July 16, 2026

                Good morning to all and we hope you have a blessed day.

Happy Birthday to my favorite wife Donna.

Plans for the day are to celebrate all day with my favorite wife and also enjoy supper later this evening. I thought that women after a certain age stopped counting birthdays.

I did go to the grocery store yesterday morning where I was able to get a few needed items. Now when I left the store going to my car it was raining, and yes me and the groceries got a little wet. Back at home with the groceries put away I then created lunch for me and the birthday girl.

Lunch over I went out to the front porch as it had rained a little. There was a drone flying over and almost at the same time it began to rain. I didn’t think they flew the drones in bad weather, and the lite rain had stopped when the drone came back over.     

Back in the house I was able to get my bible reading done and a little time of rest then we went back out on the front porch. The neighborhood was quiet except for the occasional bird making noise because we were on the porch too close to their bird houses.

Back in the house I created supper using the microwave and later I was allowed to wash a few dishes.

            If the rain stops and the grass gets dry, I will likely need to mow the front yard Friday. Our yard man Alex has been at an ROTC meeting in Dallas all week and I am not sure when he will be back. I think Patrick and Karla will be coming up Sunday and we will likely go out to lunch Sunday with the family to celebrate Donna’s birthday. That means I might have the time Saturday to mow the back yard.

            I guess I should stop for now and wish you a blessed day and pray that we all stay safe in everything we do.

            Don the Ford

July 15, 2026

                Good morning to you we hope your day is starting off well.

Yesterday’s events; the day started off cloudy and there was even some Fog in the area, so I decided to start pulling weeds. I took a photo of one area where I would be attempting to remove weeds from the Jasmin bed, but I decided to not post it as it was only interesting to me and not to you. Now that I think of it all my post are interesting to me alone.

I went through the Jasmin bed removing small trees that the squirrels had planted, you know acorns that the squirrels hide in the ground and never come back to get. I have commented before that the weeds are mostly ST. Augustine grass that has gotten into the flower beds. Some of the grass that I removed was from 3 to 5 feet in length and I will post a photo of one small weed.

About 1.5 hours of work and I was allowed to have a shower and then rest. A 92-year-old man should not need to be pulling weeds, and I should not need to either.

After my ole body was rested, I then sat out on the front porch with a cup of homemade coffee and watched the nice rain. This rain was what I call a Missouri rain, as it was steady, not too hard and it did not seem to have an ending. Two days of rain and we had ¾ inch of rain.

After my daily reading of the bible, I ordered a book for this year’s bible study.

Supper was chicken salad for the two of us which I was allowed to go and pick up, and it was good.

                Big plans for today; I need to go to the store for some groceries. Wow that will be a tough day’s work. I guess I should stop for now and wish you a blessed day and encourage us all to stay safe in all we do.    

                Don the Ford

July 14, 2026

                Good morning to all, we are not seeing the rain yet but may see it again this afternoon.

                Let’s start with a photo or two. From the number 3 berry bed I have a recent photo and I am surprised in what I saw. Green, black berries when the berries usually at this time of the year have finished production.

                Then I observed another bud on the rose bush, and I thought that it was very small, but when it blooms it is large. My hand was in the photo to provide size for the small bloom.

                Let’s see what else was accomplished yesterday by me. I did start reading from the bible earlier than usual and after some reading, I did leave the homestead and go to the hair stylists for a hair cutting. When I accomplished that I returned to the homestead where I continued my bible reading.

                I did take a break and went out front and puffed on the cigar, that was the last as it was getting too little. I am now out of cigars and I guess I will wait until someone goes on another cruise before I get another cigar.

                I did go to the chicken place and purchased some food for my favorite wife and I for lunch.

                Well, it was 12:15 Monday as I was entering this data and it had started raining. Tres and I went out to the front porch and watch it rain for a while. We enjoyed the rain until the thunder started sounding and the Tres insisted that we return to the inside of the house where he would not get away from me. Molly the cat was also staying close but not as close as the dog.

                When the cleaning lady finished her work, I kicked back and took a short nap. Rest period was completed I then began the washing of the clothes.   

                How much rain did we receive Monday, almost ½ inch in the Fords rain gage. I shut the lawn sprinklers off for today due to the rain and the high possibility of more rain today. Wow, I might save a couple dollars on the water bill.

                I have thought about the possibility of attempting to remove some weeds from the front flower bed. It needs to be done and I don’t really like doing that type of work so we will see if I find an excuse to not pull weeds.

I will attempt to stop and let you get back to doing something interesting, we hope all have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. 

                Donnie the Ford

July 13, 2026

                Our morning is starting off good we are supposed to have rain today and tomorrow, and that will make it a better day, so we wish you and that other person too, a good morning.

                Yesterday was another do very little day and it did seem to be a long day as we did almost nothing. After lunch at the cracker store, we returned home and with nothing to do we sat on the front porch. The neighborhood was quiet as usual and there was no traffic on the streets and very few drones flying over. Conversation was very limited. After a short while I decided to go inside and rest (take a nap).  

                Rest completed I returned to the porch where my favorite wife was still sitting. With nothing going on in the neighborhood we decided to go back into the house where we did nothing.

                Different subject: my favorite wife has a jewelry box which is about 4 feet high and it has a mirror on the front door. This device has a lock on it and my favorite wife locked the door and put the key away. The problem was that she / we could not find the key and could not open the box. After about a week of looking my favorite wife decided to look in a drawer that we almost never use and she found a key. It is not the key that was lost as it had a ribbon or string on it, but it unlocked the box.

                Later in the day, Sunday we again went outside and sat, this time on the drive way as there was still nothing that we wanted to do in the house. Now I should note, I had planned to wash the clothes Sunday afternoon, and it seems as if I completely forgot about it and will need to wash then today, if I don’t forget again.

                Today’s plans basically do nothing and hope for the rain to come.

                Well, this is a very short note about nothing so I will stop saying nothing and wish you a blessed and safe day.

                Do nothing Don

July 12, 2026

                Good morning to you…

                Yesterday was an unusual day for us here at the Ford homestead, more on that subject when we get to the topic of lunchtime.

                The day started out well, I got up at the normal time, I made a cup of homemade coffee and worked on the posting. I completed the posting prior to my favorite wife getting out of bed. After she had her breakfast, I took it easy on the ole recliner until time to go get Alex, our yard man.

                Alex arrived here at the homestead, and he started on the front yard while I picked up things from the back yard. I removed the Poopa-Loopa (aka dog droppings) and some small sticks and then rolled up the hose, so at that time the yard was ready for Alex to mow. While Alex was mowing, I went inside and did my daily bible reading.

                A friend dropped by and was visiting with my favorite wife while all the yard work was occurring.

Alex finished the work out back and then he and I washed the dog Tres. Now with all the work completed I asked Alex if he was going to lunch with us as usual. Alex said he needed to go home and would not be eating with us today. Now that is the first time, he has opted to skip having lunch after mowing so that made the day an unusual and odd day.

                We dropped Alex off at his home and went into town for our lunch. On the way home we stopped at one of those Dollar stores where we purchased a couple items.

                Back at home I rested for a while and then headed out to the front porch with the cigar in hand where I puffed on it for a while. When I had finished my playing with the cigar, my favorite wife and Tres came out and sat on the porch with me. It wasn’t too long before we received some rain, we received almost ¼ inch.

                Later when we were back inside, I was allowed to bake a pizza for our supper, and we also had some Brockley salad. Food eaten I then was allowed to clean up the kitchen and wash the dishes. Then I sat around doing nothing…

Today: big plan would be lunch at the cracker store.

                I will stop for now and hope we all have a blessed day, as we stay safe in all we do.

                Donnie the Ford

July 11, 2026

                Good morning from the Fords to you, we hope your day is starting as well as possible.

                Our big plans for today it to get our yard man Alex, also known as our grandson, to come over and mow the yards.

                Yesterday was a normal do very little day, we did leave the homestead and went into Waco as my favorite wife wanted to go to a store and purchase some items. Now we have the handicap license plate on the Fords new Chevy, but they do not help when everyone of the handicap parking spaces were taken. Yep, we had to park in a regular spot and walk a longer way to get to the door of the store. Inside my favorite wife did her shopping while I sat on a chair outside the store and watch people as they came and went in the mall.

                Leaving that store we headed for home, but my favorite wife wanted to stop at HEB and see if we could get some Brockley Salad. Well, we stopped and we did find the salad along with a couple other items that we either needed or wanted.

                Leaving there we again started for home but decided to stop at the drug store and pick up a prescription that was ready.

Finally, we were heading for home but we decide to stop and get a couple to-go Ice Teas from the Chicken place, and then we went home.

At home I did not get the cigar and puff on it, I did sit on the Ford’s ole recliner and rested from all that activity, until it was time to go and sit outside. When we ventured outside a good friend came over and sat with us. It is nice to have some one stop and visit, we can have discussions that are not limited to drones, birds, planes flying over, the fact that there was little traffic on the street and our aches and pains, although I should note, all those topics were in our discussions.

I wanted to comment on the way the word “importance“ is often pronounce by so-called news people on the TV, but if you haven’t noticed it then it is not an interesting subject.

Well, I need to stop and get started. We hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Donnie the Ford

July 10, 2026

Good morning to all, and I hope it is a good morning as it is still dark outside as I enter this info.

                Yesterday morning was a normal morning with nothing real exciting. I took Alex to the ROTC meeting, and they got their photos taken for the upcoming year. It was 12:30 when he called and was ready to go home.

                One of the neighbor’s grandkids came over and brought us a painting she had made. She has made a couple of other paintings for us, and this one had hearts on it.

                She will be a real artist in the future if she continues painting.

                My favorite wife worked on separating a bunch of things she had on the kitchen table which took quite a while.

                I did go outside with my cigar and puffed on it for a while. The neighbor lady came over and said she didn’t know I smoked. I explained it is only a few times a year when I can get a couple good cigars. She noted that she did not smoke but she did like the smell of a good cigar.

                We did go out for supper, and the wait staff were excellent. They kid with me and we did get good service. The food was very good, and we both have leftovers to eat today for lunch.

                Back at home we did sit outside as usual even though it was another 100-degree day. While we were outside, we could hear a train going through Hewitt. It was a couple of blocks away and we both agreed it sounded like we were back in Missouri. When we lived just outside Scott City, we were near a train track, and the trains made noise often day and night.

We did wave at a couple of neighbors as they drove past us while we were outside, but no one stopped to talk with us. Our dog Tres barked at one of them. I did get a photo of the rain cloud as it was approaching or was the sky clear as could be with only one small cloud in sight.

  

Today we have no plans yet. My favorite wife had said she might want to go into Waco to the Hallmark store.

The weather people have said we should not make it to 100 today but that doesn’t mean it will be cool when we sit outside.

 

            Note: if you do not want to receive these emails send me a text message or a email saying STOP and I will stop sending to to you.

 

            Speaking of stopping, I will stop for now, we hope you will have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

 

       Donnie the Ford

July 9, 2026

                Morning

                I was able to get the post finished yesterday morning and then get dressed before my favorite wife and I left the homestead heading into Waco. Most of the time when I say we went into Waco we do not go downtown Waco, but yesterday we went downtown. The tax office is located downtown and that was where we went.

                We arrived at the tax office, and we found a handicapped parking space which was a long way away from the entrance. We walked to the ramp that we had to go up instead of the steps, then into the building. After a short wait period we went into an employee.

                We were there to get a handicap license plate for our vehicle. I had to remove the license plates from the vehicle and the tag that was on the windshield and take them along with the paperwork that I had filled out at home and all the info about our vehicle into the tax office. Since my favorite wife was considered handicapped, she had to be there to sign the paperwork. The lady took all the forms and old license plates and then gave me another form to fill out, finally she gave us the new license plates and some forms that we are supposed to keep. Wouldn’t you know I would have to pay a fee for the new license; it was 50 cents.   

                Back at the vehicle I had to install the license plate before we headed for home.

On the way home I thought we should stop for breakfast. My Favorite wife was in agreement, so we stopped that George’s Restaurant for omelets and coffee. Food ingested we headed for home where I took a short rest period before going to the store for some groceries. It was nice when I arrived at the store and I found a handicapped parking space and I did not need to put the tag on the mirror. Yes, I park in handicap spaces even if my favorite wife isn’t with me.

Later in the afternoon we sat outside even though it was 100 degrees. Our conversations centered around riding the motorcycle, places we liked to go on the motorcycle and food we liked to eat while out riding (olden days events). If my wife thought, we could get on and off the motorcycle without any problems she would be insisting I get another cycle.

As usual when we reentered the house, I was allowed to create supper. The ice cream was prepared at the usual time and enjoyed by both of us.

                Today I need to take Alex to the ROTC meeting they will be taking photos today. This is our usual day for supper out this evening. We have no other plans for the day, we will see what happens. I will now stop entering data, we hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

                Donnie the Ford