Swan Pond

Photo by Barry Wallace

Carrying Place Golf and Country Club

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Mums, Michaelmas Daisies or Asters?

This is a smaller version of the photo in the blog entry immediately below, which I posted this morning.   I quickly had someone say that the flowers are Michaelmas Daisies, not pink chrysanthemums.   Then someone said both types of flowers are actually Asters.   I always thought that Michaelmas Daisies bloomed in mid-October and that the mums came out in early November.   What I am sure of is that these flowers pictured here certainly soften the cold edges of late October and early November.

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Barry Wallace 

For the love of mums...chrysanthemums, that is

Photo by Barry Wallace

What is it about pink chrysanthemums that makes them seem to be so much hardier and abundant than other colours of mums.   It's chilly in late October and downright cold in November, but I see huge clumps of pink mums in flower beds all over King Township.   The mums pictured above are in my neighbour George's garden, on Bennet Drive, in behind the high school.   I know, of course that colour has nothing to do with hardiness.   It just that pink mums seem more attractive than red or purple or yellow mums in the drabness of late fall.
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Barry Wallace

FREE balloon with every new house!

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Then again, maybe not

 Langdon Drive and Hogan Court ~ south King City

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Barry Wallace

Schomberg Swans

Photo by Barry Wallace

There were three migrating Trumpeter Swans on the large sewage lagoon at Schomberg, west of the arena this past Friday.   They were dabbling non-stop for aquatic plant food on the bottom of the pond.   The vegetation they feed on will help them finish their migration south to the Atlantic seaboard.
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The creek at Lloydtown

Photo by Barry Wallace

Everyone who travels west along Church Street in Schomberg, towards Lloydtown, has to pass and see this lovely, little waterfall on the north side of the street, on the edge of the hamlet.   I've always wondered if the locals call this stream the Lloydtown Creek.   It seems there is always a pair of Mallard Ducks around and about this spot.   Charming, indeed.

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Puck's pigs

Photo by Barry Wallace

What is it about certain free-range pigs that don't have to be fenced in?   I photographed the two above on the front lawn at Puck's Farm, on the 11th Concession of King Township on Friday afternoon.   They were rooting to their hearts' content.   They did not wander onto the road or away from the farm.   They seemed quite content to stay put on the verge.   Is it good training, or perhaps the breed?   I have noticed Vietnamese Pot-bellied Pigs, in particular, seem to have this agreeable and fortunate homing instinct.   The Puck pigs pictured above are, I believe, Pot-bellies and quite healthy and hardy looking; neither too slim nor too fat.   I spoke briefly to them and they were quite amiable.
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Barry Wallace