Good Morning. It’s a cool morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at 4.7 C | 40.46 F. It will warm up as the day moves forward. We are also having some sunshine this morning, which is nice for a change. And it should remain with us for most of the day, with a few clouds thrown in for good measure. Highway 522 is quiet these days. The frost they said we would be having now, for the past two nights, hasn’t amounted to much. However, I did cover the plants that I have left in my vegetable gardens, just to be sure. Better to be safe than sorry. I also managed to clean out the weeds from my garden and dig my potatoes. We did pretty good this year. I would say we got around 30 Pounds or so. They sure are tasty, let me tell you. We had a few of the smaller ones for supper last night. With the little ones, we leave the skins on as they are nice and tender. Just boil them up and smother them in good butter with a touch of garlic. Pretty tasty. I also picked my cabbage. We don’t grow that many, around 4 or 5. My wife makes up a bunch of cabbage rolls for winter out of them, and puts them in the freezer. You know, I found that they taste even better after sitting in the freezer for a few weeks. Today I am going to write up a few more stories for the newspapers I write for, and kind of take it easy. Now that we have all our work caught up for the year, it feels good to sit back and enjoy the quiet time. 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, other … than what I have planned. You never know. Take care and stay safe. We are doing a lot better these days now that a lot of folks have been vaccinated. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. It isn’t that cold though, with the temperature getting out of bed sitting at 13.1 C | 55.58 F. It will get a bit warmer as the day moves forward. And we should see some sunshine later on this morning and into this afternoon. Highway 522 is slow these days, which is a good thing. As I enjoy the quietness. In the summer months in our area it is becoming quite noisy with all the cars, trucks, motorcycles, you name it running up and down the highway. Used to be so quiet you could listen to the birds in our trees around our home, but not any more. Progress they say. Well … if that is what some consider progress, I don’t want it, or agree with them. And hey, I am entitled to my opinion, aren’t I? LOL. On another note, my lovely wife and I decided to head on into North Bay yesterday to pick up a few groceries and things for winter. We have always planned ahead my wife and I, just in case the weather gets bad, and we can’t get to town, or things happen, we are safe, fed and warm. I have done that all my life. There were a lot of people in the stores yesterday, but most kept their distance and wore their masks. Which is a good thing. We didn’t go into any stores we didn’t have to. After we picked up our things we backed the car up under a shade tree in a parking lot, if you could call it a shade tree and ate our lunch, that my lovely wife made for us before we left, along with a nice cup of coffee. What could be better than that? Not much in our eyes. We enjoy doing that, we chat, enjoy each other’s company and take in what the city life has to offer. Which truth be told other than the groceries and things we need … not much. We are happy to pick up our things we are in need of, but we are also happy to be on our way home. With that I am off for hot cross bun that my wife made the other day and will then see what the day has in store. Take care and stay safe. GW