August 27, 2026

                We are having a good and slightly wet morning here in Hewitt, Tx, so that means a good morning to all.

                Review of yesterday; nothing new happened. I did get Alex to school on time; I did return home after dropping him off at school and had some cereal for breakfast. After that delicious meal I headed to the doctor’s office for my eye checkup. They do not accept money or checks for any payments, only credit cards.

                I did get checked in and I found a seat to sit on while I waited to be called back. There were several people who were called back while I waited, then the lady who does my testing walked into the waiting room where I was sitting and just stood there about 20 feet away saying nothing. She did not call my name, but I knew she was after me. I got up and we walked back to the testing room. After all the tests were completed, the doctor came in and checked my eyes. All the testing and checking done, I returned to the homestead for a rest period.

                They dilate my eyes and that bothers me for several hours, so I do nothing other than attempt to stay away from any bright light.

                At lunch time we decided to get some chicken for lunch, so we drove to the chicken place and purchased our lunches.

                Lunch over my eyes were still dilated but I could read from the bible and also from the book by Charlie Kerk.

                My eyes were back to normal when we went outside about 4:00pm. It was hot but the big ole fan was helping. I have a photo of some blooms.

                At bedtime the weather people were saying we might get some rain during the night hours, so I predicted ½ inch of rain. We have been receiving some light rain this morning, but we have not come close to my predicted amount, ½ inch of rain, but the rain we have and are receiving is appreciated. My predictions do not always work.

                Today we have no plans other than to attempt to get Alex to school on time.

                I need to stop and get dressed, so we wish you a blessed and safe day. You are in our prayers, please keep us in yours.

                Donnie the Ford

August 26, 2026

                Good morning again to you, and to the person who gets up late, good afternoon to you.

                Yesterday I went to the doctor for my annual visit and today I go to another doctor for my annual eye checkup. I do want to get some new glasses so I guess this visit may be beneficial.

                Yesterday was a cloudy day but it was still hot and we did nothing that would be interesting to any of our friends, aka you.

As usual we sat outside yesterday afternoon and at one point I was allowed to go out to the backyard and water the black berry beds along with the flowers in pots while my favorite wife was on the phone with her niece.  

I did get a call from an old friend who lives in Missouri yesterday, and his comments are always interesting.  

Well, I don’t have anything exciting to present to you so I will say have a blessed day and be safe in all you do.

Donnie the Ford

August 25, 2026

                Good morning to you all, please be careful if you go out in the heat today.

                Yesterday was an ok day, I did go to the store to get some grocery items and that is about all I did. Our cleaning lady did a good job. My favorite wife and I sat outside in the heat with the big ole fan blowing on us. I assume neighbors wonder why we sit outside together most afternoons and there is a reason. This is time together when we are away from the TV and napping in our chairs. We actually talk to each other when we are outside. The neighborhood is always quiet but, on the occasion, when someone drives by we usually acknowledge them with a wave. It is time together and we often discuss the past. (I have made that comment before and felt as if I needed to say it again today.)

                It has been so hot and dry that I ran the lawn sprinklers yesterday afternoon, and they are scheduled to run again this morning.

                Today I get to go to the doctor for my annual checkup. Also, today my favorite grandson is scheduled to go to the DMV to take his driver’s test. When I call him my favorite grandson, he reminds me he is my only grandson. That is true, and he is still my favorite.

                I guess I should stop and get started. We pray that you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. You are in our prayers.

                Don the Ford

August 24, 2026

                A bright and cheerful good morning to you and may your day be filled with happiness.

                Yesterday was a normal day for us here at the Ford homestead, we did as usual go to the cracker store for lunch. On the way to lunch I said to my favorite wife, “there will be two handicapped parking spaces available when we get there and there will be a car parked in between the two handicapped spaces”. My favorite wife gave me the look, as I do often speculate as to whether we will get a handicapped parking space or not, while on the way anywhere.

Then I looked at the clock in the car and it was 10:58 so I said, “if we get there before 11:00 the handicapped spaces may be different”, I should slow down, but I was too close to slow down so I drove around the building to the handicapped parking spaces. There were three spaces, so I pulled into one and then I looked at the clock, and it was 11:00.

Since we were in the third space there were two left and there was a vehicle parked in between the two spaces, it was 11:00.

I was correct when I said that there would be two handicapped spaces available when we arrived with a car in between them. Most of the time my parking predictions are wrong.

Today’s big events, take Alex to school, go to the grocery store for a few items, the cleaning lady will come to the house, and we will see if anything else happens.

I did have problems with accessing the blog yesterday, but later I was able to make things work.

I am stopping for now and I pray that we all have a blessed day, and that we stay safe in all we do. We are keeping you in our prayers.

Donnie the Ford

August 23, 2026

                Good Sunday morning to you, it is supposed to be extremely hot today so be careful if you go outside.  

                As most everyone knows, my favorite wife and I set outside most afternoons, and while we are outside, I have noticed that there is an occasional leaf floating high in the sky and they have a tendency to fall in my sight. I have a photo of one of those leaves, and I have a photo of a tall tree that these leaves sometimes fly over before coming to the ground.

               My questions are; where does the dried-up leaf come from, and how does it get that high in the air?

                Yesterday’s main events in chronological order: we went to Arby’s for lunch. We went to the hardware store where I purchased $45.00 worth of items all for my favorite wife, I got nothing. Back at home after a rest period, we went outside to set. A friend came over to sit with us and brought a bottle of wine, which she and my favorite wife consumed. Main topics of discussion was the heat, the need for rain and our aches and pains.   

                Different topic, as I had noted on the 21^st, Tres had received some chew sticks and he enjoyed them. Well, yesterday I decided to give him one, so I took him out in the back yard and gave him the stick. He seemed very happy as usual, but he did not start chewing on the stick, instead he started walking around the yard with the stick in his mouth. I stepped inside and watched him. He was trying to find a place to hide the chew stick. It took him some time, but he did go to a flower bed and dug a hole and then covered the chew stick with dirt. I guess it is saved for a later day when he is hungry.

                Today we will likely go to the cracker store for lunch. No big plans other than that for today.

                Note: our son Patrick and his wife Karla bought a new pickup truck yesterday. The old truck had lots of problems, and it was about 13 years old.

                Ok, that is it for now my old body needs to rest from all this data entry. We hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. Yes, you are in our prayers!

                Donnie the Ford

August 22, 2026

Good morning to all, we are expecting another hot day so be careful if you go outside and work.

                Yesterday started in a normal fashion with coffee and taking Alex to school. Back at home I did rest before my bible reading. My favorite wife and I went to the bank to cash the check we had received (a little over $100). Now that we had some money to spend, she allowed me to take her to the store as there were a few items that she wanted to purchase. Leaving that store we went to another store for a couple more items. It is so nice when you have money to spend.

Store hopping finished we went to a restaurant that we had never been to before. We went to this restaurant because a lady who use to be a wait staff at our regular restaurant and whom we considered a friend, had changed jobs and we wanted to see her. This restaurant has Sea food and Mexican food. Lunch was good, the wait staff were good, and we did get to visit with the lady friend.

Back at home I again rested for a while before I started reading a book by Charlie Kirk. This book was given to us by a good friend, and I believe it is going to be very interesting.

We set outside yesterday afternoon in the 104-degree heat with no visitors and nothing exciting happening, heck even the drones were not flying over.  

Today, the yard man Alex is scheduled to come over and mow. I have no other plans at this time; we will need to wait and see what happens.

We hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. We are keeping you in our prayers.

Donnie the Ford

August 21, 2026

                As usual we are starting with a good morning here at the Fords homestead and we hope your morning is also starting off as a good morning.

                What were the events for the Don yesterday? We all know he took Alex to school and that he rested for a while before starting his bible reading. After the bible reading was completed and lunch served, the Don decided to go out in the back forty (aka back yard) and remove the dead vines from the number 3 bed. Yes, it was hot (103) as the Don ventured forth to work in the heat, I should note he was working in the shade of the tree.

                Now for some reason the Don went to a flower bed and started removing weeds and dead flowers from the bed. This took a while and the Don did take a break to get a glass of cold water to sustain his ole body in the heat.

                When he finished the flower bed he then headed to the number 3 berry bed and proceeded to remove dead vines. I should note that there were more small trees and odd plants than there were dead vines, but there were plenty of dead vines too. I was able to clear maybe a fourth of the berry bed before heading into the house to cool down.

                I was allowed to take a shower and get dressed so we could go to our early supper. We go early on Thursday to beat the crowds. Food was good and our server was even better.

                Back at home we sat outside for a while before walking down to one of our neighbors and good friend’s house. We visited for a while and then we returned to the Ford homestead where a delivery driver from Amazon delivered a package to us that we had not ordered. We sat outside and we opened the surprise package. It was for our dog Tres, and it was natural dog chews, I call them chew sticks. Tres took one and found a place to lay in the grass and chewed away. Tres says thank you for the chew sticks.

                Let us see what our plans for today may be. We have a check that came to us and it needs to be cashed; we could use part of that money for breakfast or lunch out. As usual we have no definite plans so we will just wait and see what happens.

                I should stop and get started, we hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. Let us pray for our friends and families.

                Don the Ford

August 20, 2026

                Good morning, the sun is up, I've taken Alex to school and made it back home safely. I'm sitting here entering data into this computer. I really should be outside pulling some weeds while it's still halfway cool but I'm in here at the computer.

Today is Thursday and our big plan for the day would be, go out to supper this evening. The couple the lives at the end of the street go to supper with us occasionally and that provides us with some interesting conversations about the olden days when we had kids and we used to go fishing and hunting and things like that.

As You may be able to see we have a very interesting day planned, not.

I am going to stop for now we hope everyone has a blessed day that we all stay safe in all we do and that we are nice to at least one person.

Donnie the Ford