Good Morning! It’s another cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. It isn’t that cold though, with the temperature getting out of bed sitting at 15.4 C | 59.72 F. And it will warm up some as the day progresses. But with that warm weather comes some rain. If we are lucky we might see some sunshine tomorrow. Highway 522 has slowed down a lot these days. With folks going back to work and cottages closing, another summer has come to an end. My wife and I can’t complain, though, as we did get a lot of things done around our home here. Our small store has now been closed for two years because of this virus. We aren’t exactly sure if we are going to open it next year, neither. It all depends on the price of lumber, as we would like to build another store here on our property. So we will have to see how things work out next spring. But in saying that, I will be making a bunch of things for the store just in case in my old woodworking shop this winter. In doing so it gets me out of the house, moving around. Yesterday I worked in my shop for most of the day getting things ready for woodworking mode. LOL Today I will do the same and maybe tomorrow if the sun comes out I will get to planting our garlic for next summer. This is the time to get it in the ground, as it needs a wee bit of time before the real cold temperatures hit to get rooted. We sure enjoy fresh garlic. My very good friend Archie gave us some this year to plant, so we will see how that turns out. With that, take care and stay safe. Things are starting to look pretty good out there these days,’ virus wise. Thanks to the scientists that made these vaccines for us humans. Without them, we would have seen a lot more deaths. GW

Good Morning. And a good morning it is. The sun is shinning, you can sit outside, no bloodsucking parasites, traffic on highway 522 is down to a minimum, and the temperature is just perfect. I would say it is about the nicest day of the year, right here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. Later on in the day though, some clouds will roll in, and tomorrow things start to change with rain entering into the picture, and … the temperatures will start to drop. But we can’t complain, that’s for sure, or shouldn’t complain. On another note, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. My wife and I did, with our son and his fiancé dropping by after not seeing them for two years, because of this virus. We had a barbecue and sat outside for most of the day enjoying each other’s company. Couldn’t have been better. Yesterday, my wife and I put our boat and trailer to bed for winter, and in between all that, she made us a turkey dinner. I have to say, it sure was tasty. I am looking forward to leftovers tonight for supper. She is one fantastic cook, let me tell ya. Today I will close up the cottage and shower house, getting them ready for winter. There are also a few things that has to be brought in out of the cold. My wife is going to do some raking as the leaves are mostly down now. I hate to see them go this year as the colours are and were amazing. But then again, they always are, in our area. I also still have to plant our garlic for next summer, so I will get at that once my vegetable garden drys out a touch. With this sunshine it won’t take long. But then again, it is supposed to rain tomorrow. Hmm. With that I am off for a piece of toast and will then get to work. Best take advantage of this nice weather. Take care and stay safe. I see about 83 % of our population here in Canada is now vaccinated. So if we don’t get a new variant, I am thinking, things will be back to somewhat normal next year. Time will tell. Those that hasn’t been vaccinated, I feel for them, but as they keep on saying, it’s their body. Anyway, have a great day. GW

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Good Morning! It’s a cloudy, wet morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. It’s wet, but the temperature is still pretty nice, sitting at 16.2 C | 61.16 F. I see a mostly cool weather in the west compared to mild weather in the East pretty well right through till a week before Halloween. Which is okay with my wife and I, as we still have some outside work that needs to be done. Like closing up our cottage and putting our boat to bed for the winter. I am thinking I will put the boat away tomorrow as we are supposed to have some sunshine. Just in time for Thanksgiving. Oh! Happy Thanksgiving. Highway 522 is a wee bit busy as with the nice weather people are taking advantage of it. Which is as it should be. Yesterday I moved some wood out of our bush by the house here to where it can dry throughout the winter. Most is pine I have piled up there, but I did have some White Birch from a tree I had to take down earlier in the year. It is nice burning and has a really nice scent. We like it a lot. So now it will be where it is dry, and we will have it for next year. The pine I don’t really care about, but I do burn it in my woodworking shop stove. The stove we have in there burns anything and everything, LOL. Today, my wife and I are going to be taking it a bit easy. We have had our son and his fiancé come for a visit, and they now have left. We had a real nice time, and it was sure nice to see them after not seeing them for two years or more because of this virus. Being that all of us are vaccinated with both doses, we decided to take a chance. Just in time for Thanksgiving. With that I am off for some blueberry pancakes my lovely wife is making me and will then see what the day has in store, other than what we have planned. A person can plan their day, but they can’t plan the results. Take care and stay safe. GW.

Good Morning. It’s a cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The good part is, it isn’t that cold, and the nighttime temperatures have been hovering around 11.3 C | 52.34 F. Well above freezing. I suspect by the looks of things October won’t be as cold as it was last year. At least for the first half. This week will feel more like summer. And it will continue on into next week too. And along with all that, we should be seeing a lot of sunshine thrown in for good measure. Which will make things nice as our son that lives in Niagara is coming for a visit this week. We haven’t seen him in over two years. Now that we all have had our vaccines, we are hoping we will all be okay. We will still have to take precautions. We are looking forward to seeing him. Yesterday I took advantage of the pretty nice weather and cleaned out one of my sheds. Today I am going to cut my lumber I bought for making things in my woodworking shop this winter to size, so I can store it better. It is a touch too long for where we keep it. So that will be my day. On another note the leaves, plants and things are sure giving a nice show this year. We did lose a lot of the leaves with this rain we have been having. But there are still lats to see. I suspect by the end of next week, they will be pretty well all gone for another year. With that I am off for an English Muffin with a bit of jelly this morning with my lovely wife and will then get to work. Take care, stay safe and enjoy this nice weather that is upon us. GW

Good morning! It’s a rainy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The rain will continue off and on for most of the day, and it could continue on for most of the weekend. In saying that, the trees, plants and things do need it storing up for winter. It seems Nature looks after itself, in spite of us humans. Yesterday I brought our boat and trailer home as Kerry, my friend who owns Booth Service centre here in town, was installing new wheel bearings in the old girl. I pumped out the water as it was sitting outside for a week and with all that rain we did have a few days ago there was a lot of it. But it is cleaned up once again and put where it will dry, out of the weather. Once a nice day comes along, my lovely wife and I will cover it and put it away for winter. It’s getting about time. The good news is that we have most of all our things done up and ready for winter. I do still have to till up my vegetable garden, which I will do as soon as it dries up a touch. Highway 522 has slowed down a lot and things are starting to become quiet around town. Which is nice. My wife and I enjoy the quietness, along with taking in what Nature has to offer. Today, since it’s rainy, I will work on another podcast and do up a story for my columns in the newspapers and magazines I write for. I do have some lumber that I bought that I need to cut to size and store away for my woodworking projects I have lined up for winter. Again, I will get at it when the rain is over. Always something to do, but I enjoy doing these things, and I can do it when I want to do it. No one pushing me. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal and will then get to work. Take care and stay safe. GW