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Canine Leash-Free-Park, Found Parking On Industrial Parkway To Access The Arboretum
I always walk to and enter the Arboretum from the Industrial Parkway and St. John's Sideroad intersection. It cannot be missed. It has wooden pergola on the East side of St. John's sideroad built by the Home Depot in Aurora. Read More »
Turkey Oak Furry Acorn, Learned Something New Today
During our short trip to the Nokiidaa Trail Link today I spotted furry looking acorn, something I never seen before. At first I thought may be the oak tree was sick. Read More »
Where There Is Yonge Street, There Is Aurora
Out of town for few hours. Planned family trip to the Center Island. Packed food and drinks, and there we were driving downtown. Sky scrapers everywhere and more sky scrapers will soon scrape the sky. Read More »
PLEASE Do Not Feed This Duck, That Duck, Any Duck In The Pond
I saw father feeding ducks yesterday in the pond with white bread. He was with a small girl and was letting her feed ducks too. Ducks loved it. Girl enjoyed it. Matthew was doing happy dance. I was about to say something, but I did not. Read More »
Wildlife Camouflaged, The Best Of First Observation Deck & Deceived
'Fast, fast the flying Great Blue Heron! Over there, look over there!' - she directed me. 'Here do you see Green Heron? Come here. Can you see him?' - she pointed out. Read More »
Do We Have A Name? Nokiidaa Trail Link New Boardwalk
Weather this past week was totally unpredictable. According to the forecast, today, tomorrow, rest of the week - no rain, just overcast. Yesterday was right on. Today, the weatherman did not get it right, and as of result we got soaked. Read More »
Petch House, It Was A Lifetime Opportunity
Theoretically Petch House will never be the same. As of a last week August 4th, 2011 in the late afternoon, the house was totally taken apart and all logs and other parts of the house were moved to the storage on the local farm where it will be restored. Read More »
Petch House, That Is Strange? Alive Again
Three months elapsed since April 21st, 2011 - my first visit inside the Petch house. Destiny of the 160 year old log house was then unknown, but was promising. Read More »
The Petch House, A New Journey
The Petch house is getting a lot of attention in THE AURORA and The Banner lately. Lengthy articles are written. Columns are filled with letters to the editor. The Petch house itself is being prepared for the move. Read More »
Nokiidaa Trail Link, How Do You Know That You Are At The Newmarket Trail?
As far as I can notice, people are really enjoying the new Nokiidaa Trail Link in Aurora accessible from St. John's sideroad. The wildlife is sprouting and so does the population of us Aurorans and Newmarket-oans. Every age group so far. Read More »
Sidewalk Children’s Art by James & Lucas, The Young Artists
Dashing through the crowds on Birkshire Drive just meters away from Optimist Park playground I walked over something that caught my eye. I stopped for a split second. Nah, let me take care of Canada Day fireworks first. I made a mental note to come back. Read More »
Town of Aurora Section Of The Nokiidaa Trail Link Is Now Completed, A Strange Encounter
The fence is down and access is finally granted after many months of a hard work. Without any notice, last weekend the boardwalk trail link was opened to public. Read More »
Splash Pad At The Town Park, Splash Splash Blues
It is nice that we don't have to travel long distances to have fun, and now especially with the high gas prices walking and visiting locals in Aurora is even more encouraging. Read More »
Little Things Can Add Up, Trees, Grass
Only the big dollar spent gets attention. This is when we tend to complain the most. I complain when I see small dollars spent over and over again. Jobs are not done right the first time around anymore. Read More »Site Archived. Proceed to community FOCUS LivingInAurora.COM
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