Good Morning! How’s everyone doing this morning? Good I hope. It’s a cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario. And I suspect it will remain that way for most of the day. If we are lucky we might see a glimpse of sunshine off and on. We will also be getting some more snow starting later on today, and for most of the day tomorrow. We could see up to six inches or more. It all depends on which way the storm tracks. But … we are in an area that if anyone gets it … we do. LOL Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, pretty well throughout. We are having some light flurries right now. On another note, yesterday I took it upon myself and washed our car. I couldn’t stand looking at the poor thing, sitting there covered with ice and salt. It is Kodiak Brown, but you wouldn’t have known it. Actually it was quite nice out there washing it, with the sun shinning. So in doing so I got some fresh air, exercise, along with a clean car. What can be better than that? Today I will continue working on a podcast that I have on the go. Which should keep me busy for most of the day. First though, I will light the shop stove, and wheel in a couple loads of pine softwood. I use it for the shop stove, as I have lots. That way it is warm in there. I like to keep it going on the real cold days, and when I know a snow storm is headin’ our way. That way once I finish cleaning up things, my snow blower gets dried off. Keeps it from rusting. With that I am off for a bowl of cereal with my lovely wife, and will then get to work. Finally, for a change the good news is that the sun is getting higher in the sky. Which means … warmer weather will soon push into our area. I could feel the warmth from it yesterday while washing our car. Felt good too! Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! Well … its another nice morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperature was sitting at -12.3 C | 9.86 F. We should have a lot of sunshine today and into tomorrow. But after that it looks like another storm is heading our way, and we could see anywhere from 3 to 8 inches of new snow on the ground by Tuesday evening. But as with all weather patterns, one never really knows till it arrives. With the weather fluctuating as it is and has been doing, anything is possible. This morning highway 522 is partially snow and ice covered. It should melt as the day progresses. Yesterday I kind of took it easy working away on another podcast that I have in the works. Today I will do much the same. With that I am off for some pancakes my lovely wife is making and will then see what the day has in store. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! It is a cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario. But the good news is, it isn’t as cold as it was. The temperature waking up was sitting at -10.3 C | 13.46 F. We could see a light flurry throughout the day today but nothing to speak of. The temperature will rise a bit as the day moves forward. The next snow of any accumulation will come Sunday Night and into Monday. Possibly into Tuesday of next week. So winter isn’t over yet. Highway 522 is all but bare this morning, but there are a few snowy covered areas throughout. But there should be no issues for those that are in need of some groceries. If you do have to go anywhere make sure you wear a mask and take extra precautions as with this new variant it can be spread at an alarming rate. Yesterday I finished up a podcast I was working on and will start another today. Keeps the old mind moving which in turn is a good thing. Once it warms up a touch I am going to wash our car, as man is it dirty from our last trip to town. 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. You just never know. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! It’s another cold morning here in Port Loring Ontario. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -22.1 C | -7.78 F. It will warm up a lot as the day moves forward. Highway 522 is partially snow covered, with a few icy sections throughout. By the looks of things, we should start to see the weather changing for the better with warmer temperatures on the Horizon. We should be above the freezing mark come Sunday. Which should get rid of some of this snow. Yesterday my lovely wife and I managed to get things cleaned up from our last snow storm. We waited till after lunch to do it, as it was just too cold in the morning. It only took us about two hours. Later I worked away here in the house on a Podcast, along with feeding my shop stove and our wood furnace here in the house. The good part is, it gets me up and moving, along with getting some fresh northern air thrown in for good measure. Today I will do the same, other than cleaning up the snow. As we didn’t have any overnight. With that, not much else happening in and around our small community. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! It’s a very cold morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperature climbing out of bed was sitting at -28.7 C | -19.66 F, It’s the kind of weather that a feller wants to get back in bed. However, the sun is shinning which at the very least makes it look nice outside. This morning I had to remove some ashes from the furnace as it was getting quite high from burning so much wood the past few days. So before I could add some more, that needed doing. Which meant I had to go out in the cold. LOL Not so bad though, once all bundled up. Now that the ashes are cleaned up, the old wood furnace is doing what it should be doing. Pushing the heat upstairs. It doesn’t matter how cold it is outside, our home is always nice and toasty. Highway 522 is partially snow covered this morning, so care should be taken if out and about. But with everything that is going on in the world, I would think it’s best to stay home, unless it is absolutely necessary that you have to go somewhere. Yesterday being so snowy and cold I stayed inside where it was warm. Today I will do the same, until it warms up some, and then my wife and I will clean up this snow that we had. But until it warms up, inside the house is the place to be. LOL. With that I am off for a bowl of oatmeal and will then let the day do as is so chooses. Take care and stay safe. It’s the only protection we have against this virus. Especially since our Powers that be doesn’t know what they are doing.

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy snowy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -16.3 C | 2.66 F. Still cold but not as cold it has been, that’s for sure. Highway 522 is snow covered this morning which is understandable, with the snow we had overnight. I suspect the highway will be that way for most of the day. On another note my wife and I got up yesterday, turned on my computer and nothing came up. LOL So after working with my son over the phone and not being able to fix it, we loaded it into the car and took it to his place. We dropped it off at his place, giving it to him in his parking lot. We then drove around a bit picked up some take out, and went back to his parking lot to eat and chat on the phone, while waiting to hear the results about my computer LOL. He found that one of the hard- drives that was in it messed up, so he replaced that, set things back up, and we were on our way back home. I told him that … it was Family day, and he did his part helping family LOL. We did buy him lunch though and dropped that off to him too. It is nice having a fellow that can fix or find any computer problem that arises. And I mean any problem. Actually it was a really nice day for a trip to town. Other than having the computer problem. Today I will work away here on my computer writing up a couple more stories, being it’s so nasty outside. We did have around six inches or so of new snow overnight, and it is still coming down. I suspect it will stop around noon. Tomorrow we will clean things up. That will be a full day. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal with my lovely wife, and will then get to work. Work that I enjoy that is. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! It’s another cold morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. However, the sun is shinning which makes it seem a lot nicer. But in saying that, it isn’t as cold as it was yesterday morning with the temperature sitting at -29.6 C | -21.28 F. This morning’s temperature getting out of bed was -21.6 C | -6.88 F. Highway 522 is snow covered this morning for most parts, caused by about an inch of snow we had through the night. On another note, my wife and I took a trip to North Bay yesterday to pick up our groceries, that we ordered online, dropped a few things off to our son at his door and then thinking since it was Valentine’s Day, I would get take-out for my lovely wife at Swiss Chalet. Which we did. There again we ordered it before we left for 12:00 PM, and they brought it to our car. So there was no need to go inside. Even still, we brought it home and my little woman wiped everything down, just to make sure things would be safe. She does that with everything these days. And with this new strain of virus among the people in North Bay, more caution now has to be taken. Crazy world we live in these days. After that we headed on home enjoying a coffee that my wife made before we left … and took in what nature had to offer along the way. Pretty good day other than being a touch cool. Today we both will take things easy. My wife is doing a painting on the new cabinet door that I made for our cottage to be. I will take a picture when all said and done and share it with you. For myself, I will get another Podcast going as I have another in mind which will keep me busy for a couple of days. I decided to let the stove in the woodworking shop go out for now, being so cold and will take a break in that department for a few days. With that I am off for a bowl of cereal with my lovely wife, and a game of crib, and will let the day unfold around me. Life is like a mystery novel. You just never know what might take place.

Good Morning! I hope you are all well on this cold Friday morning. Highway 522 here in Port Loring is all but bare and dry this morning. It is very cold though, with the temperatures getting out of bed sitting at -23.1 C | -9.58 F. It will warm up a touch as the day progresses. Tonight and tomorrow night will remain cold before temperatures start to rise. On the other hand, we should see some sunshine today amongst them clouds that are up there now. Which will make it a bit nicer. Yesterday being so cold I worked here at my Computer on some stories, and today I suspect I will do much the same. Other than that, not much happening in our small community these days. Being closed down and so cold most folks are staying home. Which is a good thing, as the numbers are dropping a lot with the new cases of this virus. That proves we can slow it down if we really want to. Slow it down and save lives, means a lot to me. But not to some folks, that’s for certain. Such is life. All boils down to what is important, and it seems these days it is all about money for a lot of folks. Kind of a shame we humans have become that way. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal and will then see what the day has in store. You just never know. Take care and stay safe. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Good morning! It’s a cold morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The sun is shinning though, which makes it feel somewhat nicer outside. The temperature at the time of this post … 8:47 PM was sitting at -18.3 C | -0.94 F. It will remain sunny with a few clouds for the next few days. But it will get a lot colder too. So … it might pay to put an extra blanket on your bed for the next couple of days. It’s not necessary for our home with this new wood furnace we installed a few years ago, as if anything we have to keep the door open that leads to our back porch which keeps it cooled down somewhat. LOL. Nice to be able to do that. Lets in some much-needed fresh air too. While on the topic of fresh air in the home: I believe that all these new airtight windows that they are putting in the homes today aren’t the best. Oh, they might save a few dollars with the heating bill, but they sure don’t do anything for your health. We were going to install new windows, throughout the whole house, but decided against it. And I am glad we did, as now our house isn’t 100% airtight, which means at any given time we are getting fresh air. Which is what the body needs to stay healthy. Truth be told I believe that these older windows are a lot better than the new ones of today. Better glass too. Add a bit of fresh air in your home, hang a few nice plants from the ceiling, and put some on the windowsills, and you’re all set. The plants thrive and so do you. A home that is too airtight isn’t good. Highway 522 is partially snow and ice covered this morning throughout. But having no snow in the forecast travelling should be fair, but care should be taken. But in saying that, you shouldn’t be going anywhere, unless it is absolutely necessary. This lock down is slowing the spread down a lot and if we keep on doing what we are doing it will save a lot of lives. But you all know that right? With that I am off for my morning bowl of porridge and will then get to work on a podcast I have just about finished. Take care and stay safe and have a great day. Make it a great day. No one can do that but you.

Good Morning! It’s a sunny morning here in Port Loring, Ontario Canada. The sun should remain with us today and right up till the weekend. Oh, there will be a few clouds, but we can deal with that as long as the sun is the dominant part of our day. Right? It is cold though, with the temperature sitting at -19.7 C | -3.46 F. Kind of nippy you might say. It will warm up a wee bit as the day progresses. On the other hand it will become very cold for the next few days with temperatures falling well below -0 Fahrenheit. I kind of think, that Friday night will be the coldest night of the year. Highway 522 is partially bare, but there are a lot of icy sections throughout. But even with it being so cold the sun makes a feller want to go outside. Amazing really what a bit of sunshine can do for a person. And truth be told, it is what our body needs these days to fight this virus that is among us. Vitamin D3 … From what I have learned over the years would be around 35% effective in helping you against the virus. And even more, once your immune system is built up to where it should be. Everyone in Canada I would bet if tested, would be on the low side. I think doctors should make that a main part of the blood tests nowadays. Along with other vitamins and minerals. On another note I worked in the woodworking shop yesterday for most of the day. Sorting out things that should have been done years ago. I am trying to put plumbing, electrical and hardware all in their own place so when I am in need of something I know where to look. Even nails, screws, bolts and things. A little at a time gets things done. The thing is I have most anything I really need, but when I want something I can’t find it LOL so … I go buy new. Now I should, save a bit, once I get things sorted out, as over the years I have collected a lot of stuff. LOL. With that I am off for a bowl of porridge with my lovely wife, and will then let the day do as it so chooses. Take care and stay safe. Even with the numbers going down … because of us closing down, isn’t the time to let your guard down. GW

Good Morning!! It’s a very cold morning here in Port Loring Ontario. The temperature waking up was sitting at -23.1 C | -9.58 F. It was kind of crunchy, walking to the woodworking shop this morning to put some wood in the stove. While out there I fed our birds at the feeder. Some of them little chickadees, land right on my hand now when I go to feed them. I guess it’s their way of saying thanks. Kind of nice. One thing my lovely wife and I enjoy is watching the birds at the feeder all winter long. I have it set up, so we can see it from our two leather lazy boy chairs, my desk where I write at, and the kitchen table. With weather like this so cold, and so much snow, I know they are having their work cut out for them trying to get a meal. So … I help them out a wee bit. Highway 522 is snow covered, with lots of icy sections throughout this morning, which is understandable with the weather we have been having for the past few days. I took a picture of exactly how much snow we have at the back of our house yesterday, and will add it to the bottom of this post. It will give you an idea of just how much snow we do have in our area. There is more in certain areas, but where I took the reading is out in the open, so it should be pretty accurate. Yesterday my wife and I cleaned up the snow on our decks and around the house here, along with the ladies next door. I have to tell you both of us were all in when all said and done. We slept good. LOL I am glad we did get it finished with the cold that is upon us now. It would be quite nasty if we would have to be out there today. But it’s done, and for the next few days we will stay in where it’s warm. I lit the wood furnace in our home here, so we will be nice and toasty. The wood furnace we have does a great job, with little cost. What could be better than that. With that I am off for some cranberry pancakes my wife is making for us, and will then get to working on a podcast I have on the go. Take care and stay safe, this virus isn’t getting any better and I suspect it will get a lot worse with the kids going back to school, and some places of business opening back up. Huge mistake our government is making especially … right now. Such is life.

Good Morning! Well the sun has left us for a couple of days. The temperature though has risen quite a bit, sitting at -0.5 C | 31.1 F at the time of this post. It will remain warm for the next couple of days. But on the downside of things we are having some snow. Overnight we had around 6 inches, and it is still coming down. We can expect some snow squalls likely beginning this afternoon through Saturday morning. With another 8 inches or so. Winter isn’t over yet. Knowing that I suspect that I will be in need of my snowblower in a couple of days to clean things up. Highway 522 is snow covered this morning and my view on things everyone should stay home. Travelling anywhere isn’t going to be good. On another note I didn’t do too much yesterday other than clean my wood furnace chimney pipes and chimney. The nice thing is … I invested in a bendable brush affair, that I can bend into a 45-degree angle and clean my chimney from my basement. No more need of going up on the roof. Which will make things a lot safer. Especially in this kind of weather. The brush and extensions work great. Not the cheapest, but not so bad, with a price of around $200.00. Price you pay to keep one safe. Some of these modern technologies are pretty good. I feel if I can afford them why not take advantage of them especially if it makes our life easier. After we cleaned the chimney, being so nice, warm and sunny outside I brought out our lawn chairs and my lovely wife and I sat outside for an hour or so. Sure felt good. Not bad for the beginning of February. Today though is a different story. LOL With that I am off for a bowl of Porridge. After that I think I will work on another Podcast. Been awhile since I made one up. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! Once again we are having some sunshine here in Port Loring, Ontario. Enjoy it, as later on tonight and into tomorrow we could see a substantial amount of snow. I have my snowblower warming up in the shop. LOL The temperature this morning was sitting at -15.6 C | 3.92 F. It feels a lot cooler than it is, or so it seems, when I went to put some wood in my shop stove. Maybe it is just me being so early in the day and just getting out of bed. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning which will make travelling good today. That is if you have to go anywhere. Not much open these days, and I hope they keep it that way. Will they? Not likely. As now, they are thinking of opening a few places back up like our schools. Even with this new strain of the virus among us. I can’t see what their thinking is, other than people pleasing. As soon as the schools open up, the kids will be asymptomatic at first .… bring it home … 6 days till the parents show symptoms …. then go to work … I don’t know how it isn’t obvious. I guess, I did hear they’re putting a few $$ into upgrading the HVAC, but that probably won’t happen anytime soon. My feelings … it is just a bad time to be opening the schools, all of them should be closed up tight. Actually the kids are just getting used to working from home now. Anyways that is My Slice of Life this morning, for what it’s worth. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! Well … its another sunny day here in Port Loring, Ontario. Sure nice for a change let me tell ya. The sunshine should stay with us for most of the day and into tomorrow. Then on Friday we could see up to 4 inches of snow. It all depends on which way the storm tracks. But after that the weather is going to be quite nice. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -13.3 C | 8.06 F. Balmy you might say for this time of year. Highway 522 is bare and dry throughout, which will make travelling good if you absolutely have to go somewhere. For my wife and I, we are quite content to stay home, especially now with this new fast spreading variant of the virus starting to form here in Ontario and across Canada. The only way we can contain this from getting worse is to stay shut down, and I mean everything including the schools until the vaccine is available, Even then, it is going to be a challenge to contain it and save lives. On another note, I didn’t do much yesterday, kind of took it easy. I did do up a couple more stories for my columns in the newspapers and places. I like to get a few ahead so when the nice weather hits I can be outside instead of sitting in front of a computer. But don’t get me wrong … I do enjoy writing. Just certain times of the year. With that I am off for a bowl of cereal and will then see what the day has in store. Life’s like a mystery novel for sure. You just never know what is in store. Hope for the best prepare for the worst. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! Starting things off here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada we are seeing lots of sunshine these days, and I suspect it will remain with us for one more day. And it should warm up considerably for a few days, before we get some more snow on Friday and into the weekend. Temperature waking up was sitting at -17.5 C | 0.5 F. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, and should remain that way all day. On another note, yesterday I worked in the shop for a wee bit but then decided to take things a bit easy. Today I will do much the same. I might write up a story or two for my columns and things. I need to be in the right frame of mind to do that though, or so it seems. Other than that, not much else happening in and around our small community these days. With that I am off for a bite to eat and then will let the day unfold around me. Life is always a mystery. Now more than ever it seems. Take care, stay safe and do what is right relating to this virus, as it is getting a lot worse, even with the closing down. Reason being we aren’t closing down enough. They say they are, but they aren’t. It’s all about politics, money and pleasing everybody. Kind of like some people I know, they say one thing and mean another. Kind of speaking out of both sides of their mouth. The main things is they should be closing all the schools right now too, not opening them. The folks that are saying the schools are safe is out to lunch in my books. The schools might be safe … sure, but not the kids or the folks that work in them. They will spread it like crazy, especially this new strain that is starting to get a foot hold. I can’t see what their reasoning is. I guess they want to make a name for themselves or show their power. At our expense. At any rate, that is my slice of life for this morning. Take it for what it is worth.

Good Morning! Well … it’s another cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperature was sitting at -22.7 C | -8.86 F. With the sunshine that is upon us things will warm up as the day moves forward. And the next three or four days things will warm up even more. We could see temperatures above the freezing mark by Wednesday. Front porch sittin weather LOL. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning which will make travelling good for those that has to go somewhere. For my wife and I we will be staying home. Yesterday I did clean up the woodworking shop a bit and bring in a bit of firewood, but being so cold I decided to stay in the house after that. Not that it was cold in the shop, but just felt tired. Nice to be able to do that. Today I will do much the same taking it easy. On another note it is the first day of February starting things off. Kind of nice to see, as I figure once we are into February we are closing in on spring. Can’t wait. With that I am off for a bite to eat with my lovely wife and will then let the day unfold around us as it chooses to do. Take care and stay safe, things are getting worse with this new strain of the virus among us. GW

Good Morning! Well … it’s a sunny morning here in Port Loring, Ontario for a change, but in saying that the sunshine isn’t helping the temperature much. This morning getting out of bed it was sitting at -24.4 C | -11.92 F. Not as cold as yesterday morning though that was sitting at -27.5 C | -17.5 F. It will warm up as the week moves forward. Today it will remain sunny for most of the day which is nice. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning for most parts, but there are a few icy sections here and there. Yesterday my wife and I went to town to pick up our groceries and drop some things off at our son, in his apartments parking lot. It was too cold to chat, so we decided to chat on the phone on our way home. After we saw him we had our lunch in a parking lot watching what was going on. After that we headed on home taking in nature. The trip there and back other than being very cold was quite nice. It’s good to get out of the house for a change. We don’t do it very often nowadays only when we need some groceries. On another note I just cleaned out some ashes from my wood furnace this morning along with my shop stove, as they both were getting so full I couldn’t get any more wood in them. They fill up with in a week with this cold weather that we have been having. Now I am going to have a bowl of oatmeal and will then move some things around in the woodworking shop, and then I am thinking I will take it a bit easy today for a change. With that you all take care of yourselves and stay safe. It is getting quite bad out there these days with the new variants of this virus among us. But in town yesterday, we noticed that a lot of people were doing what was right and fewer people were travelling and moving around. Keep it up, as it is the only way we are going to decrease the numbers. And hey! A lot of lives depend on us doing just that.

Good Morning! Well, it’s a cold morning here in Port Loring Ontario, Canada. Temperatures have risen a touch sitting at -17.3 C | 0.86 F. It will warm up a wee bit as the day progress’s. But not much. It will remain cold now until the beginning of next week. We should see some sunshine after a bit. Tomorrow we will have lots of sunshine for a change, but it will be very cold. And one has to remember that we are coming into February which is the coldest time of the year for our area. I believe we have had it good so far temperature wise. Highway 522 is bare for most parts, but there are some icy sections here and there so care should be taken if you have to go anywhere. Other than that not much happening in and around our community. Yesterday I worked in the woodworking shop putting the first coat of finish on the coat trees, cupboard and swing I made. Today I will finish that up and then maybe take a week off from the shop, and do some writing. I will see how that goes as one never knows these days. With that I am off for a bowl of cereal with my lovely wife and will then see about doing something. LOL. Take care and stay safe. GW