Good Morning! It’s a very cold morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. Cold enough to make a polar bear shiver. Including me when heading out to feed my shop stove and feed the birds. No birds though, and I am thinking they have more sense than I do. Staying where it’s warm. The temperature getting out of bed was sitting at -22.5 C | -8.5 F. Highway 522 is bare with a few icy sections here and there and the side roads are a real mess caused by the melting we had a couple of days ago, along with the rain. Put that together with a quick freeze, and there you have it. Yesterday I worked in the shop fixing up my large rototiller as it was having problems last fall. So after a bit of work and figuring on things it seems to be running fine now. I am going to be needing it come spring as I have a lot of projects that we want to do. Today I will clean up my mess once it warms up in there in a bit. Other than that not much happening in and around our small community these days. With the lock-down and not so good weather, everyone is staying put. Which is a good thing. An example would be North Bay with them staying closed down the rate of infection has dropped to only one case yesterday. Proof is in the puddin’ so to speak. Oh, there are some that like to complain about the closing down but in reality they are just a hand full, which doesn’t amount to anything. But fair is fair, I guess, as it is a free country in sort. 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. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy cold morning here in Port Loring Ontario. Quite a change from yesterday that’s for sure. From temperatures way above freezing to below freezing this morning. Highway 522 is partially bare, but there are a lot of icy sections throughout. So care will have to be taken if out and about. But then again … care should be taken at anytime. LOL On another note I didn’t do too much yesterday as didn’t feel up to par. And this morning not much better. So going to take it easy for a spell. There is always something to slow a feller down. On another note with it being so cold I lit the house wood furnace this morning along with the shop stove. Saves some oil that we will be in need of once it warms back up again. Which won’t be until next week. With that I am off for a bowl of cereal and will then see what the day has in store. Take care and stay safe. GW

Good Morning! It’s a cloudy morning here in Port Loring, Ontario. The good news is we didn’t get any more snow through the night. But in saying that, we could see some snow throughout the day. I don’t think there will be too much with the temperature being above freezing. But you never know. Temperatures will drop through the night, and tomorrow and the next day will be quite cold. But looking ahead one week from today things really start to change for the better, At least temperature wise. So … we will just have to wait it out. Getting out of bed the temperature was sitting at -0.2 C | 31.64 F. A touch above freezing. Highway 522 is bare and wet with a few icy sections here and there. On another note I worked in the woodworking shop on a few things yesterday and will do the same today. With that I am off for my morning bowl of oatmeal with my lovely wife, and will then get to work, or?? LOL Take care and stay safe.

Good Morning! It’s another snowy day here in Port Loring, Ontario. We didn’t have any through the night, which is a good thing. It started around 7:00 AM this morning. I suspect we will be getting another three to four inches when all said and done. I have to say … we sure have had our share of snow this year. But on the good side of things, it is going to start to warm up, as temperatures will rise well above freezing as the day progresses, and well above freezing tomorrow also. And … if we are real lucky, we should see some sunshine tomorrow too. If temperatures rise as I think they will, my lovely wife and I might get some front porch sittin’ in tomorrow. That would be nice, and it is much in need of, with this virus amongst us. Highway 522 is snow covered with icy sections throughout this morning. Care should be taken if out and about, that’s for certain. On another note, my wife and I took a trip to North Bay yesterday to pick up our groceries that we order online. I have to say, there was sure a lot of traffic around town. The Walmart parking lot was full. So that tells me people aren’t doing what they should be doing. Not that I mind them shopping, just not now. Especially when that new variant is starting to get a good foot hold there in town. My wife and I never went into any stores, as we just order from home online, and they bring it to our car. You know … once this is over, we are planning on carrying on the same way. We think it is great. Order online, they put it together for us, and bring it out to the car. What could be better than that? Not much in my books. And the great thing is, we save money doing this way as we don’t purchase a lot of things we don’t really need. It’s called impulse buying. LOL The price of groceries is actually terrible right now. I am thinking that some stores are taking advantage of things. Anyways, we got our groceries, went through a drive through there in town. Picked up our son a sandwich, along with ours, and ate and talked to our son on the phone, all the way home. Kind of nice. I have to say, since this virus hit we have talked to our boys more now than ever before. If anything it has brought us closer together. Do you think there is a message there? LOL With that I am off for my morning bowl of cereal with my little woman, and will then see what the day has in store. You just never know. Take care and stay safe. GW