Good Morning! It’s another warm, muggy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. The temperature waking up was sitting at 20.5 C | 68.9 F. It will warm up more as the day progresses, and we could see some more rain. But in saying all that, we might if lucky see some sunshine later on. Speaking about rain, we did have a really nice rain through the night, which was needed as things were very dry. You can almost see a smile on the trees and plants. My vegetable garden is growing leaps and bounds these days. We also have been eating fresh lettuce salads from our garden, which is sure tasty. It’s amazing how fast it grows after a rain. We also have blossoms on our zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash and pumpkins. So it won’t be long before we start seeing some other vegetables. Which will be nice. I can’t wait for a tomato sandwich. This year I planted a bunch of low acid tomatoes, thinking they might be a bit easier on the old stomach. We will see how that goes. I had some very old seeds from years ago, and they all grew. Yesterday I worked on my old Stihl Weed Eater which has been giving me some problems. I have had it for over twenty some years and hardly ever had a problem with it. I got a few prices to fix it, and they all wanted almost as much as a new one. LOL So I decided to order a brand-new carb for it complete with a new plug, gas line filter, gas line plug for the tank and a few other things. Total price 30.00 with free delivery. I installed them all, and it runs nice but still not the greatest, but maybe I can touch it up a bit as I use it. I will have to see how that goes. There is always something when it comes to older machinery. The problem is, most of the new things they are making today isn’t worth a damn, being made so cheap. Oh well, what can you do? With that, I am off for some pancakes my lovely wife is making, and will then do some work in our new shower house. Take care and stay safe. GW Click on Picture Below to Enlarge.

Good Morning! It’s another cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. We can expect some more rain off and on throughout the day. It is muggy outside and warm, with the temperature sitting at 20.5 C | 68.9 F. It will warm up even more as the day progresses. Highway 522 is super busy these days. Yesterday was almost non-stop campers, boats, you name it going by. But as I say, it is that time of year and things are slowly opening back up. One good thing will come out of this opening up, and a lot of people having the vaccines … We will see if the vaccines are working. If we see the numbers rise substantially, we will then know we have some other issues to deal with. So far, though, it is looking good for Ontario. Time will tell the story. This morning I had to pick up some things at Home Hardware here in town and was it busy. You know, I didn’t know one person. We have had so many new people move into our area you can’t keep track of them any more. LOL, Maybe that is a good thing. On another note my wife and I, in spite of the light showers yesterday decided to take down the last four dead old pine trees on our property. Took us all morning, but it is done. Now I can get onto other things that we have planned. Taking down trees for me is very stressful, so I am happy that job is finished. In the end my wife and I took down 14 very large trees, cut them up and cleaned up the mess. I think it will take a week to settle down my stomach, LOL. With that, I am off for my morning bowl of cereal, and maybe I will have a cup of coffee this morning for a change. We usually have a coffee after lunch. Just because we can. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning Folks! It’s a cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario. We can expect some showers to enter into the picture and the rain will linger around for the next 4 days or so. We sure do need the rain, as it is very dry out there. The trees, plants and grass are crying for moisture. Highway 522 is very busy, which is a norm for this time of year, with all the vacationers from the cities wanting to get away. On another note, my wife and I are still busy getting things done up outside around our home. We still have to take down two smaller old dead pines, but after that we are done with the tree’s for the year, hopefully for a few years. Our life these days are stressful enough, without worrying where a tree is going to fall, and all the hassles of cleaning things up after the fact. LOL But in saying that, our property now is sure looking nice and along with it being usable, with a cottage and a place for a small camping area ready to go for family and friends. We still have a lot of other things to do like replacing our back deck and adding a small deck onto our new cottage along with making one of our back bedrooms in our home into a store where we can display my wife’s paintings along with my books and flutes. All that it takes is time and money. LOL LOL With that I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal with my lovely wife and will then get to work. That is, if the rain holds off. Yesterday it was too windy to do much in the taking down the tree department. Take care and stay safe. It is getting better but not enough yet to let down our defences, pertaining to this virus.

Good Morning! It’s a bit cloudy here in Port Loring, Ontario this morning, We should see some sunshine off and on for most of the day. If you have some outside work to do, today is the day as tomorrow some rain is entering into the picture which, actually, could last for a few days. The black flies are gone now for the year in most places. The mosquitoes are still annoying in the shady areas. And the horse and deer flies are enjoying themselves. Highway 522 is busy with a lot of campers moving into our area. I suspect it will get a lot busier now that we are closing in on July. For my wife and we have been exceptionally busy these days taking down a bunch of old dead pines. We have them pretty well all cleaned up now, but it was a lot of hard work on our part getting it done. We both are feeling it. We have two more smaller ones to take down, and then our property should be in good shape. So we will get that done up this morning after I sharpen my chain saw. Once that is done we will be taking it easy for a day or so as rain is in the forecast, which is probably a good thing as it will force us to take a break LOL. As of now, we have taken down 10 Huge Jack Pines. With that, I am off for my morning bowl of cereal with my lovely wife and will then get to work. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. We will also see some rain today, and temperatures will cool down overnight and into tomorrow. But after that, things should get back to normal. I was going to do some outside work today, but the way things are looking weather wise, I guess there will be a change in plans. So knowing that, I guess I will clean up my woodworking shop once again. With all the work, my lovely wife and I have been doing, my old shop has been a mess. But not complaining, as it is nice to have the tools and ability to do these things ourselves. Highway 522 is still quite busy these days, and I suspect things will remain that way for the next two months or so. Especially now that the numbers are dropping with infections from this virus. I am hoping it will remain low, but once we open up … that will be the real test. I am thinking there is still a lot of folks not vaccinated, which in turn will drive up the numbers. But we will see. On another note, the black flies are all but gone, but the mosquitoes, horse flies and deer flies are still with us, and will remain with us for the rest of the summer. Joys of living in the north. But it’s not so bad. As our Powers That Be … keep on saying, the benefits out way the risks, LOL. With that, I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal, and will then see what the day has in store. You just never know. Take care and stay safe.