Bacon Day

Daily Quote: December 30, 2021

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Porte Photos

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
~ Rudyard Kipling
English – Writer / December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936

Holidays and Celebrations:

Porte Musings:

On the Sixth Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,
Six geese a laying, five golden rings
Four calling birds, three french hens
Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.

Those with live Christmas trees remember to water them as you celebrate Falling Needles Family Fest Day. My artificial tree is lit everyday until the New Year. It’s been my family tradition to take the tree down and put away the decorations on the first of January.

Bacon and tomato sandwiches sound like a wonderful way to celebrate Bacon Day. 😉

Daily Quote:

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Porte Photos

Money buys many things… The best of which is freedom.
~ Mary Renaul

Holidays and Celebrations:

Porte Musings:

Saturday of the Long Labour Day Weekend in Canada and what a better day for Celebrating Bacon Day and World Beard Day. Two things we celebrate as often as possible.

My handsome men with their beards. A woman with only sons is always surrounded by handsome men. Daughter-in-laws are worth waiting for. ❤

Daily Quote: December 30, 2020

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Porte Photos

Photography is a small voice, at best,
but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them,
can lure our sense of awareness.
~ W. Eugene Smith (American – Photographer / December 30, 1918 – 1978)

Holidays and Celebrations:

Porte Musings:

Only 2 more days left of 2020. Perhaps by celebrating Enormous Changes at the Last Minute the year 2020 can be saved. Or by re-phasing the events of the year we can give it a new spin.

Here are some better ways to remember 2020:

2020 was the year that a vaccine was developed for COVID-19 in record time and a world-wide pandemic was brought to a screeching halt.
2020 was the year we got to spend time with our loved ones.
2020 was the year that air pollution levels dramatically decreased.
2020 was the year companies switch production to hand sanitizer and PPE.
2020 was the year volunteers made PPE for front line workers.
2020 was the year that neighbours celebrated by dancing in the streets (separately but together).
2020 was the year the Canadian Government paid people to stay home.
2020 was the year Churches broadcast their services.
2020 was the year that everyone started gardening, all the local stores sold out of seeds.
2020 was the year so many people started baking that we ran out of yeast and flour in many of the stores.
2020 was the year people learned new at home hobbies.
2020 was the year that on-line learning was made available to everyone.
2020 was they year all the animal shelters were emptied as people decided to adopt pets.
2020 was the year we went to Texas (before we were told to come home).
2020 was the year everyone got out walking.
2020 was the year that the Provincial Parks had to close because too many people went there.
2020 was the beginning of on-line access to Doctors in Ontario
2020 was the year AMAZON really became popular.
2020 was the year we all wore masks into banks and stores.
2020 was they year stores started curb-side pick-up.
2020 was the year of shields, plexiglass shields.
2020 was the year we learned to keep our distance.
2020 was the year when cash almost became obsolete.
2020 was the year my youngest son got married.
2020 was the year I posted daily quotes.
2020 was the year…….

Daily Quote: September 5, 2020

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Porte Photos

For whatever a man has,
is in reality only a gift.
Christoph Martin Wieland

Celebrations: September 5

International Day of Charity

National Cheese Pizza Day

World Beard Day

With all the inflated numbers and predictions I thought it was time to revisit the real numbers as per Google News:

Location	Total cases	New cases (last 60 days)	Cases per 1 million people	Recovered	Deaths
Worldwide	26,622,706		3,424	17,717,911	874,708
United States	6,218,900		18,871	3,391,087	187,698

Location	Total cases	Cases per 1 million people	Recovered	Deaths
Worldwide	26,622,706	3,424	17,717,911	874,708
Canada	131,124	3,453	115,926	9,141
Quebec	63,117	7,683	55,724	5,767
Ontario	42,834	3,150	38,741	2,811

Predictions for the USA include numbers as high as over 400,000 deaths by the end of 2020 from COVID-19.

We’ve been so lucky in Ontario. In London-Middlesex we’ve seen days without new cases. But fear of Corona Virus has mandated the use of facial masks and still has limits on the number of people permitted to gather. Churches still remain closed and School openings have been delayed.

I went to the playground with my grandson yesterday. Although the equipment hasn’t changed it’s very sad to see the loneliness in my grandson’s eyes as he is no longer permitted to mingle with the other children and must keep his distance. The public washrooms aren’t open, so small children duck behind trees to pee.

My heart breaks for all the children that are learning not to trust others, keep their distance and constantly wash their hands.

Daily Quote: December 30

Posted on December 30, 2019December 27, 2019 by Porte Photos

I am a great believer in luck,
and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
~ Stephen Leacock (December 30, 1869 – March 28, 1944)