Good Morning! It’s another cloudy morning here in Port Loring Ontario Canada. And very cold too, with the temperature sitting at -18.5 C | -1.3 F. When I got up being so cold I decided to plug my car in for an hour or so to warm it up a touch. Pays to do that when it gets this cold or colder. I will turn it off in an hour or so. Actually I hooked it up to my Google Home which makes it easier. That way I don’t have to go outside in the cold to turn it on and off. Just say Hey Google Turn on Chase. LOL We named our car for those who is wondering who Chase is LOL. Makes things simpler. So far it works great. Modern technology in the works you could say. I have always figured the old ways are fine to some extent, but if there is an easier way, or a way that is better, than go for it. It’s called evolution. If you dwell on the past, you stay in the past. Look towards the future just don’t plan the results is my modo. LOL Highway 522 is bare for most parts throughout, but there are some icy sections here and there, so care should be taken if out and about. We could see some sunshine off and on as the day progresses, which will make things feel a lot nicer than it is right now. I froze my ears off going to the woodworking shop this morning to light my stove. LOL I do keep it going through the night loading it up before I go to bed, but it is usually pretty well out by morning. But it is still not to bad temperature wise. Nothing is nicer than having a warm shop to work in, especially this time of the year. Yesterday I finished up my coat trees, I made two. One to replace the one I sold in our home and another for the cottage to be. Today is finishing day, so I am hoping I can get one coat on the cupboard, coat trees and our new swing. Tomorrow I will finish them. Once all said and done I will take a picture or two to show you. With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal. Hmm, no I am wrong in saying that, as this morning my lovely wife is making me bacon and eggs for a change. Should be tasty. And I will then get to work. Take care my friends, stay safe when ever possible. And … have a great day.

Good Morning!! Well … for a change we are having some sunshine this morning. But it is a touch cool with the temperature sitting at -15.1 C | 4.82 F. Truth be told though, it is still a lot warmer than what we are accustomed to in our area. Especially coming into February. Kinda nice. Highway 522 is partially snow covered with icy sections throughout. Caused by some flurries that we had yesterday and through the night. Nothing much to speak of though, maybe two inches at the most. On another note, yesterday I worked away in the woodworking shop. I have two nice coat trees all set to put together today, that my lovely wife designed years ago. I haven’t made them for a good number of years, so … some thinking was in order. But it is amazing what the mind remembers once you get into the thick of things. I am a firm believer that a person needs to keep the mind working all the time. If you slack off, not so good things begin to happen. And while I am on the subject of the conscious mind, for those that are having a hard time coping with this virus and other things, there is one thing you can do that will bring your mind back to normal so to speak. What would that be? Well … I will tell you, now that you asked. LOL Reading!! If you find a ‘GOOD BOOK‘, or even listen to a‘GOOD BOOK’, the mind is then forced into relaxing and not thinking bad things. It’s simple as that. I found it to work for over 50 years now. If anything is bothering me, I head on off to bed, and pick up a good book … and within minutes the worrying is gone. The conscious mind it seems, can’t dwell on bad things when reading. The good thing is, you won’t need any therapy from these so-called specialists, ‘scoundrels I call them’, that are now trying to capitalize (making money), on peoples weaknesses, which actually aren’t weaknesses at all. At any rate, that is my Slice of Life for this morning. I hope you are all well. Take care my friends, and have a great day, make it a good day. It’s all up to you. No one can do it for you.

Good Morning from Port Loring. Ontario Canada that is. It’s another cloudy morning here in our small community. We could see some sunshine off and on throughout the day. If we are lucky! LOL. Yesterday though was nice, and the temperature even got up above freezing. I actually went out to our bush where we have a bench, and sat there taking in the sunshine for a while. Which was nice. Temperature this morning was sitting at -9.2 C | 15.44 F. Not too shabby. It will warm up a wee bit as the day progresses, but not too much. However, there is more very cold weather in the forecast within the next few days. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, which will make travelling fair. But as I have been saying … if you don’t have to go anywhere. Don’t go. Home is the safest place you can be. Unless … you are like some that are allowing anyone and everyone into it. These are the ones that are causing the problems, or I should say a lot of the problems. And now that this new strain of the virus is among us, we could be in for some even more serious trouble. And they now are thinking it is more deadly than the one we have at the moment. Talking about that, I suspect it will mutate again, especially if we humans keep spreading it around. On another note, yesterday I worked in the woodworking shop for most of the day, and will do the same today. I am starting to cut out our two new coat trees, racks or whatever one calls them LOL. I will take a picture once I have them made. I have to admit, I am enjoying it out in the shop these days. Keeps me busy and my mind on good thing, other than the news. LOL So with that bit of info under your hat, I am off for my morning bowl of cereal and will then get to work. Doing what I enjoy.

Update: And if that is not enough for businesses to stay closed and people staying at home, How about this. As of today scientists have said the U.K. variant of the coronavirus, that is behind a surge in COVID-19 infections, it may be not only more transmissible, but also more lethal – with a mortality risk of around 30 per cent higher than other variants. And it is here in Ontario Canada now. Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! We are having another cloudy day starting things off here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. It’s possible that we might have a few sunny breaks off and on throughout the day. But for most parts it will remain cloudy with light flurries today and into tomorrow. After that we should if lucky, see some sunshine for a few days. Which will make it a lot healthier for every living thing on this planet. Pretty amazing huh? LOL The temperature has warmed up a touch sitting at -4.4 C | 24.08 F. It’s a lot better than them minus below numbers. Highway 522 is mostly bare this morning, but there are some icy sections throughout. Travelling will be pretty good, but you shouldn’t be going anywhere unless it is necessary. I hope the powers that be has enough sense to keep things locked down for a couple of months more. I know some won’t like it, but it’s the only way we can slow this thing down. Especially since the vaccines are on hold for a couple of weeks. Which is another thing that bothers me to no end, as there is no reason we should have to deal with this. Especially at this time in the game. What we need to do is get busy and okay a few more different vaccines that are reliable, and more importantly, not the ones from China. I am kind of thinking it all boils down to money. The best thing we could and should be doing, is start manufacturing these vaccines right here in Canada, so we are self efficient. And do it now not later!!!! Canada to me is a wimp in many ways, always relying on others. If this isn’t a wake-up call … I don’t know what is. At any rate … that is my Slice of Life for this morning. On another note for the past few days I have been working in the woodworking shop. I did finish up a swing for my lovely wife which we will hang in the spring. Turned out great. I will add a few pictures of it later on today. Now I am going to start working on a couple of stand-up coat racks. Really nice design that my wife designed up years ago. I can’t remember how many of them we sold over the years. But there has been a good number that’s for sure. With that I am off for a bowl of oatmeal and will then get to work. Stay safe my friends, as this virus is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. Especially now as it seems that a few people have brought back this other strain of the virus, that infects people a lot faster, into our country. I am wondering what part of staying at home, they don’t understand. Anyways … have a great day.

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy day so far here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. And I am afraid the clouds will remain with us for most of the day. But tomorrow is another story, as we should be seeing lots of sunshine. Which is what is needed with this virus that is in our midst. I am a firm believer that vitamin D 3 is one of the best things we could be getting that will help with this virus, other than the vaccine. Reason being here in Canada we don’t get the sunshine that is needed, as most folks are inside these days. Mostly sitting in front of computers. LOL Highway 522 is bare this morning with some icy sections throughout. Care should be taken if out and about. The night before last and yesterday we had another 3-4 inches or so of snow. MY friend Kerry just dropped by this morning and cleaned out our driveway. I had him do that part this year. And I am glad I did, as most of the snow so far has been wet and heavy. We have enough to do without having to do that, as I have paths all over my property that my wife and I can walk on throughout the winter months. Along with helping our neighbour clean her car off and her deck. Once all that is done we have had it for the day LOL. For the past few days I have been working in the shop on some projects I have going. One is a Adirondack Swing for my wife and I. I will take some pictures and post it on here when all said and done. Today I will do much the same, after I clean up some of this snow. That is if I am up to it. So with that … I am off for my morning cup of tea or coffee with my lovely wife and will then get to work. Stay safe and take extra precautions, as this virus is getting much worse. I hope they keep things locked down for another month or so.

Good Morning Port Loring. It’s a cloudy morning with light flurries waking up. We could see around 6 cm or 2 inches. The temperature is a touch cool sitting at -9.4 C | 15.08 F. It will warm up a wee bit later on, but not much. Highway 522 is snow covered with icy sections throughout, so care should be taken if out and about. Yesterday my wife and I cleaned up the snow we had which took most of the morning. The good part was that my snowblower is working great now after I fixed it. It’s a pleasure now using it. The problem was the reverse gear wasn’t working right, but as I said yesterday all it needed was some lubricant. Works slick now LOL. Today I will continue on in my wood working shop cleaning up things. I should be finished today and then can get onto making a new hanging swing for my wife and I. Once finished and the weather warms up I will build a trellis affair and hang it from it. Will be nice to sit on come summer. With that I am off for my morning cup of coffee or tea with my lovely wife, and will then get to work. Take care, and stay safe. This virus is closing in on everyone. Caused by folks spreading it. Physical distancing, mask-wearing, hand-washing, staying away from crowds and enclosed spaces — it all matters, perhaps now more than ever, to slow transmission and give the virus fewer opportunities to spread and evolve.

Good Morning! It’s another cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. We should see some sunshine for a while, but then clouds will enter into the picture. It is cool this morning with temperatures sitting at -14.6 C | 5.72 F. It will warm up a few degrees as the day moves forward. Not much though. Highway 522 is partially snow covered with some icy sections throughout. Not that you should be going anywhere, unless you are in need of some groceries or things of importance. Which actually is what my wife and I did yesterday, as we had to go to North Bay to pick up our groceries we ordered online. I have to say it wasn’t the greatest ride in with the snow we had the night before, but on the way home the roads cleared up somewhat, which made things a lot nicer. We even had some sunshine thrown into our adventure for good measure. I have to say it sure looked pretty with all the snow on the trees. I would say we had around another 6 inches or so to add to the 8 – 10 inches we have now on the ground. While there we dropped off some things to our son in his parking lot. Chatted a bit with our masks on keeping our distance, and then headed on home stopping off in a parking lot to have our lunch. There we sat, chatted to each other and watched what others were doing. In other words being a bit nosey LOL. After that we headed on home taking in what nature had to offer. Once home my wife put things away and for the rest of the day we took it easy. It’s a full day to go to North Bay and back when all said and done. Nice though as it gets us out away from things for a few hours. Today we will clean up the snow we had the day before yesterday, and then I am thinking a rest will be in order. Kind of anxious to see how my snowblower works, it is only a couple of years old, but the reverse didn’t work worth a dam, so I finally decided last week to take it apart and see what was going on. All I could see was that it needed a bit of lubricant which I applied. Seems to work fine now, but … I haven’t tried it out in some snow yet. With that I am off for my morning cup of coffee with my lovely wife, and will then see what the day has in store. You just never know. Take care, stay safe and do what’s right as this virus is getting much worse.

Good Morning From Port Loring! Ontario, Canada. It’s another cloudy day here in our small community. We are also having a few flurries which will continue on throughout the day. The snow will stop, as night fall approaches. I don’t really think it will amount to much, but in saying that, here in Port Loring anything is possible. Highway 522 is wet and bare so far this morning, but that could change. Around town things are quiet with a lot of folks doing what they should be doing …. staying home. As it is getting bad out there with this virus. And for those that think it is nothing to worry about, what do you say about the 100 people a day that are dying from this virus in Ontario alone. And while on that subject … one thing that bothers me a lot, is that everyone is saying … well if you look at the statistics the folks that are dying the most are the seniors in homes and places. What the hell does that mean?? Is it that we older folks don’t matter?? Makes me shake my head with the mentality of some people. It’s the same as this thing that is going around Black Lives Matter. Hell every life matters!! If asked I would say that most of all these folks that are promoting this stuff, are causing more harm than good. And one last thing. A lot of folks are saying that it is the virus that is to blame for it spreading so rapidly. That makes me shake my head too … as in reality … it’s also what we humans didn’t do. Anyways … that is my Slice of Life for this Saturday morning. Take it for what it’s worth. With that I am off for my morning cup of coffee with my lovely wife and a bowl of oatmeal, and will get back to my shop reorganizing. It’s been a week of 8-hour days, and I am still not finished. LOL Take care, stay safe and do what’s right to protect yourself, family and friends.

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario Canada. Kind of a norm for this time of year. We could see some light flurries or freezing rain later on today. There is a freezing rain advisory in effect at the moment. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning so far which will make travelling good, but that could change in a bit. However, … no one should be going anywhere other than for groceries or things that are necessary. We have around ten inches of snow in total on the ground here in our area, Temperatures though have been quite mild for most of our winter so far. This morning the temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -0.8 C | 30.56 F right on the freezing line of things. It will cool down a lot starting Sunday. On another note I have been working redesigning my woodworking shop for the past week. Not doing as much woodworking over the years a lot of my things needed fixing and dusting off. Heck of a mess. But I decided to get back into it a wee bit, just enough to keep me busy. I am kind of missing it. The reason I haven’t done much was that my allergy to dust and things has bugged me to where I could hardly do anything out there. Now though knowing what I have learned over the years came up with my own filtering system using and old box fan with a good furnace filter attached to it. Works great and the air in my shop is always nice and clean. Other than when I open the door to my shop stove too quickly. When that happens I head for the house for a coffee till things settle down LOL. Speaking of coffee I guess I will go and have one now with my lovely wife, and then see what the day has in store. Take care, stay safe as this virus is now getting out of hand.

Good Morning! It’s another cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. Temperatures though have risen substantially sitting at -1.3 C | 29.66 F. It will warm up a touch more later on. So not a bad day temperature wise that’s for sure. And along with that the winds have changed from the north to the south-west which, usually brings in warmer temperatures. For how long … who knows. The downside of the warmer weather it could bring us some more snow or even ice which I don’t like. But it is winter … so anything and everything is on the table for our area. Highway 522 is wet throughout this morning, but travelling should be okay being that the temperature is in the mid-range. On another note I worked in the shop all day again yesterday on a wall cabinet for our cottage. It’s about finished now other than the door which is done, where my wife is going to do a painting on the front of it. Once that is done I will stain and urethane it and install it in our cottage for all to enjoy. That is when ever this virus is finished annoying us humans. Which might be awhile by the looks of things. I don’t think this year will be much better than last year, if anything it will be a lot worse. Today I decided to do some changing around in my woodworking shop making things easier to get at. Problems arise when you have all the toys but don’t know where they are located. LOL Some days it takes me a half hour to figure out where I put things. LOL So that is about to change. I think. The trouble with a small shop is that there is only so much one can do or move things around. I wonder if there is woodworking shop designer out there LOL LOL At any rate … I will do what I can. It can’t be any worse than it is now LOL Sheesh. So with that you all take care and stay safe. Chat tomorrow.

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy frosty morning here for Port Loring, Ontario Canada. Kind of unusual for this time of year. But it is nice to see with the trees all covered with white frost. Highway 522 is bare and dry, and if we are lucky we could see some sunshine on and off throughout the day. Which will make it nicer. Temperatures are still cool this morning sitting at -16.4 C | 2.48 F. It will warm up a wee bit as the day moves forward. On another note I have been keeping busy in my woodworking shop working away on a new wall cabinet for our cottage to be. It’s coming along and should be finished today, other than staining and painting, which I will get too in a day or so. Other than that not much happening in our small community these days. With that I am off once again for my morning cup of tea with my lovely wife and will then see what the day has in store. Take care and stay safe. It’s getting pretty bad out there virus wise these days.

Good Morning! We are having a touch of sunshine this morning, but it is cold. The temperature getting out of the sack was sitting at -16 C | 3.2 F. It will warm up a bit but not much. This is the kind of weather where your firewood starts to pay for itself. The other alternatives to wood heat, are still too high in price to talk about. LOL Looking out Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning. It also has been quite quiet, not much traffic … as, well, simply put, with the stores being closed down no one has any place to go. Which I believe is a good thing with this virus now well over the 4000 mark a day here in Ontario alone. But as I say there is no one to blame, than the people themselves. The old saying is … give certain folks enough rope they eventually hang themselves. The trouble with that saying in this instance, is that they take a lot of others with them that shouldn’t be taken. Such is that. On another note I have been busy in the woodworking shop these days working on projects for spring. Not for our store mind ya, as opening that would be inviting this virus to our door. The things I am working on is for us and our new cottage. The thing I like about it, is that it keeps my mind focused on what is important in life. With that bit of info under your hat I am off for my morning cup of tea with my lovely wife and a bowl of oatmeal. After that I will see what the day has in store, other than what I have planned. You just never know. Take care, and do what’s right.

Good Morning! It’s a cold morning here In Port Loring Ontario, Canada. The sun is going to be with us for most of the day, which will make things a bit nicer to be outside. Temperatures getting out of bed were sitting at -16.9 C | 1.58. Highway 522 is bare and dry, and quiet these days with everything being closed down. Yesterday they announced that we will be shut down up here in the north for another two weeks. Which is a good thing. I am hoping they will extend it even further after that. As things are getting pretty bad. They need to keep things closed up tight till the vaccine is made available to everyone. Then things should start to improve. The thing is … we have to give up some things to get out of this mess. No other way. Yesterday I started to work in the shop but got distracted with some things here in the house. Today I think I will be working in the woodworking shop on some things I have in the works. I just put some more wood in the shop stove that I have been keeping going since Christmas. Feels good going into a warm shop. I also lit the wood furnace here in the house which is really nice. There is nothing like the warmth that comes off of wood heat. Especially on cold days like today. With that I am heading for my morning cup of coffee with my lovely wife and will then see what the day has in store. Stay safe and do what’s right for you, family and friends.

Good Morning! It’s another cloudy day starting things off here in Port Loring, Ontario Canada. We should see some sunshine a bit later on this morning. One can only hope. Highway 522 is bare and dry this morning, so if it is absolutely necessary that you have to travel … your good to go. LOL. We haven’t had any more snow for the past few days, which is okay by me. Temperatures have stayed quite warm, but it is cooling down some this morning with it sitting at -8.5 C | 16.7 F. It will remain cool for the next few days before warming up a bit. Kind of nice for our area. On another note … my wife has been busy with orders for some paintings and I have been busy working on some new cupboards for our cottage. Which is keeping us busy. Today I will be doing much the same. It’s nice to have a shop that I can make things in. It is also nice to be making some things for us, rather than others. LOL Not complaining mind ya, as the woodworking business has held our head above water so to speak, for the past thirty years or so. Before that it was farming. Which I actually miss in some ways. I don’t miss the politics that surrounds it these days. So with that I am off for my morning cup of tea and a bite to eat with my lovely wife and will then see what the day has in store. Life is full of mysteries. Take care, stay safe as this virus is getting stronger every day.

Ontario reported a single-day record of 3,519 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, January 7/2021, as well as 89 more deaths of people with the illness — the deadliest day so far of the entire pandemic.

It should also be noted that we now know that people without symptoms spread the virus in more than half of the cases, which is just one more reason why we all should be wearing face masks’ and staying away from folks’.

And the worst part is that a lot of folks still believe that this virus isn’t all that bad. Makes me shake my head. But … such is people.

Good Morning!. It’s a nice looking day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. There are a lot of clouds but the temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -2.2 C | 28.04 F. Not to shabby for this time of year. It will get a touch cooler as the week progresses, but still well above normal. We have around ten inches of snow on the ground at this time. Highway 522 this morning is bare, dry and quiet with folks staying home as they should be doing. If folks here in Ontario had done that from the very beginning we would have had a lot less cases along with a lot less deaths. No one to blame but people themselves. I am beginning to think that around 50 % of our population here in Canada isn’t using that thing on their shoulders these days. And for the life of me … I can’t see why, as how much more evidence do they need proving that this virus is deadly and a lot deadlier than all the other diseases put together. You know these so-called people that say well … we have more people dying from heart disease or other diseases. What a stupid statement, as truth to be told these other diseases aren’t being spread like the virus is. And a lot of these other diseases are self-made and could be fixed with a better lifestyle. At any rate such is that. That is my slice of life for today LOL Take it for what it is worth. Stay safe and do what’s right.

Good Morning! It’s a cloud morning here in Port Loring Ontario, Canada. The temperature is quite nice sitting at -1.6 C | 29.12 F. It will warm up a bit above freezing as the morning progresses. The clouds however will remain with us for most of the day. Highway 522 is bare and wet this morning which will make travelling good, other than getting your car covered with salt and ? Not much we can do about it at this time of year. On another note yesterday I worked in my woodworking shop for most of the day and today I will do some cleaning and getting things ready to do some work making a few things. With that not much else happening in and around our small town. Which is growing, with new people moving into the area. Property that comes up for sale isn’t on the market that long anymore. People from the cities are buying up anything, and everything. Especially the choice properties along Highway 522. Good to know. Not that I am going to sell mind ya … as where would we go? LOL At the moment we live in the best part of the world. With that I am off for my morning cup of tea with my lovely wife and will then let the day unfold around me. Take care and stay safe, we are well above the 3000 a day mark now of infections from this virus. And it is closing in on our area. Technically there is no safe place to get completely away from it. But the fewer people the better chance you have.

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy day here in Port Loring, Ontario Canada. We were supposed to see some sunshine yesterday, but all it did was make and appearance and leave. The way things are looking now we won’t see much sunshine until the middle of the week. We haven’t had any more snow for the past couple days which is a good thing. There is enough out there now to make every one happy I would think. Highway 522 is bare and wet but there should be no problems going anywhere. At least in our area. Temperatures are staying quite mild for this time of year sitting at -3.5 C | 25.7 F. It will warm up a bit and should remain above freezing for a few more days throughout the day time hours. On another note, my wife and I went to town yesterday once again to drop off a few things for our son. We then picked up a few things from a distance and came on home. It takes a good day to go to North Bay and back home, no matter what way you cut it LOL. Then again, we do take our time taking in the sights along the way. That could have a lot to do with it LOL. Today I am going to start working in the woodworking shop as I have a few projects I want to do for our new cottage. I figure it will take a month or so to get all the things made that I want to make. After that we will see what goes on. With that I am off for my morning cup of tea with my lovely wife. Take care, stay safe and do what’s right with this virus. We are well over the 3000 a day mark now here in Ontario. And it will get a lot worse I suspect. That 3000 is probably a lot more, as a lot of testing isn’t being done. And the results from Christmas Shopping and New Years isn’t in yet. You can probably add another 2000 or more.

Happy New Year! So here we go starting off another year. I sure hope it is a better year than last. But starting things off things are looking pretty grim to say the least. Yesterday here in Ontario we almost hit the 3000 mark in infections and I suspect we will see a lot more in the coming days. If we stay locked down and people do what they should be doing the numbers should drop some. I hope the powers that be has enough sense to do what’s necessary. So far as I see it, none of them have done the right thing. On another note Highway 522 is mostly bare this morning, but there are some icy sections here and there from Highway 69 across to Highway 11. Care should be taken if out and about. The temperatures are staying quite mild this year sitting at -3.6 C | 25.52 F this morning. A touch cooler than yesterday. Taking everything into account I think it will remain warmer than normal here in Port Loring, Ontario for the remainder of the winter. But with that comes more snow than normal. Today we should see a wee bit of sunshine later on and into tomorrow. Great couple days to get outside and breath in some of that fresh air that is all around us up here in the North. Yesterday my wife and worked cleaning up the snow around our place which took most of the day. Today I will do some work in my woodworking shop as I have a few things on the go for spring. With that, you all take care, stay safe and stay home unless it absolutely necessary. The only way this virus can spread is if we humans spread it. It’s a no-brainer on what needs to be done. But then again, it seems that there are a lot of people out there that have no ….. well, I won’t get into that.

Well here it is. The last day of 2020. I am sure there a lot of folks hoping that 2021 is better. I suspect it will be in part, but not for a while. Especially here in Ontario … were now we are closing in on the 3000 a day mark. And I suspect it will get much worse before it gets better. We haven’t seen the results yet caused by all those that … just had to have presents for Christmas. Along with allowing the airplanes to move folks around from country to country. That sure isn’t helping things one bit. On another note the snow has stopped falling here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. We had another 3 or 4 inches yesterday. Lots of snow now for those that want to go snowmobiling. Today my wife and I will clean things up around the house here and help our neighbour with her deck and clean off her car. She is getting up in years. Then after that I suspect we will need a rest. Highway 522 is partially snow covered this morning with some icy sections throughout which is to be expected. Care should be taken if out and about. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -4.4 C | 24.08 F With that … I am off for my morning cup of tea and a bowl of oatmeal with my lovely wife, and will then see what the day has in store. I make plans for the day, but I don’t plan the results. One just never knows, which makes things interesting. Take care, stay safe … especially now. Update: As of today, Ontario is reporting 3,328 cases today.

Good Morning. It’s a cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. Temperatures getting out of bed were sitting at -4.6 C | 23.72 F. We could see another 4 inches of snow today as the day progresses. Just what we need. LOL. We did have another 8 inches or so the day before yesterday. So we are climbing the chart for snow in our area. The temperature won’t rise much more than it is today. Highway 522 is snow covered with a lot of icy sections throughout. So if out and about care should be taken. But you all know that … right? On another note my wife and I went to North Bay yesterday to pick up our groceries. We pick up our groceries without going in the store itself, as we order what we want online. Works great and makes life a lot simple, without taking the chance in catching this virus. We then visited our son at his apartment, in his parking lot, dropped off a few things that his mother made for him, chatted a bit and then headed on home, having our lunch along the way with a cup of coffee. We also chatted most on the way home on the phone to him too. I think since this virus came we have chatted more to our boys than ever before. The weather was great too with lots of sunshine, and it sure was a beautiful sight with all the snow on the trees. We just took our time and enjoyed it. I figured it was going to snow again today, so that is why we decided on yesterday. Another great thing was we gave them new snow tires that our friend Kerry got for us and installed. You know … I worked for Uniroyal Tire Centres, as Service Manager back in the day for a while and I always swore how good their tires were. But these one we have now are just as good if not better. Hmm, at least something has improved with time. LOL Today I will work away here on another podcast, that I have been putting together. With that take care and stay safe. This virus is really spreading fast now with everyone shopping at Christmas. No one to blame but ourselves.