Good Morning! It’s a bit cloudy this morning, but we are having some sunshine. The temperature waking up was sitting at 8.4 C | 47.12 F. It will warm up a lot as the day progresses. Tomorrow, however, it will drop back down to seasonal norms. The one thing we humans can’t do is control the weather. Which is a good thing.

Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, which will make travelling good. My wife and I went to town yesterday to pick up a few groceries. Not a cheap venture anymore, with the price of gas in North Bay sitting at $1.94 a litre. I put $30.00 in our car, and it only gave us a quarter of a tank, if that. Kind of makes a feller wonder what our country is becoming. Then on top of that, the groceries weren’t cheap neither. The only deal we got was at Wendy’s where we got two free senior’s coffee. Ha ha.

With that I am off for a boiled egg and will then do some work on my old rider mower. I have been debating on whether to buy a new one or not. If so, I am leaning on buying a John Deere 100, but we will see how that goes. They aren’t cheap, neither. It’s hard to make a decision on what to buy these days.

Have a great day, enjoy some sunshine and warm weather that we are experiencing today. While it lasts. GW

Good Day. How you all making out this morning? Good I hope. Ruth and I are fine these days, just working away on different things for our grand reopening of our Gift Shop at the end of May. Lots to do, but everything is coming together, a little at a time. It won’t be long, and we will be opening our cottage for the summer too. I like to wait until the frost is totally out of the ground. I found that is a good rule of thumb for doing certain outside things. The ice, on the lakes and waterways, should be gone soon, as the temperature is supposed to get up to around the 24C/76F mark on Sunday. Only for one day, though, as then it drops back down to seasonal values. I will take it, as my wife and I are tired of the cold weather. Might even take the day and do some front porch sittin’.

On another note, I just finished lighting the old woodworking shop stove once again. I light it in the morning, and it lasts for most of the day. It doesn’t take much to warm it up, so it’s comfortable to work in. Yesterday I worked on some one of a kind items and will be doing the same today. I like making things that no one else has. I have been doing that for over 50 years or so. On top of all that, these things we make are made right here in Ontario using nothing but our own material. We don’t use or buy anything from China or offshore countries. Like some I know. In my mind, all of us in business should be catering to looking after our own country first.

With that I am off for a bowl of cereal that my lovely wife is making for me and will then get to work. I have been looking forward to working in my shop for the past month now. Keeps me out of trouble. Have a great day. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy, rainy, windy day here for us here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The rain will remain with us this morning, then breaking away to sunshine in the afternoon. Along with that, the temperature will rise slowly, once the rain has stopped. Highway 522 is wet, but it won’t affect travelling for those that are in need of some things in the big cities. There is still some ice on the lakes, I went and took a look yesterday. This rain will help a lot in removing it.

Yesterday I worked pretty well all day in the woodworking shop. We are slowly getting a lot of … one of a kind items for our gift shop made up, for our grand re-opening, we will have a unique display of new things this year. Pieces never seen by human eyes, you could say.

With that I am off for a cup of coffee with my lovely wife and will then head on out to the shop. These rainy, wet, cold days, makes my woodworking shop look just that much more appealing. Have a great day and stay safe as there are a lot of people getting sick these days. GW

It’s a sunny morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. It is a touch cool though, with the temperature waking up sitting at 0.4 C | 32.72 F. It will warm up a bit as the day moves forward. I still have to have my wood stove going in my woodworking shop to keep things warm enough to work. In the house though I have switched over to oil which makes it easier to manage. If it gets too warm outside, the wood heat makes it too warm inside. So it’s an up and down situation every spring. The cold weather this year is hanging in there more than it has been over the past few years. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, which will make travelling good. The ice on the lakes and rivers is almost all gone now. If we get a couple more warm days, it will be all gone.

On another note I worked in the shop for a half a day yesterday then after lunch I had to take my car to Kerry’s Booth’s Garage here in town to get some work done on it. There is one thing that you can count on, and that is … as soon as the warranty is finished, things start to break down. We are lucky though to have a feller like Kerry that can fix these things right here in town. He is a great mechanic and a good friend of mine.

Today I will be working on a few items that my lovely wife wants me to make for our gift shop that will be opening at the end of May. She comes up with all kinds of neat things. I make them, she brings them to life with her paintings. We call that … Team Work.

With that, you all take care and stay safe. GW

Cool morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. And as you can see in the picture above, we had a touch of snow through the night. But with the temperature getting out of bed sitting at 2.1 C | 35.78 F it won’t last long. Highway 522 is wet, and travelling will be okay. But with gas prices sitting at $1.73 a litre, it makes a person think twice before going anywhere. Least for my wife and I.

On another note, my wife and I did a lot of work yesterday taking down some cherry trees out by the highway, that were broken off by a wind storm we had through winter. Took us most of the day. I have to tell you, my old body was sure sore last night. Kind of shows a feller how out of shape he really is, caused from being in the house all winter. Ha Ha. But the more outside work I do, the better I feel.

Today I am going to be working in the old woodworking shop on some orders and a few projects my wife lined up for me to make for our gift shop. Which we hope to open by the end of next month. We will see how that goes. Anyway, I have enough to keep me busy for the day.

With that bit of info under your hat … I am off for a bowl of cereal that my lovely wife is preparing for me, along with a piece of toast. Take care and stay safe. There are a lot of people out there at the moment that are pretty sick with this virus. GW