wallace

Reading Pierre's Berton's 50 books...

I've read 36 so far...14 to go.  Pictured at left is the fourth book in his grand history of the Canadian west.   The four books in this series are by far the best of the 36 read so far, in my opinion.   I now know a history of Canada I never knew before.   Getting the last 14 of the 50 books is getting tough.

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Barry Wallace

First juvenile Starling...

Photo by BarrytheBirder

The photo above shows a juvenile Starling in our backyard.   My wife and I have never noticed one before ... ever ... anywhere.   It was very insistent on being fed by its parents, even though is was the same size as them.

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Barry Wallace

Flowering crabapples can be white, pink or red

 Photos by Barry Wallace

Finally...the Flowering Crabapple has bloomed.  It seems late...but worth the wait.   When this tree blooms,  it is the highlight of the season for us.

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Barry Wallace