Good Morning! It’s a rainy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. And the trees and things are loving it, as everything is turning greener every day. Nice to see. The temperature climbing out of the sack this morning was sitting at 2.4 C | 36.32 F. It will warm up a bit as the day moves forward, but … I suspect it will remain cloudy for most of the day. Or so my old weather stick is saying. My Grandfather showed me how to make them many years ago. Or I should say … he showed me what kind of tree to get the branches off of, as not all trees work. I have to admit that the weather stick predicting the weather is about as accurate, if not more than the Powers That Be’ website LOL Once you get to knowing how it works that is. LOL. On another note my wife and I have been noticing a lot of new birds visiting our bird feeder these days. I know … some say. Why feed them this time of year? Well. I’ll tell you why. It’s that my wife and I enjoy their visits so much, we want to keep them around, and along with that, we get all kinds of different feathered friends dropping by that usually wouldn’t as the feed draws them. Yesterday I worked outside most of the day on our back deck. I managed to jack it up, straighten things out and move it back in place. The frost last year moved it away from the house a bit. Nature does that sometimes just to annoy me. LOL With that I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal and a cup of tea with my lovely wife, and will then let the day unfold around me. I think I will write up a new story or two for my newspaper columns today, since it’s a rainy day. Have a great day and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy cool morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at 3.6 C | 38.48 F. It will warm up a touch later on, and if lucky we could see a wee bit of sunshine breaking through the clouds from time to time. It’s nice to look outside in the morning seeing green instead of white. The grass is really starting to grow, and I suspect it won’t be long before it will be needing to be cut. I would say in about another week. I have also seen our first Yellow Day Lilly while rolling the land around our house yesterday. It sure makes it nice to walk on. And not only that I now won’t lose my hat when mowing. It also pushes the roots back down into the soil which makes for a nicer lawn through the summer months. Today I am going to work on my back deck, as it has heaved some from the frost over winter and moved a bit. After that I will see what else I can get into. With so much to do I can pick and choose. LOL With that I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal and will then get to work. Take care and stay safe. This virus is sure picking on us humans here in Ontario these days. GW

Good Morning. It’s a sunny morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. However, it is cool outside, with the temperature sitting at 3 C | 37.4 F. The sun should remain with us for most of the day. It will warm up as the morning moves forward. Tomorrow we are back to some more showers. It kind of looks like a mixed bag of weather for the remainder of the week. But in saying that, when there is sunshine outside, my wife and I take advantage of it and enjoy it. Yesterday we took it a bit easy with some inside work I had to finish up. Today if it doesn’t rain I am thinking of rolling my lawn, and if real lucky I might till up my vegetable garden for the first time, so the soil can breathe. The sooner you can work it up the better, as then the sun has a chance to do its job for later on whey I get to planting. I will have to check it out in a bit. If it is still too wet, I will leave it for another week. The thing I found over the years while farming, is that a feller has to work with Nature. On another note I did light the wood furnace this morning being so cold, which will take the dampness out of the house. Feels mighty nice. Along with that it saves us some oil for later on, when it isn’t that cold, and only need a wee bit of heat. With that I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal and will then get to work. There is nothing better than oatmeal to keep the blood pressure in check. Along with a lot of other health related things. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario. Today it will remain cloudy for most of the day with a few showers entering into the picture later on this afternoon. But it is spring, and such weather is to be expected. Tomorrow however we should see some sunshine returning which will allow temperatures to rise a bit. The grass and trees have sure greened up in the past two days. It’s as if it is saying … It’s spring, I made it through the winter. Get that mower out as I will be needing a hair cut soon. Yesterday my wife and I made plans of what we have to do this summer outside. Took most of the day. Today we will get to implementing them ideas. Maybe. You can always make plans, but never the results. Such is life, and it depends on the weather. LOL With that I am off for a bowl of cereal and will then let the day unfold around me. Take care and stay safe. This virus is taking its toll on us Canadians now. Well over 4000 yesterday with more dying every day.

Good Morning! We are starting things off here in Port Loring with a lot of clouds along with some intermittent showers this morning. The rain will stay with us today and into tomorrow. If we are lucky, we might see a wee bit of sunshine on Wednesday. This time of the year no one, even the so-called experts can really forecast exactly what the weather will be. The only one that knows for sure is Mother Nature, and she even is having problems these days. LOL The snow is all but gone now, and the grass is greening up nicely. It won’t be long, and we will be mowing. Not that I really want to get into that yet, as we have a lot of other things to do first. The trees are starting to come out in bud too, and our White Lilac Bush is really starting to show off. It won’t be long and my lovely wife will have some for her table every day. Which will be nice for sure. My vegetable garden is drying out, or should say, was drying out. Once it is dry enough, I will get busy and till it up, so it can dry even more, so it will be ready for planting, which isn’t that far off. I sure enjoy fresh vegetables for our table every day. Especially a nice fresh toasted tomato sandwich. Yesterday my wife and I finished watching the Masters Golf Tournament. Well … I did, she worked all day doing the wash, then hanging them on the line, and then folding and putting away. After that, she made a nice meat loaf supper with mashed potatoes and butter, along with fresh asparagus. Can’t beat that for a nice meal. She is a worker for sure, never stops that woman. Today I have some work to do in our cottage to be, since it is raining outside, and after breakfast will get at that. Take care and stay safe as Ontario reported a record 4,456 cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. And a lot of them were the new variants which are now picking on the younger folks. Not good.