Good Day! some have asked. Where is George he hasn’t been on the blog for awhile? Well … the thing is, both my hard-drives in my computer died for some reason. At the moment it’s at my son’s place as he is fixing it up for me. It seems that there is always something going wrong with these new modern marvels we have today. The good news is I should have it back in a few days. I have to say I miss it, as I am using my old out of date laptop, and most all my files are on my other computer, so … it is a challenge getting things done. Not much I can do other than wait it out. On another note my lovely wife and I have been really busy these past few months. We have finally finished up the cottage and new deck which makes me smile. I am glad it is done. Two years in the works to get it finished inside and out. But it is one beauty of a cottage now let me tell you. It isn’t the largest but it has everything a couple people would ever need and more. I also decided to fix our car port with some new plywood and a cover which my friend Barry gave me awhile back. Turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. Once I finished that I decided to paint the whole woodworking shop on the outside which was in dire need. Looks good now and should last for a few years. Now I am planning on replacing our back deck as the boards are getting dangerous to walk on. I ordered the lumber yesterday so once the weather clears up a bit I will get at that. With my wife being out of commission with her bad legs it will take me a bit longer to finish. But I will get it done. After that I am going to finish up the inside of our shower house that my wife and I built earlier in the year. And then I am going to clean up my old boat and see if I can get it running so that we can get out and maybe hook on a few pickerel. I think we will deserve a rest when I get these things done up. Witt that I am off for a sandwich and a cup of fresh perked coffee that my wife is making for me, and then I think I will weed my veggie garden a bit as it is starting to look a bit shabby. I have been neglecting it somewhat this year with all that have been doing. Anyways you all have a great day. Stay safe as we aren’t out of the woods yet with this virus. GW

Good Morning! It’s another great day here in Port Loring, Ontario. The sun is shinning without a cloud in the sky. The temperatures are also cooperating, sitting at 11.1 C | 51.98 F. It will warm up as the day moves forward. Along with all that, it looks like this nice weather will stay with us now for the next week or so. Great weather for doing just about anything. The fishing this year hasn’t been the greatest with the heat and then the rain. But folks are catching a few. Myself, I haven’t been out yet this year, actually I haven’t been out for the past two years with this virus. And with all the things my wife and I have been doing, we haven’t had the time. I am thinking, though, I might get to work on my boat and motor, see if I can get it running and cleaned up. Then maybe we will take a nice day and see if we can get out there and hook on a nice pickerel, or a large mouth bass. Yesterday I finished up our cottage and my lovely wife and I enjoyed a drink or two on the new deck we added this year, taking in what we have accomplished. I will add a few pictures at the bottom of this post. Today I am going to look at fixing the roof on our lean-to that hooks onto my woodworking shop as it is leaking, and we put our car under it all winter. So I will see how that goes. Seems that there is always something that needs doing. With that, you all take care, have a great day and stay safe. GW

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Good Morning! Well … here it is, the first of August. Man, is time flying by this year. It won’t be long and the trees will be turning colour. I am not looking forward to the cold weather, even if Mother Nature is giving us a taste of what’s to come at the moment, as the temperature has dropped substantially the past two days. This morning getting out of bed it was sitting at 13.8 C | 56.84 F. It will warm up somewhat as the day moves forward, and if lucky we could see some sunshine. Tomorrow will be a beautiful day with sunshine and warmer temperatures entering back into the picture. I am looking forward to it. There are still a lot of tourists coming into our area, and I suspect they will continue to do so for the rest of this month. I also see the numbers increasing here in Ontario and across Canada with this virus that is among us. The reason for that is that the virus is slowly getting to the unvaccinated. I feel for them, but … it’s their decision. The trouble is that even if they get the virus and make it through it, the repercussion’s after could last a lifetime, as this virus affects the brain too which can cause all kinds of problems down the road a way. I think, that our powers that be should be showing what is happening and can happen if they don’t get vaccinated, more than they are doing. At any rate, not much else we can do other than take extra precautions when around them. As if we aren’t wearing a mask, we could possibly pass it on to someone that isn’t vaccinated. So … the bottom line is, even if we are vaccinated, we have to keep up with what we have been doing until things get worked out. But enough of that. Yesterday I manged to dig a trench across my driveway and laid down some plastic conduit in it. I then fed the new CAT6 Outdoor Extension Cable for the high speed internet through it and into the cottage from the house. So now I just have to pick up a few things from my son Karl and the cottage will have high speed Internet for our family, friends and guests. Which will make things nice. Especially with a lot of folks that are working from home these days. Today I am going to finish putting up a nice old barn rope we have had for over fifty years, a hay rope, actually. They used it for pulling the hay fork loaded with hay up into the top of the barns years ago. My wife thought it would make for a real nice railing of sort, that wraps around our deck. Hard to explain, I will take a picture when all said and done. LOL Anyway, I am off for some French Toast this morning for a change that my lovely wife is making. Then I will get to work, that is if the rain holds off. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario, Canada. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at 14 C | 57.2 F. It will warm up a touch later on, but we could get some showers later on this afternoon. So this morning is the time to get some outside work done. That is, if you have any to do. Highway 522 was really busy yesterday with cars, trucks, campers, you name it moving into our area. It is the long weekend for most. The weather will get warmer as the week progresses. Actually, it will become quite nice for the next week or so. Almost perfect weather. There is no reason for anyone to complain about the weather up here where I live this year. Lots of rain, hardly no smoke from the forest fires, just a good all around year. Another thing is the trees and plants have greened up a lot over the past two years. I think with all us humans staying home, it gave them time to heal, as we have sure caused them a lot of grief over the years. Most folks today just take Mother Nature for granted. The thing is we couldn’t live without her. But it just goes to show you the mentality of some humans. On another note, I did manage to get my mowing done up yesterday. Took me awhile longer than it usually does, as I told my lovely wife to stay inside off her sore leg. Which she did. But in saying that, she didn’t just sit around. As she worked on her painting orders which at the moment are many. People from all over keep coming in wanting to buy her paintings along with wanting signs and things. Right now, she has orders lined up for the next two months or more. She is a fantastic artist, and I am not just saying that. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. As they used to say. LOL And her pudding is her creations. Today I am going to run a high speed underground cable into our cottage from our house, so who ever stays there will have high speed Internet. That is, if it doesn’t rain. With all the rain we have had, the ground will be easier to dig. So with that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal and will then see what the day has in store, other than what I have planned. Life is like a good mystery novel. You never know what is going to happen on the next page. Take care and stay safe and do what’s right. GW

PS, I guess my outside is going to have to wait as it is raining now. Such is life.