Good morning! It’s a cold morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The sun is shinning though, which makes it feel somewhat nicer outside. The temperature at the time of this post … 8:47 PM was sitting at -18.3 C | -0.94 F. It will remain sunny with a few clouds for the next few days. But it will get a lot colder too. So … it might pay to put an extra blanket on your bed for the next couple of days. It’s not necessary for our home with this new wood furnace we installed a few years ago, as if anything we have to keep the door open that leads to our back porch which keeps it cooled down somewhat. LOL. Nice to be able to do that. Lets in some much-needed fresh air too. While on the topic of fresh air in the home: I believe that all these new airtight windows that they are putting in the homes today aren’t the best. Oh, they might save a few dollars with the heating bill, but they sure don’t do anything for your health. We were going to install new windows, throughout the whole house, but decided against it. And I am glad we did, as now our house isn’t 100% airtight, which means at any given time we are getting fresh air. Which is what the body needs to stay healthy. Truth be told I believe that these older windows are a lot better than the new ones of today. Better glass too. Add a bit of fresh air in your home, hang a few nice plants from the ceiling, and put some on the windowsills, and you’re all set. The plants thrive and so do you. A home that is too airtight isn’t good. Highway 522 is partially snow and ice covered this morning throughout. But having no snow in the forecast travelling should be fair, but care should be taken. But in saying that, you shouldn’t be going anywhere, unless it is absolutely necessary. This lock down is slowing the spread down a lot and if we keep on doing what we are doing it will save a lot of lives. But you all know that right? With that I am off for my morning bowl of porridge and will then get to work on a podcast I have just about finished. Take care and stay safe and have a great day. Make it a great day. No one can do that but you.

Good Morning! It’s a sunny morning here in Port Loring, Ontario Canada. The sun should remain with us today and right up till the weekend. Oh, there will be a few clouds, but we can deal with that as long as the sun is the dominant part of our day. Right? It is cold though, with the temperature sitting at -19.7 C | -3.46 F. Kind of nippy you might say. It will warm up a wee bit as the day progresses. On the other hand it will become very cold for the next few days with temperatures falling well below -0 Fahrenheit. I kind of think, that Friday night will be the coldest night of the year. Highway 522 is partially bare, but there are a lot of icy sections throughout. But even with it being so cold the sun makes a feller want to go outside. Amazing really what a bit of sunshine can do for a person. And truth be told, it is what our body needs these days to fight this virus that is among us. Vitamin D3 … From what I have learned over the years would be around 35% effective in helping you against the virus. And even more, once your immune system is built up to where it should be. Everyone in Canada I would bet if tested, would be on the low side. I think doctors should make that a main part of the blood tests nowadays. Along with other vitamins and minerals. On another note I worked in the woodworking shop yesterday for most of the day. Sorting out things that should have been done years ago. I am trying to put plumbing, electrical and hardware all in their own place so when I am in need of something I know where to look. Even nails, screws, bolts and things. A little at a time gets things done. The thing is I have most anything I really need, but when I want something I can’t find it LOL so … I go buy new. Now I should, save a bit, once I get things sorted out, as over the years I have collected a lot of stuff. LOL. With that I am off for a bowl of porridge with my lovely wife, and will then let the day do as it so chooses. Take care and stay safe. Even with the numbers going down … because of us closing down, isn’t the time to let your guard down. GW

Good Morning!! It’s a very cold morning here in Port Loring Ontario. The temperature waking up was sitting at -23.1 C | -9.58 F. It was kind of crunchy, walking to the woodworking shop this morning to put some wood in the stove. While out there I fed our birds at the feeder. Some of them little chickadees, land right on my hand now when I go to feed them. I guess it’s their way of saying thanks. Kind of nice. One thing my lovely wife and I enjoy is watching the birds at the feeder all winter long. I have it set up, so we can see it from our two leather lazy boy chairs, my desk where I write at, and the kitchen table. With weather like this so cold, and so much snow, I know they are having their work cut out for them trying to get a meal. So … I help them out a wee bit. Highway 522 is snow covered, with lots of icy sections throughout this morning, which is understandable with the weather we have been having for the past few days. I took a picture of exactly how much snow we have at the back of our house yesterday, and will add it to the bottom of this post. It will give you an idea of just how much snow we do have in our area. There is more in certain areas, but where I took the reading is out in the open, so it should be pretty accurate. Yesterday my wife and I cleaned up the snow on our decks and around the house here, along with the ladies next door. I have to tell you both of us were all in when all said and done. We slept good. LOL I am glad we did get it finished with the cold that is upon us now. It would be quite nasty if we would have to be out there today. But it’s done, and for the next few days we will stay in where it’s warm. I lit the wood furnace in our home here, so we will be nice and toasty. The wood furnace we have does a great job, with little cost. What could be better than that. With that I am off for some cranberry pancakes my wife is making for us, and will then get to working on a podcast I have on the go. Take care and stay safe, this virus isn’t getting any better and I suspect it will get a lot worse with the kids going back to school, and some places of business opening back up. Huge mistake our government is making especially … right now. Such is life.

Good Morning! Well the sun has left us for a couple of days. The temperature though has risen quite a bit, sitting at -0.5 C | 31.1 F at the time of this post. It will remain warm for the next couple of days. But on the downside of things we are having some snow. Overnight we had around 6 inches, and it is still coming down. We can expect some snow squalls likely beginning this afternoon through Saturday morning. With another 8 inches or so. Winter isn’t over yet. Knowing that I suspect that I will be in need of my snowblower in a couple of days to clean things up. Highway 522 is snow covered this morning and my view on things everyone should stay home. Travelling anywhere isn’t going to be good. On another note I didn’t do too much yesterday other than clean my wood furnace chimney pipes and chimney. The nice thing is … I invested in a bendable brush affair, that I can bend into a 45-degree angle and clean my chimney from my basement. No more need of going up on the roof. Which will make things a lot safer. Especially in this kind of weather. The brush and extensions work great. Not the cheapest, but not so bad, with a price of around $200.00. Price you pay to keep one safe. Some of these modern technologies are pretty good. I feel if I can afford them why not take advantage of them especially if it makes our life easier. After we cleaned the chimney, being so nice, warm and sunny outside I brought out our lawn chairs and my lovely wife and I sat outside for an hour or so. Sure felt good. Not bad for the beginning of February. Today though is a different story. LOL With that I am off for a bowl of Porridge. After that I think I will work on another Podcast. Been awhile since I made one up. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! Once again we are having some sunshine here in Port Loring, Ontario. Enjoy it, as later on tonight and into tomorrow we could see a substantial amount of snow. I have my snowblower warming up in the shop. LOL The temperature this morning was sitting at -15.6 C | 3.92 F. It feels a lot cooler than it is, or so it seems, when I went to put some wood in my shop stove. Maybe it is just me being so early in the day and just getting out of bed. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning which will make travelling good today. That is if you have to go anywhere. Not much open these days, and I hope they keep it that way. Will they? Not likely. As now, they are thinking of opening a few places back up like our schools. Even with this new strain of the virus among us. I can’t see what their thinking is, other than people pleasing. As soon as the schools open up, the kids will be asymptomatic at first .… bring it home … 6 days till the parents show symptoms …. then go to work … I don’t know how it isn’t obvious. I guess, I did hear they’re putting a few $$ into upgrading the HVAC, but that probably won’t happen anytime soon. My feelings … it is just a bad time to be opening the schools, all of them should be closed up tight. Actually the kids are just getting used to working from home now. Anyways that is My Slice of Life this morning, for what it’s worth. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! Well … its another sunny day here in Port Loring, Ontario. Sure nice for a change let me tell ya. The sunshine should stay with us for most of the day and into tomorrow. Then on Friday we could see up to 4 inches of snow. It all depends on which way the storm tracks. But after that the weather is going to be quite nice. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -13.3 C | 8.06 F. Balmy you might say for this time of year. Highway 522 is bare and dry throughout, which will make travelling good if you absolutely have to go somewhere. For my wife and I, we are quite content to stay home, especially now with this new fast spreading variant of the virus starting to form here in Ontario and across Canada. The only way we can contain this from getting worse is to stay shut down, and I mean everything including the schools until the vaccine is available, Even then, it is going to be a challenge to contain it and save lives. On another note, I didn’t do much yesterday, kind of took it easy. I did do up a couple more stories for my columns in the newspapers and places. I like to get a few ahead so when the nice weather hits I can be outside instead of sitting in front of a computer. But don’t get me wrong … I do enjoy writing. Just certain times of the year. With that I am off for a bowl of cereal and will then see what the day has in store. Life’s like a mystery novel for sure. You just never know what is in store. Hope for the best prepare for the worst. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! Starting things off here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada we are seeing lots of sunshine these days, and I suspect it will remain with us for one more day. And it should warm up considerably for a few days, before we get some more snow on Friday and into the weekend. Temperature waking up was sitting at -17.5 C | 0.5 F. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, and should remain that way all day. On another note, yesterday I worked in the shop for a wee bit but then decided to take things a bit easy. Today I will do much the same. I might write up a story or two for my columns and things. I need to be in the right frame of mind to do that though, or so it seems. Other than that, not much else happening in and around our small community these days. With that I am off for a bite to eat and then will let the day unfold around me. Life is always a mystery. Now more than ever it seems. Take care, stay safe and do what is right relating to this virus, as it is getting a lot worse, even with the closing down. Reason being we aren’t closing down enough. They say they are, but they aren’t. It’s all about politics, money and pleasing everybody. Kind of like some people I know, they say one thing and mean another. Kind of speaking out of both sides of their mouth. The main things is they should be closing all the schools right now too, not opening them. The folks that are saying the schools are safe is out to lunch in my books. The schools might be safe … sure, but not the kids or the folks that work in them. They will spread it like crazy, especially this new strain that is starting to get a foot hold. I can’t see what their reasoning is. I guess they want to make a name for themselves or show their power. At our expense. At any rate, that is my slice of life for this morning. Take it for what it is worth.

Good Morning! Well … it’s another cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperature was sitting at -22.7 C | -8.86 F. With the sunshine that is upon us things will warm up as the day moves forward. And the next three or four days things will warm up even more. We could see temperatures above the freezing mark by Wednesday. Front porch sittin weather LOL. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning which will make travelling good for those that has to go somewhere. For my wife and I we will be staying home. Yesterday I did clean up the woodworking shop a bit and bring in a bit of firewood, but being so cold I decided to stay in the house after that. Not that it was cold in the shop, but just felt tired. Nice to be able to do that. Today I will do much the same taking it easy. On another note it is the first day of February starting things off. Kind of nice to see, as I figure once we are into February we are closing in on spring. Can’t wait. With that I am off for a bite to eat with my lovely wife and will then let the day unfold around us as it chooses to do. Take care and stay safe, things are getting worse with this new strain of the virus among us. GW

Good Morning! Well … it’s a sunny morning here in Port Loring, Ontario for a change, but in saying that the sunshine isn’t helping the temperature much. This morning getting out of bed it was sitting at -24.4 C | -11.92 F. Not as cold as yesterday morning though that was sitting at -27.5 C | -17.5 F. It will warm up as the week moves forward. Today it will remain sunny for most of the day which is nice. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning for most parts, but there are a few icy sections here and there. Yesterday my wife and I went to town to pick up our groceries and drop some things off at our son, in his apartments parking lot. It was too cold to chat, so we decided to chat on the phone on our way home. After we saw him we had our lunch in a parking lot watching what was going on. After that we headed on home taking in nature. The trip there and back other than being very cold was quite nice. It’s good to get out of the house for a change. We don’t do it very often nowadays only when we need some groceries. On another note I just cleaned out some ashes from my wood furnace this morning along with my shop stove, as they both were getting so full I couldn’t get any more wood in them. They fill up with in a week with this cold weather that we have been having. Now I am going to have a bowl of oatmeal and will then move some things around in the woodworking shop, and then I am thinking I will take it a bit easy today for a change. With that you all take care of yourselves and stay safe. It is getting quite bad out there these days with the new variants of this virus among us. But in town yesterday, we noticed that a lot of people were doing what was right and fewer people were travelling and moving around. Keep it up, as it is the only way we are going to decrease the numbers. And hey! A lot of lives depend on us doing just that.

Good Morning! Well, it’s a cold morning here in Port Loring Ontario, Canada. Temperatures have risen a touch sitting at -17.3 C | 0.86 F. It will warm up a wee bit as the day progress’s. But not much. It will remain cold now until the beginning of next week. We should see some sunshine after a bit. Tomorrow we will have lots of sunshine for a change, but it will be very cold. And one has to remember that we are coming into February which is the coldest time of the year for our area. I believe we have had it good so far temperature wise. Highway 522 is bare for most parts, but there are some icy sections here and there so care should be taken if you have to go anywhere. Other than that not much happening in and around our community. Yesterday I worked in the woodworking shop putting the first coat of finish on the coat trees, cupboard and swing I made. Today I will finish that up and then maybe take a week off from the shop, and do some writing. I will see how that goes as one never knows these days. With that I am off for a bowl of cereal with my lovely wife and will then see about doing something. LOL. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s another cloudy morning here in Port Loring Ontario Canada. And very cold too, with the temperature sitting at -18.5 C | -1.3 F. When I got up being so cold I decided to plug my car in for an hour or so to warm it up a touch. Pays to do that when it gets this cold or colder. I will turn it off in an hour or so. Actually I hooked it up to my Google Home which makes it easier. That way I don’t have to go outside in the cold to turn it on and off. Just say Hey Google Turn on Chase. LOL We named our car for those who is wondering who Chase is LOL. Makes things simpler. So far it works great. Modern technology in the works you could say. I have always figured the old ways are fine to some extent, but if there is an easier way, or a way that is better, than go for it. It’s called evolution. If you dwell on the past, you stay in the past. Look towards the future just don’t plan the results is my modo. LOL Highway 522 is bare for most parts throughout, but there are some icy sections here and there, so care should be taken if out and about. We could see some sunshine off and on as the day progresses, which will make things feel a lot nicer than it is right now. I froze my ears off going to the woodworking shop this morning to light my stove. LOL I do keep it going through the night loading it up before I go to bed, but it is usually pretty well out by morning. But it is still not to bad temperature wise. Nothing is nicer than having a warm shop to work in, especially this time of the year. Yesterday I finished up my coat trees, I made two. One to replace the one I sold in our home and another for the cottage to be. Today is finishing day, so I am hoping I can get one coat on the cupboard, coat trees and our new swing. Tomorrow I will finish them. Once all said and done I will take a picture or two to show you. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal. Hmm, no I am wrong in saying that, as this morning my lovely wife is making me bacon and eggs for a change. Should be tasty. And I will then get to work. Take care my friends, stay safe when ever possible. And … have a great day.

Good Morning!! Well … for a change we are having some sunshine this morning. But it is a touch cool with the temperature sitting at -15.1 C | 4.82 F. Truth be told though, it is still a lot warmer than what we are accustomed to in our area. Especially coming into February. Kinda nice. Highway 522 is partially snow covered with icy sections throughout. Caused by some flurries that we had yesterday and through the night. Nothing much to speak of though, maybe two inches at the most. On another note, yesterday I worked away in the woodworking shop. I have two nice coat trees all set to put together today, that my lovely wife designed years ago. I haven’t made them for a good number of years, so … some thinking was in order. But it is amazing what the mind remembers once you get into the thick of things. I am a firm believer that a person needs to keep the mind working all the time. If you slack off, not so good things begin to happen. And while I am on the subject of the conscious mind, for those that are having a hard time coping with this virus and other things, there is one thing you can do that will bring your mind back to normal so to speak. What would that be? Well … I will tell you, now that you asked. LOL Reading!! If you find a ‘GOOD BOOK‘, or even listen to a‘GOOD BOOK’, the mind is then forced into relaxing and not thinking bad things. It’s simple as that. I found it to work for over 50 years now. If anything is bothering me, I head on off to bed, and pick up a good book … and within minutes the worrying is gone. The conscious mind it seems, can’t dwell on bad things when reading. The good thing is, you won’t need any therapy from these so-called specialists, ‘scoundrels I call them’, that are now trying to capitalize (making money), on peoples weaknesses, which actually aren’t weaknesses at all. At any rate, that is my Slice of Life for this morning. I hope you are all well. Take care my friends, and have a great day, make it a good day. It’s all up to you. No one can do it for you.

Good Morning from Port Loring. Ontario Canada that is. It’s another cloudy morning here in our small community. We could see some sunshine off and on throughout the day. If we are lucky! LOL. Yesterday though was nice, and the temperature even got up above freezing. I actually went out to our bush where we have a bench, and sat there taking in the sunshine for a while. Which was nice. Temperature this morning was sitting at -9.2 C | 15.44 F. Not too shabby. It will warm up a wee bit as the day progresses, but not too much. However, there is more very cold weather in the forecast within the next few days. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, which will make travelling fair. But as I have been saying … if you don’t have to go anywhere. Don’t go. Home is the safest place you can be. Unless … you are like some that are allowing anyone and everyone into it. These are the ones that are causing the problems, or I should say a lot of the problems. And now that this new strain of the virus is among us, we could be in for some even more serious trouble. And they now are thinking it is more deadly than the one we have at the moment. Talking about that, I suspect it will mutate again, especially if we humans keep spreading it around. On another note, yesterday I worked in the woodworking shop for most of the day, and will do the same today. I am starting to cut out our two new coat trees, racks or whatever one calls them LOL. I will take a picture once I have them made. I have to admit, I am enjoying it out in the shop these days. Keeps me busy and my mind on good thing, other than the news. LOL So with that bit of info under your hat, I am off for my morning bowl of cereal and will then get to work. Doing what I enjoy.

Update: And if that is not enough for businesses to stay closed and people staying at home, How about this. As of today scientists have said the U.K. variant of the coronavirus, that is behind a surge in COVID-19 infections, it may be not only more transmissible, but also more lethal – with a mortality risk of around 30 per cent higher than other variants. And it is here in Ontario Canada now. Take care and stay safe.