From my Kettleby photo files...

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From my Marylake Monastery photo files...

 
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I published a summer solstice photo about four weeks ago.   While writing about Marylake Monastery for yesterday's  Camera On King & Aurora blog, I remembered a summer solstice photo I took several years ago of the lake at Marylake.   See photo above.   

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Ten year anniversary at Marylake...

 
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The 'Largest Rosary in the World' and the Great Crucifix at Marylake Monastery, on Keele Street just north of King City, will celebrate their 10th anniversary on August 14th of this year.   The Rosary Path is 1.5 kilometres long and crosses 20 acres of rolling land.   The path starts with the 19' Great Crucifix (pictured above), sculpted by noted Canadian artist Timothy Schmale. 

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Marylake ~ King City

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Shrine of our lady  of grace

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Sunset over Aurora and King - July 11, 2025

 
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Simplify, slowdown, be kind.

And don't forget to have art in you life,

music, dance and sunsets.

Eric CARLE

Yellow watermelon...

 I suppose it was only a matter of time...

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YELLOW WATERMELON

Pat and I were shopping at Longo's in Aurora on Wednesday and came across yellow watermelon.   It was the first time either of us had seen yellow watermelon.  Even the Longo's cashier said she had never seen yellow watermelon before.   It cost $4.61 for a longitudinally cut quarter melon.

Pat and I have since taste-tested the yellow watermelon.   It seemed perfectly ripe and juicy.   The taste was similar to red watermelon, but ever-so-slightly less pronounced, and the taste didn't seem to last quite as long as red watermelon.   

Nevertheless, Pat and I felt that icy cold, the yellow watermelon would be extremely thirst quenching.   We are going to stick with the red watermelon however, on an ongoing basis.

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The Petch House reborn...

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The Town of Aurora recently completed ronovations on 'Petch House', a log cabin standing just behind the Aurora Senior's Centre at the John West Way entrance to the Aurora Arboretum.   The structure is deemed to be Aurora's oldest-surviving residence, originating in the early 1800s.   The Petch family landed in the area around 1813, apparently.

The completion of the $50,000 renovation plan was acheived in a little over one year.   The cabin had sat empty since it was originally restored  in 2013.  Now that renovations are complete, The Petch House can be officially booked as a wedding chapel.   It is expected to be ideal for couples looking for a small wedding space.

The tale of the Petch House's past and rebirth is told on this plaque which is to be found on the structure's new site.

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