Good Morning! We are having a few clouds this morning, but we should see some sunshine a bit later on this morning. Tomorrow however things will begin to change weather wise, with the temperatures slowly dropping. Friday we could have an ice storm, if the system stays on track. Let’s hope it moves south a wee bit, so it misses us. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning making travelling pretty good. There are lots of deer alongside and crossing the highway these days, so extra care should be taken. The reason for this is that they are coming out of the bush, so they can soak up some sunshine, along with nibbling at the green grass alongside the highways that is starting to show itself. It’s kind of a treat for them. On Another note I did do a bit of work in the woodworking shop yesterday working on a cabinet I started awhile back. It was actually quite nice out there, with the sun shinning in through the door. I didn’t even need to light the shop stove. Today I am thinking of putting up a new clothes line for my lovely wife. I will see how it goes. She has been asking me to replace the one we do have as it is getting a bit shabby after 16 years. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal and will then see what the day has in store, other than what I want to do. You just never know. Take care and stay safe. The numbers are getting worse here every day in Ontario with this virus. Also, more are dying from it too, and the new variants are starting to pick on the younger folks a lot more. What’s happening is that, we now face a new virus, of the same kind, but with very different characteristics,” More deadly, more infectious, and infectious for longer.”

Good Morning! It is another sunny day here in Port Loring, Ontario. There are a few clouds floating around, but for most parts the sky is clear. Highway 522 is bare and dry, There was no snow overnight or frost. The snow we have is about 3/4 gone and I suspect the remaining snow will be gone by the end of the week. These warmer temperatures should stay with us till Thursday, when things cool back down, and I hate to say this, but we could see some snow, or … an icy mix on Friday. Let’s hope it by passes us. That’s the thing about weather … what will be, will be. On another note … my wife and I took a trip to North Bay yesterday to pick up our order of groceries, that we order online. Doing it that way we don’t have to go into any stores, which keeps us safe. We did drop by our son’s place, and gave him some meals that mom made for him. A kind of treat. We chatted in his apartment parking lot for a bit, wearing a mask, along with keeping our distance, and then found a nice spot along the way home to eat our lunch in the car. We did notice though that hundreds of folks were going in and out of stores. In my mind they are asking for trouble, and truth be told there is no reason to do this. As they can order online, and they will bring it right to your car. People have some strange way of doing things. I guess the only thing, that will make them realize what this virus can do … is if the get it. Or a family member catches it caused by them. After we ate our lunch we headed on home enjoying the beautiful day. Can’t beat that. An outing out and kept safe, along with enjoying Mother Nature. With that I am off for a bowl of oatmeal that my lovely wife has made for me and will then get to doing some work in the woodworking shop. Stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s another sunny morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperature at the moment is a touch cool sitting at -2.7 C | 27.14 F. It will warm up a lot though in a couple of hours. Which in turn will make for … one heck of a nice day. No reason to not do some front porch sittin’ today. Actually my wife and I sat out yesterday for an hour or so and it was quite nice. Great to soak up some true vitamin D 3. A supplement is fine, but you can’t beat what the sun has to offer. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning making travelling good. There was a frost overnight which is melting as I type. On another note I didn’t do too much yesterday, kind of took things a bit easy. Chatted to our boys on the phone for an hour or so, and then did a wee bit of work in the shop finishing up a small project for the cottage to be. Today I have some work to do on a cabinet I have been making, and after I get bored working on it, I will do some more front porch sittin with my lovely wife. Just because I can. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal and will then see what the day has in store. Take care and stay safe. The number of infections with this new variant is growing fast these days. And you have to remember … you can get it even with a mask on if your not careful, with in seconds. Ontario reports 1,829 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, the highest daily count in nearly two months and a lot of them are from the new variants. Not good. I keep saying this, that opening things up isn’t a good thing, it is only making things worse. The vaccines are here, so why not keep things closed down till everyone is vaccinated. That would be the smart way of doing things. And I would also like to mention, that I think that from the age of 60 and up, along with women 20 – 40 that those people should not be taking the AstraZeneca vaccines. My wife and I have made up our mind to wait till the Pfizer or Moderna is available. But it’s your choice. Do your own research and then make a wise decision.

Good Morning! It’s a nice looking day here in Port Loring, Ontario Canada. The sun is shinning with no clouds to speak of in the sky. However, it is a touch cool with the temperature getting out of bed sitting at -4 C | 24.8 F. But, things will change in a few hours as our temperatures today will climb well above the freezing mark. We should see the temperature reaching around 54F/13C mark. Can’t beat that for this time of year. My wife and I might even get to do some front porch sittin’. Now that would be nice for a change. And on top of that good news it will remain warm for the next week or so. Which will get rid of the remainder of our snow I am sure. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, and we didn’t have any snow overnight. We did have some frost though, which is melting fast with the sunshine. Cold nights warm days is the norm for this time of year, and that is what we are getting. Great for Maple Syrup. On another note, yesterday I finished up fixing my rototiller and mower that wasn’t working, and now they are ready to go. It took a bit of figuring out what was wrong, but as my old Dad used to say that is how we learn. LOL Miss that old feller! After that I cleaned up my shop, getting it ready for some woodworking projects I want to finish and do. Things for our new cottage. Then once it warms up and the ground thaws out, we will get to doing some outside work that we have planned. So lots to do these days. Which I like … as it keeps me busy along with my mind off the not so good things. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal with my lovely wife, and will then see what the day has in store. Life is a mystery, every day something new comes along. Some say, No … that isn’t right as their days are all the same. I say … well, if that’s the case, you aren’t paying attention. LOL Anyways … have a great day and stay safe. This virus is getting worse every day by the looks of things. These new variants are working hard to infect us humans.

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. It is also a touch cool with the temperature getting out of the sack, sitting at -1.5 C | 29.3 F. We will see some sunshine as the day moves forward along with some warmer temperatures. Every day things will warm up a touch more with lots of sunshine thrown in for good measure, Highway 522 is bare and wet this morning. We did have some light flurries with a dusting of snow this morning. Nothing to speak of, but I sure didn’t like seeing it waking up. LOL Yesterday I worked on an older rototiller I have. I took it in to get fixed a few years ago, they fixed it, but it stopped running after a month. So … I decided to see what I could do myself. I did take a course on small engines years ago which comes in handy from time to time. So after playing around a bit I found it was the magneto. So I changed that with another one I had here on another old mower, and while I had things apart I changed the points in it too. It works great now other than needing me to set up the carb a bit which I will do, this morning. The price folks charge nowadays a person almost has to fix these things themselves. If they can’t, a lot of times it is better to buy new and be done with it, as it costs just as much to fix them as it does to buy new LOL. Anyways my old training of fixing these old engines came in handy yesterday. That’s another problem … as the way I learned and was taught years ago, is almost obsolete today, as all the new engines are made different. But … I guess the basics is still the same in a lot of ways. With that take care, stay safe, and have a great day. Nice weather is just around the corner. GW