Good Morning!

It’s another sunny morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. However, the heat has left us, which made it nice for sleeping through the night. I am not a real lover of that hot stuff. Highway 522 is slowly getting busier these days with more campers, trucks with 4 Wheelers and boats … and cars moving up and down the highway. But it is much slower than other years. We have been seeing new people drop by our store the past few days, but I am thinking people are hanging onto their money more than other years. I can’t say I blame them as before their trip up to our area was the least of the problem, today with the gas prices the way they are, now it’s a priority. What used to cost fifty or sixty dollars for a tank of gas is now well over a hundred, which adds up when going on a long trip. And on top of all that, the price of furnace oil and propane is sure going to hurt a lot of people this winter. If it gets too bad, I am not sure how some are going to make out, including us. Seniors these days has it hard enough with all this going on.

On another note, my wife and I did manage to get our grass cut yesterday. We both had to take a lot of breaks to get it done. I am thinking we will have to cut back on what we have been cutting and trimming in the coming months with the way things are going health wise. We will see. Today we will take it easy once again.

The bugs haven’t been all that bad these days, which is nice. My vegetable garden is growing leaps and bounds, with fresh lettuce of all kinds on the table come supper time. Sure is tasty. We do need a rain, however, as things are really dry. My pumpkins, zucchini, potatoes and tomatoes are showing off these days, so it won’t be long before we start enjoying them. My cucumbers and squash were slow staring off, but they are coming along now. With that I am off to see if I can eat something and will then see what the day has in store … other than what I have planned. Life is a mystery, for sure … you just never know.

In Closing, I Would Like To Wish You well.

Good Morning!

It’s a touch cloudy here this morning in Port Loring, Ontario. But the clouds are burning off fast, and I suspect the sunshine will be boring down on us shorty. There are heat warnings up once again for our area. It will cool down a wee bit tomorrow, but will still remain quite warm, staying in the high 80s F. Highway 522 is slowly getting busier and will continue that way for the next couple of months. The mosquitoes and black flies aren’t bothering anybody through the day, but the deer flies are with us and annoying anyone they come in contact with. My son bought me a hand bug sapper that I now use when sitting on my front porch. I have to admit they work pretty good.

On another note, I haven’t been doing all that much lately, as I am still not feeling all that good. So more rest is needed till I get well. I have bad days and fair days. At any rate, we are making good use of our front porch these days.

Today I will be taking it easy once again. With that, I am off for a bowl of oatmeal and then will open our small store that my lovely wife looks after. Take care and stay safe.

In Closing, I Would Like To Wish You Well

Good Morning!

It’s another nice looking day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. Hardly a cloud in the sky. The good news is the wind has died down, as it has been major windy for the past three days. It’s also been quite cool. The temperature here for Father’s Day is sitting at 10.7 C | 51.26 F. It will warm up a lot as the day moves forward. And we could see a shower later on in the day. The mosquitoes and black flies haven’t been all that bad, but the deer flies are sure annoying in places.

Highway 522 is getting busier with folks moving around more. Most are from our area, out and about checking out stores here in town. In spite of it being cool and windy, we had a fair turn out at our small store yesterday, with folks dropping by. I suspect the price of gas, groceries and taxes is kind of making people more cautious these days when it comes to travelling and spending. I can’t say I blame them, neither. Building has come to a grinding halt with the price of lumber and things. They think by raising the prices they will make more money, but they are wrong as people are starting to see what they are doing and will start to put things on hold, and stop spending. Which is the right thing to do, as it is the only way we the working man can make them change their ways. What goes around, comes around, I always say.

Yesterday my wife and I didn’t do too much as we both aren’t all that well yet. We are hoping things will change for the better sooner than later. Hard to predict with a couple old bodies. But we make the best of it when ever possible.

With that I am going to see if I can eat something and will then once it warms up retire to my rocking chair on our new front porch. I am glad I got that fixed up, as we both use it a lot, especially now.

In Closing, I Would Like To Wish You Well. And Happy Father’s Day to all them Fathers out there.

Good Morning!

It’s a really nice day here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The sun is shinning, things have cooled down some, and the humidity has left us. What could be better than that? Not much in my eyes. It will warm up a wee bit as the day moves forward. Nice weather for doing some outside work. Not that I can do much at the moment. And my lovely wife has been feeling poorly too, she has been overdoing things. So in all reality, we both have to take it a bit easy these days. Yesterday we both got the mowing of our property out of the way, but it took all we had to do it. Today we will open up our store and take things a bit easy. Chatting to customers that drop by for a visit. We have a real good selection of new items this year, which I am thinking will impress a lot of buyers and friends. As I have said in other posts … it is a small store, but it is loaded up with unique, one of a kind items and once I feel better I will get to making a lot more. We will see how that goes.

Highway 522 is getting busier every day in spite of the gas prices being so high. What will happen now after raising it up to $2.20 a Litre they will drop it down to around $2.00 a litre and everyone will be happy. That’s the way they do things in this country, and with so many folks having blinders on, they can’t see what these companies are doing. It was the same as bringing in the metric system, as it fools people into thinking they are getting a great deal, when they really honestly aren’t. Sign of the times, for sure.

So with that bit of info under your hat, I am off for a boiled egg and a piece of toast and will then ease my way into things. Take care and stay safe. GW