Good Morning! It’s a real nice day here in Port Loring, Ontario. The temperature is mighty nice too sitting at 7 C | 44.6 F, getting out of bed. We are having some sunshine, but there are a lot of clouds. I am kind of thinking we will be seeing, some sunshine off and on throughout the day. Tomorrow though is a horse of a different colour as believe it or not we could see up to 3 inches of snow. I am hoping it passes us by. But if anyone gets snow Port Loring does. It’s been that way from the beginning of time. LOL Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning which will make travelling good. That is if you have to go anywhere. For my wife and I we are staying put these days, only going out for groceries. Most everything else we can buy right here in town. On another note my lovely wife and I finished up most of our yard work. It sure looks nice out there now. This is my favourite time of year as everything is new. Our gardens look kind of bare at the moment, but give things another couple weeks and the transformation takes place when all our perennials start to show themselves. And we have lots. It’s amazing really. Our snow drops are out in full bloom though, which are sure nice to see. Mother Nature is sure amazing. Last night we had a good rain with around three inches or so. My rain barrel is about half full. Which will give us some nice fresh soft water for our plants to be, in the coming days. We are now starting some vegetable seeds in the house, which when up to size we will plant in our outside gardens. Nothing like fresh veggies for the table every day. We can’t wait. I also can’t wait to till up our vegetable gardens as the smell of the soil is something I can never get enough of. I guess it’s the farmer in me. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal, and will then see what the day has in store. Maybe do some front porch sittin’ before the colder temperatures move into our area. Stay safe and have a great day. It’s all in how you make it. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperatures climbing out of bed was sitting at 9.3 C | 48.74 F. Not too bad, considering the time of year. Yesterday it was a really nice day, so nice a person didn’t even need a jacket. Which was perfect for doing the work around the house here that my lovely wife and I did. It took us most of the day, but we got over half of our property raked up and burned. Today we will finish things up providing the rain holds off. We could see some sunshine off and on if we are lucky. Highway 522 is bare and dry which will make travelling good for those that are in dire need of going somewhere. I kind of figure with these new variants gong around it is best to stay home. Shop local and don’t dilly-dally in the stores, if you have to go into them. In out and home LOL. We have lost most of our snow, but there are some lingering patches, especially where it was piled throughout the winter months. Like at the end of my driveway. LOL But it is melting slowly. We need warmer weather, along with some rain to get rid of it all. Which is headed our way. On another note we did see some Robins while working outside yesterday, so they are back along with the red wing black birds. The crows are back also, they came back about a week ago. Which means that spring is in the air. Nice to see them back as we sure enjoy the birds along with what nature has to offer. 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. GW

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.