Good Morning! And happy July 1st to you all. Boy, time is sure flying by these days. It’s a cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. And we did have a touch of rain through the night. The good news weather wise is, we should be seeing some sunshine later on in the day and into tomorrow. We needed the rain, but now we need the sunshine, so folks can get outside and soak up some vitamin D 3, that pretty well everyone is low on these days. And being low on vitamin D can cause all kinds of problems health wise. Highway 522 is really busy these days with folks from all over coming into our small community. Extra care will have to be taken. Truth be told, we have more cases of this virus now in our midst here in the North than ever before. Reason being, a lot aren’t doing what they should be doing. It seems that now that they have had the vaccine, they think they are invincible. But they aren’t. There are 62 active cases, 57 in Nipissing. On another note, my lovely wife and I went to town yesterday to pick up our groceries that we order online, so we don’t have to go into any stores. The stores though were packed with people. Time will tell how we make out with all this going on. I just hope the virus doesn’t evolve into one that the vaccines can’t fix. As they are saying …. we really haven’t changed things that much yet because of the delta variant, and the fact is, the vaccines, with only one dose, are only about a 30 per cent efficacy. So a lot of people can still get really sick. Again, time will tell. While in town, we visited our son in his apartment’s parking lot and chatted for a bit from a distance. We then ate our lunch in our car and headed on home. We had a great day, actually. Other than my car needing a new battery, which my good friend Kerry here in town has ordered for us. I will get that put in today some time, after we finish up our mowing. With that, I am off for my morning bowl of cereal and will then get to work. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s another cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. We did have some more rain through the night. Things are sure green now. Just what we needed. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at 20.1 C | 68.18 F. Not to bad, but it will warm up as the day moves forward. For those with allergies our air is pretty good today, even with the high humidity. We should see some sunshine a bit later. Which will make things nicer for those that want to do some outside work. Highway 522 is still busy these days, and I suspect it will get a lot busier nearing the middle of the week with the long weekend closing in on us. On another note, if the rain holds off I am going to build a tripod affair that will hold the new swing I made last winter. Then when my wife and I get tired or want to rest a bit we have it to sit on. The swing itself turned out great. The tripod is going to be a challenge. We will have to see how that goes. The reason I want to build it, is that if we ever want to move it, all’s we have to do is unhook the swing and away we go. With that, I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal, or Porridge as we used to call it years ago. There is nothing better to lower your blood pressure than Porridge. It also helps with a lot of other health issues too. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s another warm, muggy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. The temperature waking up was sitting at 20.5 C | 68.9 F. It will warm up more as the day progresses, and we could see some more rain. But in saying all that, we might if lucky see some sunshine later on. Speaking about rain, we did have a really nice rain through the night, which was needed as things were very dry. You can almost see a smile on the trees and plants. My vegetable garden is growing leaps and bounds these days. We also have been eating fresh lettuce salads from our garden, which is sure tasty. It’s amazing how fast it grows after a rain. We also have blossoms on our zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash and pumpkins. So it won’t be long before we start seeing some other vegetables. Which will be nice. I can’t wait for a tomato sandwich. This year I planted a bunch of low acid tomatoes, thinking they might be a bit easier on the old stomach. We will see how that goes. I had some very old seeds from years ago, and they all grew. Yesterday I worked on my old Stihl Weed Eater which has been giving me some problems. I have had it for over twenty some years and hardly ever had a problem with it. I got a few prices to fix it, and they all wanted almost as much as a new one. LOL So I decided to order a brand-new carb for it complete with a new plug, gas line filter, gas line plug for the tank and a few other things. Total price 30.00 with free delivery. I installed them all, and it runs nice but still not the greatest, but maybe I can touch it up a bit as I use it. I will have to see how that goes. There is always something when it comes to older machinery. The problem is, most of the new things they are making today isn’t worth a damn, being made so cheap. Oh well, what can you do? With that, I am off for some pancakes my lovely wife is making, and will then do some work in our new shower house. Take care and stay safe. GW Click on Picture Below to Enlarge.

Good Morning! It’s another cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. We can expect some more rain off and on throughout the day. It is muggy outside and warm, with the temperature sitting at 20.5 C | 68.9 F. It will warm up even more as the day progresses. Highway 522 is super busy these days. Yesterday was almost non-stop campers, boats, you name it going by. But as I say, it is that time of year and things are slowly opening back up. One good thing will come out of this opening up, and a lot of people having the vaccines … We will see if the vaccines are working. If we see the numbers rise substantially, we will then know we have some other issues to deal with. So far, though, it is looking good for Ontario. Time will tell the story. This morning I had to pick up some things at Home Hardware here in town and was it busy. You know, I didn’t know one person. We have had so many new people move into our area you can’t keep track of them any more. LOL, Maybe that is a good thing. On another note my wife and I, in spite of the light showers yesterday decided to take down the last four dead old pine trees on our property. Took us all morning, but it is done. Now I can get onto other things that we have planned. Taking down trees for me is very stressful, so I am happy that job is finished. In the end my wife and I took down 14 very large trees, cut them up and cleaned up the mess. I think it will take a week to settle down my stomach, LOL. With that, I am off for my morning bowl of cereal, and maybe I will have a cup of coffee this morning for a change. We usually have a coffee after lunch. Just because we can. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning Folks! It’s a cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario. We can expect some showers to enter into the picture and the rain will linger around for the next 4 days or so. We sure do need the rain, as it is very dry out there. The trees, plants and grass are crying for moisture. Highway 522 is very busy, which is a norm for this time of year, with all the vacationers from the cities wanting to get away. On another note, my wife and I are still busy getting things done up outside around our home. We still have to take down two smaller old dead pines, but after that we are done with the tree’s for the year, hopefully for a few years. Our life these days are stressful enough, without worrying where a tree is going to fall, and all the hassles of cleaning things up after the fact. LOL But in saying that, our property now is sure looking nice and along with it being usable, with a cottage and a place for a small camping area ready to go for family and friends. We still have a lot of other things to do like replacing our back deck and adding a small deck onto our new cottage along with making one of our back bedrooms in our home into a store where we can display my wife’s paintings along with my books and flutes. All that it takes is time and money. LOL LOL With that I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal with my lovely wife and will then get to work. That is, if the rain holds off. Yesterday it was too windy to do much in the taking down the tree department. Take care and stay safe. It is getting better but not enough yet to let down our defences, pertaining to this virus.