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Changing Aurora, New Grounds For Petch House, Near Aurora Senior Centre

Anna Lozyk Romeo — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:02:17 +0000

Restored Petch log house will be placed near the Aurora Senior Centre – may be this fall or next spring. I doubt that anything will happen in the winter time.

To add to my changing Aurora series, it will be interesting area to visit having Petch House, Aurora Senior Centre and Town Hall – all seconds or minutes away from each other. Not to mention Skylight gallery at the Town Hall and entrance to the Community Arboretum.

Future Location of the Petch Log House, Community Arboretum

The Petch log house definitely will stand out, especially being the only log house around all brick buildings. Looks like the area for the log house is now ready and fenced. All we need is the Petch log house. Let us then wait.

Outside Log Structure Of The Petch House

Couple of weeks ago when we were walking at the Community Arboretum we dropped by the future location of the Petch log house.

Well how much can you write about the fenced empty area, however, when I got home there was a comment written by Mike McCartney, and since the post he commented on Petch House, It Was A Lifetime Opportunity, was from last year, I thought it will be nice to re-quote his comment here in the post.

“Hi I have enjoyed reading your postings and pictures of the Petch House. I’ve tried searching the web for more history on this house but have had no luck.

A little bit of what I do know I learned from my family. The Mills family bought the property in the early 70′s, when it stood on Leslie Street, and started what turned out to be a very large Thouroubred horse breeding operation called Aurora Meadows. My uncle Alfred Mills who lived in it for many years told us that the original log cabin was apparently the scene of the last Indian/Settler skirmish in the area and was actually able to show us an arrowhead that was imbedded in one of the logs.

Not sure how historically accurate this is but thought you might find it interesting.“

A bit of interesting information – an arrowhead embedded in one of the logs? May be I should revisit my pictures and look for it.

Office/Retail Building, Nino D’aversa Bakery, Aurora

I often visit Town Hall to see the Skylight gallery, but I do also take photos from the windows on the third floor or from the parking lot. Looking North West there is a new building in town as well, office/retail space building – on the same plaza as Nino D’aversa Bakery.

Commemorative Trees in the Community Arboretum, Aurora

I hope that I am not the only one, but I really enjoy reading plaques, and when comes to the Community Arboretum if I had hours to spare I could spend those hours walking and looking at the plaques of the commemorative trees, and they don’t have to be just memorials to loved ones we have lost.

“They enable individuals, or groups, or organizations, to commemorate something that is important to them. The trees may be used as memorials to loved ones we have lost, or they may be gifts of love for husbands, wives, parents who are still living. They may commemorate special events in our lives, the birth of children, special birthdays, marriage. They may recognize achievement by individuals or groups, or by an organization to recognize the accomplishment of individuals. The opportunities are endless.” Source: Community Arboretum, Aurora.

Aurora has been changing for almost 150 years, but definitely much faster in the recent years.

Georgian Bay Landscapes In Aurora, Skylight Gallery Looking Good

Anna Lozyk Romeo — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:38:55 +0000

Already August. Spiders are getting bigger. Be on the lookout. This is probably not so trivial phenomena I happened to notice that my collection of spider photos is always richer in the fall. My collection of Skylight Gallery displays is also growing.

Half Size Spider in Aurora

I happened to snap photo of this young fella. I know what you are thinking – the spider already looks big to you on the photo but in real life it is half size of what we will see later in the fall.

I hate spiders near me and to my luck this one happened to almost land on me while I was getting inside the car. He was already wrapping the giant insect with his web. That assured me that he wasn’t after me. Opening the door interrupted his fight and both creatures of nature went separate ways when I shook them off my seat.

Georgian Bay Landscapes, Skylight Gallery, Town Hall

July was one hot hot hot month. Last week on Monday we were not in the mood to stay outside neither stay at home. We ended up driving to a few cool places, one of them was Skylight Gallery at the Aurora Town Hall.

You may also recall last week’s wicked thunderstorms we had over night. I thought I was dreaming, yet later someone confirmed that they experienced the same. It was a real shock-wave that rattled our windows and shook a bed I was sleeping in.

Georgian Bay Landscapes, Skylight Gallery, Town Hall

Note the comment about spiders has nothing to do with the Skylight Gallery, however, for some reason the paintings reminded me approaching fall and the spiders.

It is almost August and what you see here is July’s showcase – the Georgian Bay Landscapes & Beyond at the Skylight Gallery by acrylic artist Diane Soward. I really enjoyed these vivid landscapes, it felt as we were looking outside the window and seeing the Georgina Bay.

Georgian Bay Landscapes, Skylight Gallery, Town Hall

I was glad to see that the backdrop panels were finally replaced to something more presentable.

Painted & Photographed World At The 50th Annual Juried Art Show, Photographed

Anna Lozyk Romeo — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:57:03 +0000

Why painted and photographed world? World because at the art show there was everything in painting and photography that there is in the world – people, nature, architecture, technology, characters and abstract captured by many talented artists.

Nancy Newman, 50th Annual Juried Art Show and Sale

Three floors of art during the 50th Annual Juried Art Show and Sale hosted by the Town of Aurora in association with the Society of York Region Artists. I arrived before noon on Saturday and already 16 art pieces were sold.