Good Morning! We are having a few clouds this morning, but we should see some sunshine a bit later on this morning. Tomorrow however things will begin to change weather wise, with the temperatures slowly dropping. Friday we could have an ice storm, if the system stays on track. Let’s hope it moves south a wee bit, so it misses us. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning making travelling pretty good. There are lots of deer alongside and crossing the highway these days, so extra care should be taken. The reason for this is that they are coming out of the bush, so they can soak up some sunshine, along with nibbling at the green grass alongside the highways that is starting to show itself. It’s kind of a treat for them. On Another note I did do a bit of work in the woodworking shop yesterday working on a cabinet I started awhile back. It was actually quite nice out there, with the sun shinning in through the door. I didn’t even need to light the shop stove. Today I am thinking of putting up a new clothes line for my lovely wife. I will see how it goes. She has been asking me to replace the one we do have as it is getting a bit shabby after 16 years. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal and will then see what the day has in store, other than what I want to do. You just never know. Take care and stay safe. The numbers are getting worse here every day in Ontario with this virus. Also, more are dying from it too, and the new variants are starting to pick on the younger folks a lot more. What’s happening is that, we now face a new virus, of the same kind, but with very different characteristics,” More deadly, more infectious, and infectious for longer.”

Good Morning! It is another sunny day here in Port Loring, Ontario. There are a few clouds floating around, but for most parts the sky is clear. Highway 522 is bare and dry, There was no snow overnight or frost. The snow we have is about 3/4 gone and I suspect the remaining snow will be gone by the end of the week. These warmer temperatures should stay with us till Thursday, when things cool back down, and I hate to say this, but we could see some snow, or … an icy mix on Friday. Let’s hope it by passes us. That’s the thing about weather … what will be, will be. On another note … my wife and I took a trip to North Bay yesterday to pick up our order of groceries, that we order online. Doing it that way we don’t have to go into any stores, which keeps us safe. We did drop by our son’s place, and gave him some meals that mom made for him. A kind of treat. We chatted in his apartment parking lot for a bit, wearing a mask, along with keeping our distance, and then found a nice spot along the way home to eat our lunch in the car. We did notice though that hundreds of folks were going in and out of stores. In my mind they are asking for trouble, and truth be told there is no reason to do this. As they can order online, and they will bring it right to your car. People have some strange way of doing things. I guess the only thing, that will make them realize what this virus can do … is if the get it. Or a family member catches it caused by them. After we ate our lunch we headed on home enjoying the beautiful day. Can’t beat that. An outing out and kept safe, along with enjoying Mother Nature. With that I am off for a bowl of oatmeal that my lovely wife has made for me and will then get to doing some work in the woodworking shop. Stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s another sunny morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperature at the moment is a touch cool sitting at -2.7 C | 27.14 F. It will warm up a lot though in a couple of hours. Which in turn will make for … one heck of a nice day. No reason to not do some front porch sittin’ today. Actually my wife and I sat out yesterday for an hour or so and it was quite nice. Great to soak up some true vitamin D 3. A supplement is fine, but you can’t beat what the sun has to offer. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning making travelling good. There was a frost overnight which is melting as I type. On another note I didn’t do too much yesterday, kind of took things a bit easy. Chatted to our boys on the phone for an hour or so, and then did a wee bit of work in the shop finishing up a small project for the cottage to be. Today I have some work to do on a cabinet I have been making, and after I get bored working on it, I will do some more front porch sittin with my lovely wife. Just because I can. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal and will then see what the day has in store. Take care and stay safe. The number of infections with this new variant is growing fast these days. And you have to remember … you can get it even with a mask on if your not careful, with in seconds. Ontario reports 1,829 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, the highest daily count in nearly two months and a lot of them are from the new variants. Not good. I keep saying this, that opening things up isn’t a good thing, it is only making things worse. The vaccines are here, so why not keep things closed down till everyone is vaccinated. That would be the smart way of doing things. And I would also like to mention, that I think that from the age of 60 and up, along with women 20 – 40 that those people should not be taking the AstraZeneca vaccines. My wife and I have made up our mind to wait till the Pfizer or Moderna is available. But it’s your choice. Do your own research and then make a wise decision.

Good Morning! It’s a nice looking day here in Port Loring, Ontario Canada. The sun is shinning with no clouds to speak of in the sky. However, it is a touch cool with the temperature getting out of bed sitting at -4 C | 24.8 F. But, things will change in a few hours as our temperatures today will climb well above the freezing mark. We should see the temperature reaching around 54F/13C mark. Can’t beat that for this time of year. My wife and I might even get to do some front porch sittin’. Now that would be nice for a change. And on top of that good news it will remain warm for the next week or so. Which will get rid of the remainder of our snow I am sure. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, and we didn’t have any snow overnight. We did have some frost though, which is melting fast with the sunshine. Cold nights warm days is the norm for this time of year, and that is what we are getting. Great for Maple Syrup. On another note, yesterday I finished up fixing my rototiller and mower that wasn’t working, and now they are ready to go. It took a bit of figuring out what was wrong, but as my old Dad used to say that is how we learn. LOL Miss that old feller! After that I cleaned up my shop, getting it ready for some woodworking projects I want to finish and do. Things for our new cottage. Then once it warms up and the ground thaws out, we will get to doing some outside work that we have planned. So lots to do these days. Which I like … as it keeps me busy along with my mind off the not so good things. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal with my lovely wife, and will then see what the day has in store. Life is a mystery, every day something new comes along. Some say, No … that isn’t right as their days are all the same. I say … well, if that’s the case, you aren’t paying attention. LOL Anyways … have a great day and stay safe. This virus is getting worse every day by the looks of things. These new variants are working hard to infect us humans.

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. It is also a touch cool with the temperature getting out of the sack, sitting at -1.5 C | 29.3 F. We will see some sunshine as the day moves forward along with some warmer temperatures. Every day things will warm up a touch more with lots of sunshine thrown in for good measure, Highway 522 is bare and wet this morning. We did have some light flurries with a dusting of snow this morning. Nothing to speak of, but I sure didn’t like seeing it waking up. LOL Yesterday I worked on an older rototiller I have. I took it in to get fixed a few years ago, they fixed it, but it stopped running after a month. So … I decided to see what I could do myself. I did take a course on small engines years ago which comes in handy from time to time. So after playing around a bit I found it was the magneto. So I changed that with another one I had here on another old mower, and while I had things apart I changed the points in it too. It works great now other than needing me to set up the carb a bit which I will do, this morning. The price folks charge nowadays a person almost has to fix these things themselves. If they can’t, a lot of times it is better to buy new and be done with it, as it costs just as much to fix them as it does to buy new LOL. Anyways my old training of fixing these old engines came in handy yesterday. That’s another problem … as the way I learned and was taught years ago, is almost obsolete today, as all the new engines are made different. But … I guess the basics is still the same in a lot of ways. With that take care, stay safe, and have a great day. Nice weather is just around the corner. GW

Good Morning from Port Loring. Ontario that is. To start things off it is a cloudy day. We could see some sunshine today, but I don’t expect much. But tomorrow is another story, where we will be having sunshine for most of the day. Also, the rest of the week is looking superb, with warmer temperatures and lots of sunshine. What could be better than that? Not much in my eyes. Highway 522 is bare and dry. We had no snow overnight, and I am hoping we have seen the last of it for this year. On another note, I didn’t do too much yesterday, kind of took things easy. Today I will work in the shop on a few things I have on the go. After that I don’t know. The reason for that is … I never know what a day has in store. I plan one thing and then something else comes along, and what I planned on doing never gets done. Actually … I like it that way in one sense, as it makes life interesting. So far this morning I lit the shop stove and got the wood furnace going in the house here. I don’t suspect we will be needing them much more, but I figured the wood heat would take the chill off things, and make my shop nicer to work in. And … I save a bit of oil for later. I have lots of wood this year left over, as with it being so warm we didn’t burn as much. Which is okay, as we will have lots for this coming winter. I did order another 8 cords or so, just to top things up. I always like to have a two-year supply on hand. Why is that? Glad you asked. For one thing, after piled up where it is out of the weather, it is nice and dry when the time comes to use it. Another thing is, with the way the world is going today, having my heat supply put way makes me feel better. All my life I have always had a back-up plan for everything. With that bit of info under your hat … I am off for my bacon and eggs this morning, that my lovely wife is making for me. I don’t have them much, but every so often, I get the urge to indulge so to speak. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, And a touch cool with the temperature sitting at -7.8 C | 17.96 F. But not to worry, it will warm up as the day progresses, and if we are real lucky we will have a bit of sunshine off and on for most of the day. The long range for temperatures is looking good. Every day for the next couple of weeks, will be well above the freezing point, with a few days edging up to near 60F/15C. Which in turn will get rid of what snow we do have now. I am looking forward to it. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning. Yesterday I worked away here on my computer, finishing up a new podcast, and a story for my columns in Newspapers. Today I will do the same. I might try out a new battery charger I bought, that arrived yesterday, just to make sure it is working properly, and everything I want. If not back she goes. LOL With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal, and will then see what the day has to offer, other than what I am planning. You just never know. Take care and stay safe. There is a light at the end of the tunnel so to speak, relating to this virus that is among us. But … just because there is a light beginning to show itself, doesn’t mean we should let down our defences. Have a great day. GW

Good Morning! Another cold morning here in Port Loring Ontario. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -13.4 C | 7.88 F. It is sunny though which is nice. Today will remain cool all day, but tomorrow things will change for the better. With temperatures reaching up into the 40s F. Or 5 C for those that use the metric system. Not me … I still like the old way of doing things. The metric to me was brought about, by those that wanted to fool the public into believing things that aren’t true. You believe what ever you want. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning and will stay that way all day. Which will make travelling good for those that are in need of a few things. Yesterday I worked here on my computer and today will do much the same. On another note, we are still burning wood in the house here with it being so cold. Tomorrow we will switch back over to oil for a bit once it warms up. I only burn wood when it gets down to about the freezing mark. With that I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal which keeps the blood pressure in check LOL, and will then see what the day has in store. Take care and stay safe. This virus is getting worse, not better in a lot of areas. This new variant is a real aggressive sort, and can infect you with in seconds.

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy cold morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -4.3 C | 24.26 F. We should see a wee bit of sunshine off and on throughout the day. It will remain cold till Tuesday and then things will start to warm back up above the freezing mark. Which will get rid of some more snow. We lost over half of it, but there is still lots to go. In the bushes though, it is all but gone. With the trees moving their sap up to the branches it causes a warming trend, which in turn starts the snow to melt. Mother nature is amazing. It is also very windy this morning with a north wind which makes it feel a lot colder than it really is. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, so travelling will be good. But it is best to stay home unless you have to go out with this virus among us. And lately I see a lot of folks from out of town roaming around. Not a good thing. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal and will then get to work on a podcast I have on the go. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning!. It’s another sunny day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The sun sure makes it feel nice when outside. The air is cool though, and we did have a wee bit of ice on the creek that runs behind my house. The temperature was sitting at -13.6 C | 7.52 F which will rise as the day progresses. We should see the sun off and on throughout most of the day. I hope so, as I have some outside work to get done. Will tell you about that when all said and done. The outside work is kind of a treat for my wife and I. Actually waited 17 years for it. LOL Anyways will let you in on it later. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning which will make travelling good. The snow is about half gone. With that I am off for a bowl of cereal with my lovely wife and will then get to work. Take care and stay safe. And don’t forget that the clocks (in most of Canada) will go forward an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday Not that I am going to get up at that time to change them LOL I will wait till when I usually get up to do that. LOL. GW

Good Morning! It’s kind of a cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. It is windy too, but the temperature is really nice, sitting at 11.9 C | 53.42 F, Yesterday we lost a lot of our snow, and we will continue on that trend for most of the day. And if we are real lucky, we should see a wee bit of sunshine. Which will get rid of more of our snow. Then things will cool down some for the next 4 days. After that … things will warm back up to near norms for this time of year. Highway 522 is bare and wet this morning which will make travelling good. My lovely wife and I went to town yesterday, to pick up our groceries that we order online. Doing it that way we don’t have to enter any stores, and take a chance on catching the virus. Truth be told … we will continue on doing this after this virus is over with, as it sure makes things a lot easier … and the best part is we save a lot of money. Well … we still spend a lot as right now groceries are an outrageous price. They have never been so high. But I guess it is the price, of living these days. While there we visited our son in his apartment parking lot, from a distance, ate our lunch in our car watching the people putting their lives at risk, going in and out of stores. We then had our coffee and came on home chatting to our sons on the phone along the way. What could be better than that? Not much in my books. With that … I am off for my morning bowl of cereal with my lovely wife, and will then see what the day has in store. Stay safe, as this virus is edging it’s way to getting a lot worse right at the moment. Especially these new variants.

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy morning here in Port Loring Ontario. The temperature rolling out of bed was sitting at 2.9 C | 37.22 F. It will warm up a lot more as the day progresses. I don’t think we will see much sun today, but you never know, it might sneak through these clouds off and on. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning. We had no snow overnight. The good news is we did lose a lot of our snow yesterday, and that trend will continue for the next two weeks. So I am thinking within a week most of our snow will have left us for another year. Which is okay by me. On another note I didn’t do too much yesterday, just took things easy and stayed inside. I will probably do much of the same today. With that, take care and stay safe. Just because the vaccines are coming our way, is no reason to let down our defences.

Good Morning! For a change we are having some sunshine here in Port Loring, Ontario this morning. The temperature at the time of this post was a touch cool sitting at -2.9 C | 26.78 F. But it is about to warm up substantially in an hour or so. Which will sure be nice. I have to admit my wife and I are looking forward to it. Highway 522 is bare and almost dry this morning with no snow overnight. The snow we do have has been melting in spite of the cold nights, as you can see the snow dropping every day. It melts from underneath and around the trees at first, then when it warms up it really gets going. Today and tomorrow should get rid of a pile, and if we get some warm rain, that will help even more. Yesterday I took it easy and will do the same again today. I guess my old body needs a rest, or so it feels. I think I will work on another podcast that I have in the works. I will see how things are going in a bit. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal with my lovely wife, and will then see what the day has in store. Life’s a mystery. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cool cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. It will warm up a bit as the day moves forward. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -6.5 C | 20.3 F. Tomorrow will be a lot warmer, and we should be seeing some sunshine with temperatures well above freezing. The sap should be running. Sap flows when daytime temperatures rise above freezing (32 degrees Fahrenheit / 0 Celsius) and nighttime temperatures fall below freezing. Which is what is going to happen for the next few days or so. Highway 522 is bare and damp this morning. There are a few icy sections here and there … which I found out walking over to the hardware store here in town this morning. So if nothing else … care should be taken if walking. LOL On another note I didn’t do too much yesterday, other than get my seeds ready for planting inside. I like to start a few tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, along with some others. I probably won’t plant the seeds till near the end of the week as that way I have a month to get them going, and a couple more weeks to climatize them before planting. So ya … probably near the end of next week would be perfect timing. Last year I had great success and didn’t have to buy any plants at all. Gives you a good feeling starting your own. With that I am off to work on another podcast I have about finished. Take care and stay safe. Even more so with the opening up of things in our area. GW

Good Morning! Once again it is a very cold morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. However, the sun is shinning which makes it at the very least … look nice outside. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -15.1 C | 4.82 F. Slightly warmer than yesterday, but we still have a bit of ice on the bottom of our windows this morning. On seeing that we know we have enough humidity in our home, along with it being cold enough to stay inside. Over the years I have come to the conclusion that a good rule of thumb would be … to stay inside throughout the cold winter days, until … the temperature rises close to my age. Now you noticed I said close. The reason for that is … I don’t like it to hot neither, LOL. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning which will make travelling good if you have it in your mind to go anywhere. If you do I hope you stay out of stores or restaurants as this new variant can spread rapidly, very rapidly if you are close to someone that has it. Other than that not much else happening in and around our small community these days. And with that bit of info under your hat I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal and feed my birds. Hmm, on the subject of birds … I don’t know about you folks, but my lovely wife and I haven’t seen hardly no Blue Jays at all this winter. Usually we have them all winter long. Have any of you noticed this in your area?? Just seems a bit unusual. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s another cold morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. The temperature climbing out of bed was sitting at -10.4 C | 13.28 F. Today and tomorrow it will remain very cold. But after that things start to change, with warmer temperatures entering into the picture. Which is fine with me as I can’t wait. I have had enough of the cold. In saying that though, it has been nice and cozy in our home and shop all winter. No complaints in that department. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning which will make travelling good for those that have to go anywhere. I see they are lifting the lockdown on Monday. I have to say if it was up to me, I wouldn’t. At least for another couple weeks till things settle down a bit more in the cities and the vaccine is in the area being administered to everyone. I think they are just asking for trouble, especially with this new variant among us. But … my way of looking at things, they will do what they think is in their best interest, not what is good for the people themselves. Such is that. With that I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal with my lovely wife, and will then see what the day has in store. I am once again taking things easy. Have a great day and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s a sunny but very cold morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. The sun though does make it feel a lot nicer than it is. Crawling out of my warm bed the temperature was sitting at -18.8 C | -1.84 F. The good news is, the deep freeze will be over in 3 days. Starting Monday the temperatures will be well above freezing and stay that way for over 10 days. Which I suspect will get rid of a lot or most of our snow. We could see temperatures as high as 10C/50F, next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning with no snow overnight. On another note yesterday I didn’t do too much in the shop, or here on my computer. I just kind of took things easy, which I suspect I will do the same today. I might work on a Podcast I have in mind. Oh! That reminds me I had better upload another show as it is Friday. As my boys would say … TGF. Thank goodness it’s Friday. LOL Computer lingo for the younger species. With that I am off for a bowl of cereal with my lovely wife and will then see what the day has in store. Take care and stay safe. I see a lot of folks not wearing their mask these days. Not sure where their minds are at. Such is life. GW

Good Morning! It’s another very cold morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperature waking up was sitting at -16.1 C | 3.02 F. The kind of weather that makes a feller feel like going back to his warm bed. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, but there are a few icy sections here and there. So care should be taken if out and about. But you all know that right? LOL On another note I didn’t do too much yesterday, other than feed the wood stove in my shop and our wood furnace here in the house. Today I am planing on working on another podcast. But we will see how that goes. I need to be in the right frame of mind, and lately I haven’t been. With that I am off for my bowl of oatmeal that my lovely wife fixed up for me, and will then see what the day has in store. Take care and stay safe. The best protection is looking after ourselves. A bit of good news is … the sun just came out. GW

Good Morning! It’s another cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. But the good news is, it isn’t as cold as it was yesterday. The temperature waking up was sitting at -0.4 C | 31.28 F. We should see some more melting of our snow today. Highway 522 is almost bare this morning, but there are some icy sections here and there. On the sunshine end of things we should see some today for a change, which would be nice. Other than that not much happening these days. Knowing that I am off for a bowl of cereal with my lovely wife and will then see what the day has in store. Take care and stay safe.