Tag: markham

  • i really do remember when all this was fields: fresh sweet cron

    fresh sweet cronAt the corner of Warden & Steeles, there was a little farm. It’s gone now. I think they were better at growing than spelling.

  • groundhog gone

    Was up in Markham at Pacific Mall. Having a few minutes to spare, I went over to my favourite groundhog-spotting spot on Warden north of Dennison. Horrors! It has been landscaped, and all the burrows filled in.

  • first groundhog of 2006

    On the rockery at the ex-Beaver Lumber place on Warden just north of Dennison. I used to see ’em here when I worked at Gandalf.

    It was big, fat, and looked a bit grumpy.

    Just after seeing this one, I saw another at a familiar haunt at Warden and Dennison. It’s springtime!

  • i really do remember when all this were fields, lad …

    Off to markham, to are some of my old haunts. The sweetcorn and pumpkin truck farm is now buried under a mall. Gandalf Graphics is now a self-storage, after Larry Downey and the few remaining staff went to Total Graphics in Vaughan. Most of the fields where I watched groundhogs gambol are now building sites.

    Is nostalgia supposed to cut in after less than four years? At least one thing remains the same; Markham Delight in the 1st Markham mall still does the best fried beef rice noodle you can get for $5. And that soymilk they have!

  • cron, gone

    fresh sweet cron
    This is the sign that used to be at the farm on the corner of Steeles and Warden. If you go there now, it’s just a mini-mall. The geese that used to roost there will be confused.

    This sign is vaguely amusing if you know the famous Unix scheduling tool, cron.