Good Morning!

It’s cool morning here in Port Loring. The temperature waking up was sitting at 9.9 C | 49.82 F. However the sun is shinning which should warm things up in a couple hours or so. Actually things weather wise will be quite nice for the next 4 days with warmer than normal temperatures entering into the picture starting tomorrow. So summer isn’t done with us yet.

Although when my wife and I were going for groceries in North Bay we have noticed that the leaves on the Maples are just starting to show some color. I have to admit I am not ready for winter yet. But not much you can do about it. Highway 522 was quite busy yesterday with folks moving around. Not sure where they were going with only two main stores in town. Some cars and trucks i see going by our house 4 or 5 times a day. Just checking things out I suspect. To each their own I always say.

With the winds coming in from the west along with the sunshine and cooler temperatures, fishing should be pretty good this week. I haven’t put my boat in the water for three years now. First with the virus and then this year not being well. I am hoping next year things will get better. I do miss getting out there with my fishing buddy Barry.

With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal, and a piece of toast that my lovely wife is making for me, and will then see what the day has in store. Stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s a great looking day here in Port Loring, Ontario Canada. The sun is shinning with just a few clouds in the sky. The temperature has dropped a bit. Getting out of bed it was sitting at 13.7 C | 56.66 F. Nice for sleeping.

Highway 522 is slowing down traffic wise, but that is to be expected heading into September. Time sure fly’s in this neck of the woods. My oldest son dropped by a couple weeks ago and while he was here my wife and him put in our firewood for winter. I wasn’t able to do it. I am happy about that. And Barry my old fishing buddy has been dropping by giving us hand when needed. Nice to have friends for sure.

On another note, we did open our store this year and it has been doing well. Nice to chat to folks once again. Our vegetable garden also did well this year and our garlic was fantastic. We are selling a few veggies and things on our wagon out front of our home that I built early in the year. People have been buying up our tomatoes and coming back for more. I have to admit they are very tasty this year. We also planted some yellow low acid ones and they turned out great too and very tasty. My wife and I have been enjoying them daily. Our Pumpkins also did well this year and are ready to pick. Good size too. Even our cucumbers and potatoes did well.

With that … I am off for a bowl of cereal that my lovely wife is making for me, and will then get back to working on a mystery novel, the first of a series … which is a bit of a change from what I usually write. Having fun with it. It’s going to be an interesting book, or so I been told. Ha ha. We will see. Have a great day and stay safe. GW

Hi folks. It’s been awhile since my last post. I hope you are all well. For myself it’s been a hectic summer with my health issues. I think … I am on the mend now, we will see. It only took a bunch of trips to the hospital and, multiple tests. If it wasn’t for my doctor who looked outside the box I probably wouldn’t know now what is wrong. One in a million gets what I have. Ha ha. Figures that I would have that. It’s called Anterior Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome. Not much they can do for it neither, other than pain killers and injections for pain, which I am getting now. Six needles or so every six weeks or so. So … we will see how that will work out in the coming days. I am moving around a bit but have to be very careful. I can’t do what I want to do. Makes it hard.

So that is my situation at the moment.

On another note it is a very cloudy wet morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. We should see some sunshine tomorrow and for the remainder of the week. And the temperatures will be pretty nice. Highway 522 is quiet these days. Reason being everyone is getting ready with the kids going back to school. Along with the price of things people can’t do what they want to these days. Crazy mixed up world we are living in at the moment.

With that I am off for a bowl of cereal that my lovely wife is making for me and after that I will be working here on my lap top writing up a story or two for my newspaper columns. Keeps my mind off other things, which is a good thing. Have a great day and stay safe. GW

Good Morning!

It’s shaping up to be one of the nicest days this year so far, weather wise, here in Port Loring, Ontario. The sun is shinning, the winds are light, coming in from the South West. Weather you can do just about anything in. Highway 522 is getting very busy now with cars, trucks, you name it coming in from all over. Our gift shop, has been exceptionally busy for the past few days. Which is sure nice as we have been close for the past two years because of this virus. We still take precautions, though, which we think should be done. It is nice seeing new faces for sure.

Yesterday I took it easy, once again I am still not the best health wise. I sure hope it starts to improve. I am not one to just sit around, but at the moment I have no choice. My doctor called yesterday, and he has recommended some other things that I can do, so we will see how that works out. He is a great man for sure, and we are happy to have him as a personal friend. He has got me through some rough times for the past few years. Hoping he can do it again.

Enough of that. On another note, our vegetable garden is growing leaps and bounds these days. We are having fresh salads every day. Can’t beat that. I had our first blossom on our old pumpkin plants the other day, so we will see if we get one that matures. Sure would be nice to have some new seeds from years past that you can’t buy anymore. Just have to wait and see. The grass is also growing now, even with the light shower we had last night. Doesn’t take much to spruce things up. Mother Nature is sure amazing to say the least. She can be cruel though if not careful. You never want to take her for granted, that’s for sure.

With that, I am off for a bowl of porridge that my lovely wife is making for me, and will then see what happens. Have great day.

In Closing, I Would Like To Wish You Well!

Good Morning!

It’s another sunny morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. However, the heat has left us, which made it nice for sleeping through the night. I am not a real lover of that hot stuff. Highway 522 is slowly getting busier these days with more campers, trucks with 4 Wheelers and boats … and cars moving up and down the highway. But it is much slower than other years. We have been seeing new people drop by our store the past few days, but I am thinking people are hanging onto their money more than other years. I can’t say I blame them as before their trip up to our area was the least of the problem, today with the gas prices the way they are, now it’s a priority. What used to cost fifty or sixty dollars for a tank of gas is now well over a hundred, which adds up when going on a long trip. And on top of all that, the price of furnace oil and propane is sure going to hurt a lot of people this winter. If it gets too bad, I am not sure how some are going to make out, including us. Seniors these days has it hard enough with all this going on.

On another note, my wife and I did manage to get our grass cut yesterday. We both had to take a lot of breaks to get it done. I am thinking we will have to cut back on what we have been cutting and trimming in the coming months with the way things are going health wise. We will see. Today we will take it easy once again.

The bugs haven’t been all that bad these days, which is nice. My vegetable garden is growing leaps and bounds, with fresh lettuce of all kinds on the table come supper time. Sure is tasty. We do need a rain, however, as things are really dry. My pumpkins, zucchini, potatoes and tomatoes are showing off these days, so it won’t be long before we start enjoying them. My cucumbers and squash were slow staring off, but they are coming along now. With that I am off to see if I can eat something and will then see what the day has in store … other than what I have planned. Life is a mystery, for sure … you just never know.

In Closing, I Would Like To Wish You well.