It’s a sunny morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. It is still cool with a touch of frost everywhere. The temperature waking up was sitting at -2.8 C | 26.96 F. It will warm up a lot as the day moves forward. We might be able to do some front porch sittin’ later on. Looking forward to it. Highway 522 is bare and dry, which will make travelling good today. The ice on the lakes are melting fast these days, I would say it’s about half gone. Still lots to go though, but this warm weather will make short work of it.

On another note, I have been working in the woodworking shop for the past few days getting things in order, along with making a few things that we need here in the house. It’s nice to be able to make your own items. Especially with the price of lumber these days. It’s crazy out there with what they are charging. Especially here in Canada, where we have trees galore and supposedly millions of people wanting jobs. Hard to figure.

I also put some wood in my shop stove with it being a bit cool along with the house furnace. Trying to save a bit of oil with the price of it being ridiculous. So with that I am off for a bowl of cereal that my lovely wife is making for me, and will then see what the day has in store, other than what I have planned. Oh, first I will feed our birds. Can’t forget them as they do give us a lot of enjoyment. Stay safe and have a great day. GW

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Good Morning! It’s a cold, frosty morning here in Northern Ontario, Canada. The temperature climbing out of bed was sitting at-6.6 C | 20.12 F. A little colder than yesterday. Cold enough for me to get up through the night to feed our wood furnace. Not that I had to mind ya, but since I was up anyway I figured I might as well put a couple pieces, which in turn will save some oil. The price of gas, oil and Propane is ridiculous these days. And the worst part is our Powers That Be raised it another 2 cents for their green thing. Makes me shake my head. And you know what bothers me the most? They say, oh, don’t worry, we will give you a rebate. That’s a laugh, for sure. My way of looking at it is, if they are going to give us a rebate, why charge us to begin with. This what they are doing isn’t going to help our environment one bit. My opinion only, of course. It’s just someone wanting to be noticed. Well … they will and are being noticed.

Anyway, I had my say on the subject. Getting all in a huff before I even had my first cup of coffee. Sheesh!

Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, which will make travelling good.

Have a great day, I am going to get myself a cup of coffee. GW

We had two feet of snow here in Northern Ontario, Canada, and more is coming down.

April fools. LOL However, we are having some snow coming down at the moment. I suspect we will get around an inch or so of new snow. Yesterday we got rid of a bunch more and all the ice we had the day before that. The temperatures aren’t as warm today, with it sitting at -3.3 C | 26.06 F. It will arm up a bit more as the day moves forward. We also had some real high winds yesterday that made a mess out on our lawn. But it will have to wait till it warms up some before we get to cleaning things up.

On another note, we are still burning wood in the house and shop. Not that cold, but cold enough to make it uncomfortable. Yesterday I started working on some projects in my woodworking shop and today will carry on. I am making a railing for the top of our stairs here in the house. Which will make things safer for those going up and down. Then after that I will make a banister to hang onto. That should keep me busy for most of the day.
With that, I am off for a bowl of cereal and will then get to work. Take care and stay safe, this virus is closing in on us here in Port Loring fast these days with a lot of folks being sick. I think it will only get worse before it gets better with the masks mandate being removed. My wife and I still wear ours and will continue to do so for the next year or so when going into stores and things. Why? They keep us on the safe side along with others. We couldn’t begin to imagine what it would be like to live with the thought of catching the virus and giving it to someone else. Have a great day.

Good Morning. It’s another cool, cloudy morning here in Northern Ontario, Canada. Highway at the moment is bare and dry. In saying that we some not so good weather will be moving into our area later on today. Along with the not so good weather, we will be seeing some strong winds.

So knowing all that, I am thinking I will bring in a few wheel barrels of wood for our wood furnace as I am almost out. With the ice they are calling for and the high winds, we could have some power outages. That’s the nice thing about wood heat, we are always warm. No matter what weather Mother Nature throws at us.

On another note, my wife and I had a very busy day moving things around in our home here getting things ready for our new store. I am not sure about you, but we sure have a lot of stuffffff. We are thinking we might have a garage sale early this spring and see if we can unload a bit. Couple pack rats we are. Sheesh. It took us all day yesterday, and we still have more to do today to finish it up. Well it will never be finished, but at least we will know what we have and where things are. LOL.

With that, I am off for a bowl of cereal and will then get to work. I’m ready, but not sure about some parts of my body. Have a great day. GW

Good Morning!

We are finally seeing some sunshine here in Northern Ontario, Canada. It’s about time. The only issue relating to that … it’s still very cold outside. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at … -10.9 C | 12.38 F. Not as cold as yesterday morning. But cold. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning. And if you are in need of some things in the big city, I would recommend you go today. Reason being, tomorrow we could be in for a bad storm, starting off with snow, moving then to ice and along with all that some very high winds, which could cause some power outages. The reason for this is that a cold front is upon us now, with a warm front moving in alongside it. Which in turn isn’t a good scenario. And then moving into Thursday, things will be a lot warmer, but we will be having some rain. So once again a mixed bag of weather is about to enter into our area.

On another note, my wife and I worked steadily placing our products in our gift shop yesterday. Today we will be doing the same. I also have a lot of computer work that needs doing, so will tray and get to that in my spare time. Then after that, I am going to get my mind focusing on some woodworking projects I have in mind. So lots of things on the go here at the Walters house.

With that I am off for a bowl of cereal and a piece of toast, that my lovely wife is preparing, and will then get to work. Have a great day. GW