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Posted: 08 Jun 2020

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White Oaks 12 years and 1 day ago today

White Oaks 12 years and 1 day ago today
This was in my folder for June 8, 2008, but after I uploaded it I found it had been taken the day before. But it fits in with what I've been taking lately, so here it is a day late.

The White Oaks neighbourhood in London, Ontario, was developed in the 1970s, when the Whiteoaks novels of Mazo de la Roche were being presented as a serial on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The street names are taken from the books, except for a couple (Ponderosa and Tumbleweed) which commemorate the program's competition, Bonanza. Lorne Greene was Canadian so I guess that's all right.

kiiti, Diane Putnam, Fred Fouarge, Denis Croissant and 11 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Xata
Xata club
Ponto de vista original, vida do dia a dia...
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Xata club
Thanks, Xata.
4 years ago.
 rdhinmn
rdhinmn club
You don't have ponderosa pines in Canada? Pity, that. Perhaps they've all been made into clothespins.

This is one serious clothesline - a half-dozen in use and over that many more showing at top. The neat, white house floats on them. But it won't float away - there is a heavy downward pull in those sagging beltlines.

This all adds up to something greater than the sum of its parts.
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to rdhinmn club
Thanks, Bob. There are ponderosa pines in Canada but only in BC. The novels are firmly set in Central Ontario.
4 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Excellent perspective! Stay well!

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4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to William Sutherland club
Thanks, William.
4 years ago.
 The Limbo Connection
The Limbo Connection club
It's always a good idea to get a washing line in the foreground and your pic is inspired by shooting through the laundry, plus getting those nice wooden clothes pegs centre stage. Thus the boring housing beyond is relegated to second place, which is probably doing it a big favour anyway.
I didn't know Lorne Greene was Canadian. I look on his contribution to the motion picture industry with increased respect. This is not to say that I want to watch any repeats of 'Bonanza' though. Oh no.
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to The Limbo Connection club
Thanks, TLC. LG was known in Canada as "The Voice of Doom" as a result of his announcing the grim early news of WWII (he was billed as "The Voice of Canada").

I don't want to hear "Ringo" again, either.
4 years ago.
The Limbo Connection club has replied to John FitzGerald club
I quite liked his drum solo on 'Abbey Road'.
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to The Limbo Connection club
Sorry. Should have been clearer. I meant Lorne Greene's song "Ringo".
4 years ago.
The Limbo Connection club has replied to John FitzGerald club
Apologies; I understood the reference. I was just being silly/surreal. Bad habit.
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to The Limbo Connection club
No apologies necessary. I think I should have been quicker on the uptake.
4 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
An interesting image of everyday things. I like the way the upright of the washing pole divides the top half of the scene into two and the way the drying clothes fill up the rest of the image. I like Jean's idea of the house in the background looking askance at the washing as I had also seen a "face" there.

I'm old enough to remember Bonanza...........not sure if that's a good thing though :-)
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Keith Burton club
Thanks, Keith. I can remember Moses Live!. Seriously, the first television show I watched was the coronation. There were no satellites then, of course, so a fleet of planes flew reels of film over as soon as they were developed. I thought the plot development could have used some work.
4 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
nice compo
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Annemarie club
Thanks, Annemarie.
4 years ago.
 Denis Croissant
Denis Croissant club
I remember my Mum taking those books out of the library! This is a great familiar & strangely comforting shot...
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Denis Croissant club
Thank you very much, Denis, and thanks to your mum for promoting Canadian culture.
4 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club
I love the down-home plainness of the subject, especially the elastic waistbands of the lady's pants. They are so indicative of mid-continent farm communities that I was instantly reminded of my South Dakota grandmother.
4 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Diane Putnam club
Well, this is farm country, Diane. During one of the Ice Ages glaciers pushed most of Ontario's topsoil into what is now the States, but they spared southwestern Ontario. So we have nice black earth. Lots of soybean, corn, tobacco, and dairy. Also standardbreds -- this is real jughead territory. Lots of nice white vinyl and wood fences out in the country.

Before the shutdown a couple of farmers in a waiting room with me had an interesting conversation about the effects of the baby boom on current calf sales.
4 years ago.

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