Good Morning! It’s a great looking day here in Port Loring Ontario, Canada. The sun is shinning without a cloud in the sky. The temperature climbing out of bed was sitting at 12.7 C | 54.86 F. It will warm up a bit as the day moves forward. But in saying that, we will be seeing some really nice cooler temperatures for the next week or so after today. Which will make it real nice for doing some outside work. Not that the hot weather has stopped my wife and I lately. We take each day as it is given to us, making the best of things. A day wasted is a day without fun. And you know … life should be about having fun, not all this Bureaucratic Bull S…. that is among us at the moment. I get tired of it all. At any rate, such is that. Highway 522 is still busy these days. I am not sure what is happening with the borders. I am hoping that they keep it closed for another month at the very least. Not only that, I also think we should keep the folks from coming into our country from other countries for a while longer too. At least till we see how things work out with these vaccines. This virus hasn’t left us, it is still there as strong as it ever was. The good part is that a lot of people have gotten their vaccines, and it is working, and working good. In spite of all the nonsense that is going on at Facebook and other social media platforms. I am real happy I don’t belong to one of them groups. As far as I am concerned, all they do is corrupt a person mind. And they do it without anyone realizing it. LOL. That’s my opinion on the subject. On another note, my lovely wife and I have been really busy re-landscaping the front of our home. I think we should be able to get it finished up today. It is looking pretty nice. After that, I have a back deck on our house that needs repairs, so if I work up enough energy I will get into that. With that I am off for some homemade pancakes my wife is making for me with an egg on top covered with Maple Syrup from my friend Mike Clapperton here in town. He won the world championship for the best Maple Syrup a year ago or so. I have to admit, it sure is tasty. Take care and stay safe, and enjoy your day. It’s all up to you.

Good Morning. It’s a cloudy morning with some rain thrown in for good measure here in Port Loring, Ontario. The temperature has also cooled down some, which is quite nice. Highway 522 is still very busy these days with folks coming into our area from all over. So that tells me folks are enjoying the summer, which is understandable after all we humans have been through with this virus and things. Even Mother Nature is giving us some problems this year with all the forest fires and droughts. I feel sorry for the farmers out west, as they are sure are having it hard these days. I suspect if the weather doesn’t improve, the price of food will rise even higher than it is now. On another note, my lovely wife and I have been really busy working outside on our cottage, with the new deck. For the past few days, we have been landscaping it using plants that we already have. Some of them Hosta’s we have weight 100 pounds. I had to use a cart to move them, and even then it was a challenge. I did break a few apart where we didn’t need a large one. After we had them all planted around the cottage, we then decided to thin out the large gardens in front of our home. We are about half done at the moment, as we have tons of plants to move into other areas around our property. The problem was that everything was so overgrown, along with the gardens being so large. Knowing that, we decided to cut them down in size, which will make them easier to look after. We aren’t getting any younger. Although, my wife says she can’t believe all the work we have been doing these days. Today, with the rain, we will take it a bit easy. I might go out and clean up my woodworking shop, as it once again is a mess with all we have been doing. Doesn’t’t look like a woodworking shop at the moment. LOL, More like a garden centre. LOL Anyway, what can you do? With that I am off for a couple poached eggs on toast and will then see what the day has in store. You never know. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! It is looking like another great day for us here in Port Loring. The sun is trying to get through the haze, which it will do as the morning moves forward. The temperature has been nice also for the past couple days, with it sitting this morning at 12.7 C | 54.86 F. Can’t beat that, at this time of year. Also, the mosquitoes, horse flies and deer flies aren’t all that bad at the moment, which makes it real nice for doing some outside work and fishing. I haven’t been out fishing this year, actually I haven’t been out for two years with this virus among us. I miss going out with my fishing buddy Berry. But I am thinking now my wife and I have had both of our shots as has Berry we might get out there in the coming weeks. I will see how it goes. I still have to get my boat cleaned up and see if it runs. I will get to that in a few days, now that we have finished up building our wrap around deck on our cottage. At the moment, I am in the process of painting the outside of it. I did manage to get 2/3s of it done yesterday. Today though is mowing day, so that will take me most of the day, as my lovely wife’s back isn’t the greatest yet, and I don’t want her to make things worse by mowing. So I will see what I can do on my own. On the mowing end of things, I did buy a new cordless weed eater last week as my old gas one was giving me a lot of problems. It is fixed now thanks to Mike at the garage here in town. Actually, I have to pick it up this morning. I will do that in a bit. I am hoping this new battery one will work out good, as I am getting tired of these gas engines. I have to admit, they have come a long way these days. I will let you know how it works after I give it a work-out today. Highway 522 is very, very busy these days. Non-stop cars, trucks, and campers moving East and West all day long. But it is the middle of summer and folks have been coped up a long time. You could say the call of the wild has gotten to them. LOL. With that, I guess I will have my breakfast and then get to work. It’s a pleasure working outside in this nice weather. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning!. It’s a cloudy, hazy day here in Port Loring, Ontario. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at 18.4 C | 65.12 F. The hazy part is due to Smoke from the active fires in northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba, which will stay with us here in Northern Ontario for another day or so. Once the wind shifts, things will get better, with some cooler temperatures also entering into the picture. Which is okay with me, as I sure don’t like this hot, humid weather we have been having. But it is better than pushing snow and wearing heavy winter clothing. That will come soon enough. LOL, But in spite of the hot weather, my lovely wife and I have done a lot of work this year so far around our property. I finally finished the wrap around deck along with adding a new eve trough and down pipes onto our cottage. Now we are going to paint the outside, which will finish it up quite nicely. On another note, campers, trucks, vans and cars of all kinds are roaming around our area these days. It’s back to normal for most folks, other than wearing a mask. And I hope they continue to wear the masks for a while yet. With that I am off for my morning breakfast which consists of homemade pancakes this morning for a change. Then we will see what the day has in store. Life is a mystery to say the least. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! Well, we are finally having some sunshine here this morning in Port Loring, Ontario. Over the past few days, we have had our share of rain. But it was needed, for sure. Highway 522 is very busy these days with campers moving in and around our area from all over. Is it a good thing? Time will tell. Let’s hope so. One good thing is that them pesky blood sucking parasites haven’t been all that bad lately. Mosquitoes are somewhat annoying in the evening hours, or in the shady areas. On another note, I have pretty well got our new wrap around deck finished which we are adding to our cottage. I am now in the process of adding a new facer board on the cottage and will then get to staining things. My lovely wife picked out a nice grey stain. Should be nice when all said and done. On another note, we decided since it was a rainy day to go to North Bay and pick up our groceries yesterday, which we ordered online. The stores were packed with people going about their duties as if nothing was or is wrong. The numbers though has dropped dramatically with the vaccines that has been administered over the past couple months. While in town, my wife and I had our second shot of the Pfizer vaccine, so we are fully vaccinated now. Our arms are a wee bit sore as if someone punched us, but other than that we are both fine. No other issues to speak of. So we will now see how that works out. I hope almost everyone eventually sees that it is the thing to do. The only way this virus can carry on and get stronger is inside people without the vaccine. At any rate, what will be, will be. Today my wife and I should take a break, but we have mowing to do as the grass is getting a touch long. We will work slowly at that in a bit. My wife’s leg and back is still hurting her a lot. Hard to keep her down. With that bit of info under your hat, I am off for my breakfast and will then see what the day has in store. You just never know. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, waking up. We probably will see some rain later on in the day. Highway 522 is very busy these days with folks coming in from all over. My wife and I are staying put, working around our home. For the past week, we have been working on a wrap around deck for our cottage. Which will make it nice for friends and guests when they come to visit. It has been a lot of work as I am using rough lumber, planing it down making my own decking and 2x6s. I figured I saved half of what it would have cost if I was to buy lumber already dressed. With the prices they are charging today for lumber. So things are working out. I hear though that the price has dropped somewhat. I hope it gets back to normal soon. There are a lot of companies taking advantage of us humans. Today I will continue on working away. My lovely wife has been laid up for a few days now with a sore back and leg. All the work we have been doing this year has taken its toll on her. So she is now sitting watching me in a lawn chair under a tree. But she is still moving around a bit making meals and a few light duties. Hard to keep her down. With that, I am off for my morning bowl of cereal and will then get to work. That is, if the rain holds off. I hope so, as one more good day of work should pretty well finish the deck, other than staining it. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! So how you all doing? Good I hope. You know, I have found that no matter how a person’s day is, there is always something good in it. Be it rain, pain, anguish, sadness or … what ever. The trick is to find the good parts. For me, just getting out of bed is a great start in my search. LOL And at night I like to look back over my day and see if I missed anything. Usually I find I have done quite well. Anyway … I got carried away there this morning. LOL. Highway 522 is quiet today, but it will pick up as soon as our sun is back out showing off. But I don’t think we will see too much of it today. Tomorrow, though, things start to change for the better, weather wise. The temperature waking up was actually a touch cool, sitting at 10.8 C | 51.44 F. It will warm up a wee bit later on, but not much. We also had some rain through the night, and it will continue on and off for most of the day. Yesterday started off with rain, much like today. I was just about to give up working outside, when I said … “You could stop raining now, as I would sure like to get some work done on the deck I am building around our small cottage.” You know … it did, and my lovely wife and I got a lot done. We even had a few glimpses of the sun. You know, over the years, even when we lived on the farm. No matter what I had planned outside, when I asked the weather, to cooperate, it did. It’s been that way all my life. Coincidence? Hard to believe that. Maybe it’s because the weather and I work together and understand each other. What ever the reason, things have always worked out. Today though we have mowing to do, but it is raining quite hard, so, I don’t think we will get to doing that. But you never know. I haven’t put in my request yet this morning. LOL LOL With that. You all take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy, wet morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. The rain will remain with us for most of the day, tonight and into tomorrow. So I guess my deck building will be put on hold for a day or so. We did however get a lot done yesterday, which is nice. Now though, since we have gone this far, my lovely wife says we should continue on with a wrap around deck instead of just one on the front of the cottage. LOL So giving it some thought, I decided she was right, and we might as well get it all done this year and out of the way. It will be an extra expense, but it will make it real nice for family and friends when they come to stay or visit. Highway 522 is still very busy these days with folks moving around our small community. The rain will slow them down a bit today. Since it is raining, I will do some inside work, after I have some bacon and eggs that my lovely wife is making me. With that, take care and stay safe and have a great day. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy, muggy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. But the temperature isn’t bad at all. Getting out of bed, it was sitting at 19.9 C | 67.82 F. It will warm up as the day moves forward. We could see some showers later on in the day and into tomorrow. I am hoping not, as I am in the midst of building the new deck on our cottage. But there isn’t much we can do about that. The weather will do what the weather wants to do. Come to think about it … the weather these days are kind of like our Government. They do what ever they want to do. I heard one time a joke which makes a lot of sense these days. Goes something like this. The problem with political jokes is that they keep getting elected. Lot of truth to them, few words. LOL Anyway, highway 522 is very busy these days, and I suspect it will get even busier as the days move forward, with the lockdown easing off. People are tired and getting away is their escape. I just hope their escape, doesn’t turn out to be a disaster for them or others. Time will tell, as it always does. If folks do what they suppose to do, and follow the rules and get vaccinated, they should be okay … for now. Some have asked me. “GW, how is that for years you have said that getting the flu shot isn’t the way to go, and that a lot of medicines of today do more harm than good. ? And now you are all for the vaccine.” Well … I am still inclined to go by what I have said, but when it comes to a virus like we have in our midst now, and all the science that is out there now, I would think a person would be a …. not to at least take a serious look at these new vaccines we have today. Which my family and I have done. And after taking a serious look at things, we have all had our first shot of the Pfizer. And we will get our second shot in a month or so. I honestly think that the one shot will go a long way in helping folks, more than what is being said. And I also believe that waiting for a while before the second shot will be a lot more beneficial. Why is that? Glad you asked. Simply put, the body is an amazing machine. And with these new vaccines that teach the body what to do, I suspect that once it sees things as they truly are happening, it will react on its own and get into doing what is right. I also like the Pfizer as it is, is German Made. And the Germans are very health related. They also make some of the best products in the world. Which we could do here in Canada if our Powers That Be got off their … and started to do. But hey who am I, just one old feller sharing what he thinks is right, in a world, that well, at the moment to me is one mixed up mess. Take care, my friends. Stay safe. GW

Good Morning! The sun is shinning and the temperature waking up was sitting at 16.4 C | 61.52 F. It will warm up a bit more as the day progresses. No one should have any complaints with the weather in our area at the moment. You could say it’s weather you can almost do anything in. Highway 522 is still very busy with folks moving around from all over. I am not sure where they are all going, or doing, as we only have two stores and a LCBO here in town. Oh, and three restaurants, LOL. But they seem to find places to go to. LOL I suspect most are sight see’rs taking in what we and Nature has to offer. Which is a lot if you really think about it. At least on the Nature end of things. Yesterday we had a busy day. Orders are coming in from all over for my wife’s paintings. She is lining them up to do some now, some later on this winter, when she has more time. For myself, I hooked up a hot water heater for our cottage and installed an air conditioner It was a job, but it is sure nice now and will be a great asset to what’s to come. Once I had that finished, I managed to finish up our new swing set and will add a picture at the end of this post. It turned out really nice, and today we will do some swing settin” LOL I am also planning on adding a new deck to our cottage, so I might get busy working on that. I have to move some plants first which resides around the cottage. I am thinking it will be a good week’s work, that is if the weather and body allows. So with that I am off for some homemade pancakes my lovely wife is making, and I will get to work. Work I enjoy doing, that is. Take care and stay safe.