Another cloudy rainy morning. Waking up temperatures were sitting at 6.6 C | 43.88 F Highway 522 is bare and travelling should be good other than a rainy day. Today it will be cloudy, breezy; a brief morning shower or two, then a little rain for the rest of the day. Not a great day weather wise. But in saying that all this rain is getting things growing. Trees are all out in bud and grass is greening up fast. Even the wild Leeks are up and my lovely wife made some Leek soup, yesterday. Pretty tasty too. With that I am off for my morning coffee and will see what the day has in store for us. Furnace is still running. Man long winter. GW

Cloudy day waking up. Temperatures were sitting at 7.7 C | 45.86 F Today we should see some sun, then increasing clouds. It will warm up some though which will make Mothers Day that much more enjoyable. Tomorrow we will see some more rain. On another note we are still having to turn on the furnace throughout the day and evening hours to keep warm. Crazy weather. Highway 522 is dry so travelling will be good. With that I am off once again for my morning coffee with my lovely wife, I was hoping we could get some front porch sitting in today and soak up some of that much-needed sunshine. One can only hope. GW

Another cloudy, damp dreary day waking up. Temperature was sitting at 6.1 C | 42.98 F Highway 522 is bare and dry which will make traveling good. Today we will see a passing morning shower; otherwise, low clouds and a touch cool. Tomorrow it will probably remain cloudy and if we are lucky we might see some sunshine on Sunday. Not the greatest weekend weather wise. Today I am going to take things a bit easy. My lovely wife and I had a busy week. With that I am off for my morning coffee with some added protein. GW

Well … rainy day. Temperatures were sitting at 5.4 C | 41.72 F A touch cool. Highway 522 is bare so travelling should be good other than the day not being so nice. Today the rain will continue and will carry on into tomorrow. Then on the weekend we should see some sunshine. One can only hope. Other than that not much happening here today. Just kind of taking it a bit easy. With that I am off for a cup of coffee and a bite to eat. GW

We woke up to sunny weather. But there is a warning up for heavy rain starting tonight into early Thursday morning. Total rainfall amounts of 30 to 50 mm are possible with the heaviest rain falling Thursday during the day. Temperatures were on the cool side getting out of bed sitting at 0.5 C | 32.9 F Highway 522 is bare and dry which will make travelling good. I would think if your in need of a few things in North Bay this would be the day to go. On another note the trees are really showing some sign of coming out of hibernation, which will give us the look of summer. Lots of Robins searching for worms along with numerous summer birds are entering into the picture each day. It sure is nice watching them coming back each year. With that I am off to have my morning cup of tea with my lovely wife, and will see what the day has in store. GW

Sunny morning at the time of this post. But clouds seem to be moving in. Cool though with temperatures sitting at 2 C | 35.6 F Highway 522 is bare and dry and travelling should be great. Today we should see plenty of sunshine but cool. Tomorrow will be the same but then more rain and colder temperatures for Thursday and Friday. Then nicer weather for the weekend. I hope it warms up some. I would have liked to till up my veggie garden but its been so wet and cold no use doing it. Last year at this time looking at my notes I had my gardens tilled up and the first of next week I planted all my vegetables. First time in 15 years that I beat the black-flies. I don’t see that happening this year. So much for global warming. Of course they will tell you this is the reason for this not so good weather we are having now. You can’t win with these so called specialists. My view on the subject of global warming, it is as it’s suppose to be and has been for millions of years. It’s the trend of what is to be and has been and nothing we are doing like taxing folks to death at the gas pumps and other places is going to make it any better. So with that I am off to have my morning coffee and will see what the day has in store. Maybe I will get my lean-too fixed up a bit as my yearly firewood should be coming soon. That’s where I pile it out of the weather. GW

Well a few clouds greeted us this morning. Today it will be Cloudy, a couple of showers and cooler. Highway 522 is bare and dry at time of post. Tomorrow though we should see some more sunshine. Hopefully the sun will warm things up a touch. It sure was a nice day yesterday. The sun shone all day and was quite warm. I manged to clean up my lawn chairs that were in dire need and washed the car. My lovely wife and I even got in some front porch sitting and enjoyed a drink or two. Can’t beat that. This morning I am taking my car down to my friend Kerry, Booth’s garage here in Port Loring to get serviced and a bit of work done on some other things. Great place to have your vehicle looked after. With that I am off for my morning coffee and will see what the day has in store. GW

Well another great looking day. Sun is shinning once again and temperatures are warming up. Waking up they were sitting at 4.3 C | 39.74 F A touch cool but will warm up as the day moves forward. Yesterday I did get some of my equipment running and also managed to roll the front yard. Makes things a lot nicer for mowing and walking. My wife got our small store all set up so it is ready to go. So getting things done. Today I will work on some more equipment like my tiller then in the afternoon do some front porch sitting and take in some sunshine as tomorrow we are back to cloudy conditions and a bit of rain. Just what we need, hmm. With that I am off for my morning coffee with my lovely wife. Great day for travelling if need be. Highway 522 is bare and dry. Bit more traffic too with folks easing their way back into our area. Won’t be long and our population will triple. GW

Really nice morning with lots of sunshine. Makes a fellow want to get out of bed. Highway 522 is bare and dry throughout. Grass is green and looking good. Trees are starting to come out in bud and I suspect leaves won’t be far off. Nice to watch every spring. Temperatures were sitting at 5 C | 41 F Great day to be doing anything outside. I am going to see if my mowers and things survived the winter. Getting them running can be a chore when starting them for the first time. Then if things work to plan I might roll my lawn, I have one that you toe behind the mower. Home made one. Doesn’t look the greatest but does the job LOL. Then I am thinking after lunch will do some front porch sitting with my lovely wife. Maybe even a cool one, just because I can. With that I am off for my morning coffee and will get into things. GW

Well another cool cloudy morning with a few showers. Temperatures were sitting at 1.3 C | 34.34 F Highway 522 is bare this morning. The good thing is we are seeing more green each morning instead of more white. Today will remain cool, but we might see a wee bit of sunshine. Tomorrow it will warm up some, but we will still see some lingering showers. Then the weekend is looking good. Maybe even get some front porch sitting’ . With that I am off to put some more wood in the furnace I sure will be happy when I am done feeding it for the season.

Well another cool morning. Temperatures waking up were sitting at 4.5 C | 40.1 F Today we will see periods of rain, some ice mixed in early and it will get colder. Tomorrow will be much like today but a touch warmer. Then if luck is with us we should see some sunshine. That would be nice. Highway 522 is bare and dry so far this morning. On the good side of things looking out the window I see a lot of green which is nice. Trees are just starting to come out in bud and most of our birds of summer are back with us. The wild leeks are showing their leaves a bit so a bowl of leek soup isn’t far off. With that I am off to stoke my furnace for another day of burning wood and will then have a cup of coffee with my lovely wife. GW

Well the last day of April and most heating systems are still running away. Temperatures this morning were sitting at 2.5 C | 36.5 F Still a touch cool to be doing too much outside work. At least for me. Highway 522 is bare and dry so travelling will be good. We should see some sunshine today with some warmer temperatures, but they will be short-lived as it is going to get cool once again tonight and into tomorrow. We could see up to 1 inch (2.54 cm) of snow tomorrow. Let’s hope not. After tomorrow, things are supposed to get nicer. With that I am off for my morning coffee and will see what the day has in store. GW

This morning we do have some sunshine, but clouds will move in as the day progresses with more rain in the forecast for part of the day and into tonight. Tomorrow we should see some warmer temperatures and sunshine, but then … we could see some rain or flurries and colder temperatures for Wednesday. After that, I think we are closing in on some warmer nicer weather. So not much we can do about it, other than persevere. Temperatures at the time of this post was 0.5 C | 32.9 F Highway 522 is bare and dry at the moment. Let’s hope this rain passes us by, and we keep the sunshine. With that I am off once again to put some wood in the wood furnace and will see what the day has in store for us. First though a cup of nice perked coffee with a touch of chicory is in order. Coffee isn’t at its best without chicory. Also, it is quite good for you. GW

Sunshine woke me up this morning which was nice for a change. We did see a bit of rain yesterday but nothing like they said we were going to get. Temperatures waking up was -1.4 C | 29.48 F Highway 522 is bare and dry. Great day to do some travelling or picking up some groceries in North Bay. It should warm up some by Tuesday. I have lots to do outside and in my shop but the weather being cold and damp staying inside is more tempting. Just because I can you might say. I love the outside but my body doesn’t like the cold or dampness, seems every year it gets a touch worse in that department. But not complaining, I get out of bed each morning and life is good and my days are full. I write for numerous newspapers across Canada and the USA so the not so good days I write up articles. Keeps the mind sharp. With that I am off to put some more wood in the furnace and will have a cup of coffee with my lovely wife. GW

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Well once again, we wake up to snow. I was hoping we had seen the last of the white stuff. But I guess not. We didn’t get that much just a dusting, but still. Temperatures were sitting at -2.2 C | 28.04 F Actually quite cool. We could see a morning flurry; otherwise, a blend of sun and clouds; breezy and cool. Highway 522 is bare but wet. Travelling will be good but not a real nice day for going anywhere. It should improve as the day progresses. It will remain cool though for a couple days. So with that, I am off to start the wood furnace. I had a funny hunch that we might be getting some cooler weather, so I brought in a bit more wood yesterday. Glad I did now. Sometimes you got to go with your gut feelings. Although … over the years weather and me has had an understanding. Have a great day! GW

Rainy morning and we can expect more. Total rainfall amounts of 25 to 40 mm are forecast by the time the rain changes to snow during the overnight hours. Local amounts exceeding 50 mm are possible. That amount should get rid of the frost in the ground and ice on the lakes. Certain areas could see some flooding. Temperatures waking up were not too bad sitting at 7.6 C | 45.68 F Highway 522 is wet but travelling will be good for a while. With that I am off to have a cup of coffee and will see what the day has in store. It might pay to bring out that rain coat after its long winters nap. GW