Good Morning! It’s kind of a cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. It is windy too, but the temperature is really nice, sitting at 11.9 C | 53.42 F, Yesterday we lost a lot of our snow, and we will continue on that trend for most of the day. And if we are real lucky, we should see a wee bit of sunshine. Which will get rid of more of our snow. Then things will cool down some for the next 4 days. After that … things will warm back up to near norms for this time of year. Highway 522 is bare and wet this morning which will make travelling good. My lovely wife and I went to town yesterday, to pick up our groceries that we order online. Doing it that way we don’t have to enter any stores, and take a chance on catching the virus. Truth be told … we will continue on doing this after this virus is over with, as it sure makes things a lot easier … and the best part is we save a lot of money. Well … we still spend a lot as right now groceries are an outrageous price. They have never been so high. But I guess it is the price, of living these days. While there we visited our son in his apartment parking lot, from a distance, ate our lunch in our car watching the people putting their lives at risk, going in and out of stores. We then had our coffee and came on home chatting to our sons on the phone along the way. What could be better than that? Not much in my books. 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. Stay safe, as this virus is edging it’s way to getting a lot worse right at the moment. Especially these new variants.

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy morning here in Port Loring Ontario. The temperature rolling out of bed was sitting at 2.9 C | 37.22 F. It will warm up a lot more as the day progresses. I don’t think we will see much sun today, but you never know, it might sneak through these clouds off and on. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning. We had no snow overnight. The good news is we did lose a lot of our snow yesterday, and that trend will continue for the next two weeks. So I am thinking within a week most of our snow will have left us for another year. Which is okay by me. On another note I didn’t do too much yesterday, just took things easy and stayed inside. I will probably do much of the same today. With that, take care and stay safe. Just because the vaccines are coming our way, is no reason to let down our defences.

Good Morning! For a change we are having some sunshine here in Port Loring, Ontario this morning. The temperature at the time of this post was a touch cool sitting at -2.9 C | 26.78 F. But it is about to warm up substantially in an hour or so. Which will sure be nice. I have to admit my wife and I are looking forward to it. Highway 522 is bare and almost dry this morning with no snow overnight. The snow we do have has been melting in spite of the cold nights, as you can see the snow dropping every day. It melts from underneath and around the trees at first, then when it warms up it really gets going. Today and tomorrow should get rid of a pile, and if we get some warm rain, that will help even more. Yesterday I took it easy and will do the same again today. I guess my old body needs a rest, or so it feels. I think I will work on another podcast that I have in the works. I will see how things are going in a bit. 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’s a mystery. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cool cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. It will warm up a bit as the day moves forward. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -6.5 C | 20.3 F. Tomorrow will be a lot warmer, and we should be seeing some sunshine with temperatures well above freezing. The sap should be running. Sap flows when daytime temperatures rise above freezing (32 degrees Fahrenheit / 0 Celsius) and nighttime temperatures fall below freezing. Which is what is going to happen for the next few days or so. Highway 522 is bare and damp this morning. There are a few icy sections here and there … which I found out walking over to the hardware store here in town this morning. So if nothing else … care should be taken if walking. LOL On another note I didn’t do too much yesterday, other than get my seeds ready for planting inside. I like to start a few tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, along with some others. I probably won’t plant the seeds till near the end of the week as that way I have a month to get them going, and a couple more weeks to climatize them before planting. So ya … probably near the end of next week would be perfect timing. Last year I had great success and didn’t have to buy any plants at all. Gives you a good feeling starting your own. With that I am off to work on another podcast I have about finished. Take care and stay safe. Even more so with the opening up of things in our area. GW

Good Morning! Once again it is a very cold morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. However, the sun is shinning which makes it at the very least … look nice outside. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -15.1 C | 4.82 F. Slightly warmer than yesterday, but we still have a bit of ice on the bottom of our windows this morning. On seeing that we know we have enough humidity in our home, along with it being cold enough to stay inside. Over the years I have come to the conclusion that a good rule of thumb would be … to stay inside throughout the cold winter days, until … the temperature rises close to my age. Now you noticed I said close. The reason for that is … I don’t like it to hot neither, LOL. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning which will make travelling good if you have it in your mind to go anywhere. If you do I hope you stay out of stores or restaurants as this new variant can spread rapidly, very rapidly if you are close to someone that has it. Other than that not much else happening in and around our small community these days. And with that bit of info under your hat I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal and feed my birds. Hmm, on the subject of birds … I don’t know about you folks, but my lovely wife and I haven’t seen hardly no Blue Jays at all this winter. Usually we have them all winter long. Have any of you noticed this in your area?? Just seems a bit unusual. Take care and stay safe. GW