Good Morning! So how you all doing on this fine Friday the 13th? Good I hope. Actually thinking about Friday the 13th, I have found over the years that for me, it is a lucky day. I guess it all boils down to what you believe in. Highway 522 is still busy these days, not much happening there, and it will remain that way for another month or so before things start to slow down. I have to admit that I am ready for a rest, and other than the real cold weather and snow, winter is starting to look pretty good. With things to do getting ready for winter, my lovely wife and I are about set. She still has to do up a few things like our peppers and cucumbers that we grow in our gardens. She also likes to do up some relish and things using our zucchini and tomatoes. I have to say, they sure are tasty after she works her magic, and I look forward to them every winter. Oh … you can buy most things in the stores these days, but they sure don’t taste as good as if you made them yourself using your own homegrown produce. Most things you buy in the stores these days have no taste at all, and if they don’t have the taste or the smell that they should be giving off, there isn’t much good in them. I suspect that is why a lot of people these days aren’t well. On another note, yesterday, my wife and I got our mowing done. It took most of the morning. It looks like a well groomed park anywhere you go on our property. I get up some mornings thinking of how lucky we are to have and live where we are now. And the thing is, we own it, at least for a little while. Nothing lasts forever. Today I will work away on our back deck, installing the new boards. Yesterday after mowing I treated the under parts of the deck with a good wood preserver, which will keep the things no one sees from rotting over time. It’s like a house, if the foundation isn’t done right, the house on top, isn’t worth a damn, LOL. I guess you could say life is like that too. And by the look of things in today’s world, I am thinking there are a lot of people that missed out on their foundation. Figure of speech, my friends, figure of speech. LOL With that I am off for my breakfast and will then see what the day has in store. I think I will quit early today and take in what our property has to offer with my lovely wife. Maybe a cool drink or two will be in order, LOL. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s another cloudy morning waking up here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperature waking up was sitting at … 21.6 C | 70.88 F, it will warm up another 10 Degrees or so as the day progresses. With this humidity, it will feel quite warm. Last night we had a good downpour, but it only lasted for a half hour or so. But it did give all the trees and things a good drink, which they need. Along with that, all the rain we have been having is helping a lot with keeping the forest fires in our are at bay. Highway 522 is still busy these days, as is our stores here in town, with a lot of new people moving around looking for things to do. If you’re wanting to go shopping in a lot of stores, this isn’t the town to be in, LOL. But we do have a couple. Our small store has been closed now for two years. Thanks to this virus that is among us. We didn’t feel a few extra dollars was enough justification to keep it open. Or to get others along with ourselves sick. Next year, we will have a grand new opening with lots of new flutes, books and a real nice display of my wife’s paintings along with a bunch of new products. Yesterday I did manage to get the old boards off our back deck and fix a few things. It was really hot working out there, and I had to stop around 4:00 PM and call it a day. I was all in but my shoe laces. Felt good to have a shower and put my feet up. Today, my lovely wife and I have mowing to do around our property, which will take up most of the day. My wife’s leg isn’t the greatest yet, so she is easing back into things in spite of me telling her to take it easy. Maybe I will have to hide the mower. LOL With that I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal and will then get to work. Take care and stay safe. The numbers of people getting infected are starting to rise now, since they have opened back up. And I suspect it will get a lot worse before it starts to get better. Especially with the unvaccinated folks. I feel for them, but as they keep saying … it is their choice. Be it good or bad. Have a good day. GW

Good Morning! It’s another cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. Through the night, we did have some rain, but nothing to write home about. Today, though, we could see some heavy rain later on in the day. It will also remain quite warm, about the same as yesterday. So if your weak at heart, it might be a good idea to be careful working outside. I know I kind of overdid it yesterday myself, as it took me an hour and a shower to feel better after coming in for the day. I have to learn my limits and stop working so hard, now that I am getting up there in years. But it isn’t easy, as my mind says things are okay, but my body says … hold up there a minute. LOL Highway 522 is still busy which is a norm for this time of year. Things will slow down next month, as it always does when the kids go back to school. My wife and I are slowly getting everything finished that we planned for the year and then some. Makes me feel good that in spite of this virus amongst us, we didn’t let it stop us from getting these things done. Looking back, it’s hard to believe we did what we did. Today if the rain holds off I will continue taking off the old boards from our back deck. I did manage to get it half off yesterday. Once that is done, I will install all new boards, which will then be the end of our large projects for this year. Which is okay by me. With that, I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal and will then get on with my day. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning!. It’s a cloudy morning here waking up in Port Loring Ontario, Canada. We could see some rain as the day progresses. Maybe even a thunderstorm thrown in for good measure. I have to admit, we have had our share of warm weather this summer so far. The good news is that we also have had a lot of rain. Highway 522 is still busy these days, and I suspect it will get even busier now that Canada has opened its borders, letting people in from all over. My opinion is we should have kept things closed up for a while longer. At least till we have more vaccinated. But hey! I am told our Governments know what’s best. LOL On another note with all this heat and rain the fishing hasn’t been the greatest this year. But I am thinking it will change in the coming days. For the better, that is. My wife and I are still very busy these days. My wife has orders lined up for her paintings, along with a lot of custom orders. Myself, I am still busy working outside on some projects that needs to be done for winter. Yesterday, my wife took some time off from her paintings and helped me fix our chimney up on the roof that needed a paint job. I then cleaned it out good, so it is now ready for the cold weather. Which I hope doesn’t come too soon. After that we cleaned out our eve troughs and when that was done with the heat yesterday … we both were pooped out. We called it a day. Today I am going to weed our veggie garden a bit and then do some work inside our shower house that we built earlier in the year. With that I am off for a bowl of oatmeal with my lovely wife and will then get to work. That is, if it doesn’t rain. You just never know what can take place in one day. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Day! some have asked. Where is George he hasn’t been on the blog for awhile? Well … the thing is, both my hard-drives in my computer died for some reason. At the moment it’s at my son’s place as he is fixing it up for me. It seems that there is always something going wrong with these new modern marvels we have today. The good news is I should have it back in a few days. I have to say I miss it, as I am using my old out of date laptop, and most all my files are on my other computer, so … it is a challenge getting things done. Not much I can do other than wait it out. On another note my lovely wife and I have been really busy these past few months. We have finally finished up the cottage and new deck which makes me smile. I am glad it is done. Two years in the works to get it finished inside and out. But it is one beauty of a cottage now let me tell you. It isn’t the largest but it has everything a couple people would ever need and more. I also decided to fix our car port with some new plywood and a cover which my friend Barry gave me awhile back. Turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. Once I finished that I decided to paint the whole woodworking shop on the outside which was in dire need. Looks good now and should last for a few years. Now I am planning on replacing our back deck as the boards are getting dangerous to walk on. I ordered the lumber yesterday so once the weather clears up a bit I will get at that. With my wife being out of commission with her bad legs it will take me a bit longer to finish. But I will get it done. After that I am going to finish up the inside of our shower house that my wife and I built earlier in the year. And then I am going to clean up my old boat and see if I can get it running so that we can get out and maybe hook on a few pickerel. I think we will deserve a rest when I get these things done up. Witt that I am off for a sandwich and a cup of fresh perked coffee that my wife is making for me, and then I think I will weed my veggie garden a bit as it is starting to look a bit shabby. I have been neglecting it somewhat this year with all that have been doing. Anyways you all have a great day. Stay safe as we aren’t out of the woods yet with this virus. GW