October 2, 2025

                It is another good morning here in Hewitt Texas, and we hope you all have a good day.

                Let us review yesterday: I did get a cup of coffee from the star coffee place, and I did get Alex to school on time. I took it easy after returning home, until my favorite wife decided to go to town get some groceries. When she left, I went into the garage and cleared the items off the table that covered our generator. I created this table several years ago to protect the generator from being hit or damaged. We now use it as a table to store items on plus that's where our cat eats her food.

                Once I had cleared the items off the table I moved the table away from the generator and then moved the generator out to the driveway under the car port. Yes, I had previously moved the truck out to the street. I had my stool that is on rollers so I could easily move all around the generator. I had the air hose and a couple rags along with a brush which was used to clean the dust and spider webs from the generator.

                I decided to check the air filter to be sure it was clean. I removed the metal cover and the filters, which were all clean, so I replaced them all. I checked the oil, and it was full. I then checked the gas tank, and it was not only empty, but it was dry. I always attempt to get all the gas out of the tank, gas lines and carburetor before storing it.

                I then put some gas into the gas tank and attempted to get it to run. Usually, the generator would start after a couple of pulls but this time it would not start. I checked the valve that turns the gas on and off. I got tired and stopped for a short time.

Back at the generator I started wondering why it would not start, and then I noticed that the metal cover on the air filter was upside down. Yep, I had installed it incorrectly. I then took it off and reinstalled it, now the air can flow into the carburetor. I pulled the rope, and the motor hit a couple of times, but it would not start. I then decided that I may have had the gas valve turned the wrong way. Valve turned the other way, and the rope pulled the generator came to life, it was running! I didn't think I had put much gas in the generator, but it ran for about 30 minutes.

After it stopped running, I used the air hose to dry out the inside of the gas tank. It is all put back in its location and the table is over the generator. Too much work for and ole person.

An event from last night: Tres came to my side of the bed and wanted to go outside. I assumed he had to go so I jumped out of bed (jumped in this means I crawled) and I let Tres outside. I then sat in the chair in the front room for about 15 minutes and Tres had not come back to the door wanting in. I went to the door to see what he was doing, and he seemed to be attempting to throw up, so I left him outside and went to bed. At about 4:30 this morning he was barking so I let him back into the house.

Well, I will stop for now, we hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow.

October 1, 2025

            I would like to say good morning to all, we hope everybody has a good day.

            We are now starting a new month. October has come and it still isn't cool fall weather yet. This morning is nice in the low 60s but this afternoon we'll be warm in the low 90s fall has not came.

            Yesterday was a good day, got the boy to school on time and safely got back home in time to get my wife to the doctor for her MRI. That all went very well and we were told that there's really no change, so everything is good.

            No great big plans for today for some reason I keep thinking I want to get the generator out clean it and see if it runs. That's a lot of work and we'll see how things go. I have a smaller generator out in the shed that I probably ought to get it out and see if it runs. I wonder what we would find if we just went around and looked at everything that's lying around in the garage, the shed, here there and yonder, how much of that stuff we really don't need, or don't know is there.

            I don't have any new photos for today. I'm going to quit now and get ready to go get Alex and take him to school. We hope you have a good day, stay safe in all you do, and be nice to at least one person today.

Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow.

September 30, 2025

                We here at the Ford homestead say good morning to you all.

                Yesterday's events: Well, I did get on my hands and knees in the front yard and after praying a little bit I started pulling weeds. Yes, I did have my knee pads on and I did crawl all over the place. I did not get all the weeds, but I did get a bunch of them.

                After work I went in and took a shower and then my wife and I sat out on the front porch for a little while. We both noticed a smell of smoke in the air, and we thought somebody was BBQing or cooking something outside on a fire. A few minutes later as we sat there, I started hearing something popping. The sound continued and it came to me that what if that is a fire popping. I got up from my chair and went to the backyard to see if there was anything going on behind the house and there was. The ditch behind the house there was a fire. It was burning one of the neighbors' fence, on the other side of the ditch so I called 911. Fire department showed up put out the fire. No, I have no idea how it started.

                Today my favorite wife goes in for an MRI scan, so I need to drop Alex off at school and quickly get back home and get my wife and quickly get her over there for the scan. That being the case I will quit for now and get started going and getting the boy off to school.

                We hope everyone has a really good day and stays safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow.

September 29, 2025

            Good morning from us here in Hewitt to you elsewhere.

                Yesterday Was a day of rest for us here at the Ford homestead. We didn't even go out for lunch yesterday. We stayed here at the house and kind of kicked back and took it easy all day long. Yes, we did sit outside yesterday afternoon, in the nice weather and the neighborhood was just very quiet. The neighbor's grand kids came over and chatted with us for a while.

I do have a photo of a cloud that I observed while sitting outside yesterday, it seemed a little unusual to me.

Today I need to get Alex and take him to school, come back home and then decide on what I'm going to do. There are some projects that need to be done, and I will need to be on my knees to do them. You guessed it, pulling weeds from various flower bed and berry beds.

That's it for now, have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow.

September 28 2025

Good morning

Yesterday's events: We did get Alex over here to do our yard workout back he did trim the backyard and then mowed it. I did get out on the flower bed on my hands and knees and pulled weeds out of it. Once I finished pulling the weeds I took a weed eater in there and trimmed a few other things, it looks a lot better now although I did not get a before picture.

            Before anyone comments on the path and the fact that the blocks are not in a straight line, allow me to explain. When we started this flower bed, we quickly learned that the dog was running through it, and if it was wet, he would have dirt or mud on his feet when he came back into the house. So, I placed the blocks there which made him a dry, but not straight path.

After that work being completed we decided to wash the pickup truck. Alex got the hose and everything out and ready to go and we washed it down and it looks a whole lot better, Although the inside needs to be cleaned and we did not do that.

We drove into Waco for lunch, which was nice, we even stopped by the cheap store to see if we could find anything, but we did not find anything we needed so we dropped Alex off at his house and returned home and took it very easy for a large part of the afternoon.

At about 3:30pm my favorite wife and I decided to drive into Waco; we were looking for a picture frame. We went to three stores and did not find the frame we needed. At the last store my favorite wife decides to purchase a piece of glass that should fit the frame we have. It will take a few days before they get the glass cut to our size.  

Back at home we did sit outside for a while, no friends came over and I think we only had one neighbor drive by, yes, a very quiet afternoon.

Today's events: we may go out to lunch and then do nothing. I do have another photo of the moon, but you probably can't see the new moon which is to the left of the flagpole. Enlarge the photo.

 Well, I will stop for now, we hope you have a very nice day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow.

September 27, 2025

                Good Saturday morning to all, we hope you have a good and restful day.

                Yesterday's events: I did very little yesterday other than my bible study homework. I didn't even get a cup of coffee from the Star coffee place. I sat outside for a while yesterday afternoon and waved at some of the neighbors as they drove by.

                Today's possible actions: We plan on getting our yard man Alex over here this morning to mow the backyard and there's some weeds out there that we need to work on, I'll probably help him with that so today. Maybe there will be some things I will do. If all goes well, we will likely go into Waco for lunch and then the rest of the day will be a do-nothing afternoon, I hope.

                Wow, what an exciting Saturday. Again, we hope you have a good day and be safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow.

September 26, 2025

Good morning to all, I do not need to take Alex to school today, his mother has that task today.

Our largest Moon plant had 13 blooms on Thursday morning. I have a photo of the plant and blooms and a close up of a bloom that had three honeybees in it. 

I went to the shed and got the knee pads and cutter. I then got down on my knees and prayed, I mean I began to remove weeds and grass out of the flower bed. Then I crossed the driveway and got back on my knees again and removed more unwanted plants. I trimmed some Four O'clocks (they are flowers).

Then I trimmed two flowers in flowerpots, and I removed about two feet of growth from each plant. Then I blew the leaves and dust into a pile and swept them up. I also blew the debris from the sidewalk and front porch.

I then tightened the screws in the big wood rocking chair. I then proceeded to the chair on the front porch and rested my ole senior body.

            We went out to supper yesterday evening and upon returning home we sat down and waited for the time to go to the concert. The concert was good.

         Today, I am not sure what I will do. Heck, I have enough points for a free cup of coffee from the Star Coffee place, but will I get up out of this chair and fight the morning school traffic to get a free cup.

I guess I should stop for now and decide what to do about the coffee. We hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

 

Mooned again, Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow.

September 25, 2025

            Good morning to only you this morning, we hope you have a very good day.

            Let us see if anything happened yesterday. Nothing interesting that I can recall. We did get rain for a while, and it equaled almost ¼ inch. The wind was blowing, and the big Moon plant blew over, which I had to set back up after the wind stopped. There was a limb down in the back 40, which I had to put on the trailer, no rest for the ole people.

            The big event was, the recycle bin that I had placed at the curb was blown over. We had winds about 60 mph and there were recycled items blown from our bin into the neighbor yard. I had decided to pick up all the items after it stopped raining. Items consisted of plastic bottles, paper items and there were even some photos that had been tossed out. I removed everything I could see in the neighbor's yard and there were items in the next neighbor's yard.

            When work was completed, I decided to water the potted plants, even though it had rained. Less than a quarter of an inch is not a lot of rain, so I water the potted plants.

            Later in the afternoon when we were sitting outside, the neighbor lady had gone to the mailbox and then she started walking towards where we were sitting. We got up and walked over to meet her. She had a photo from our recycle trash that I had missed. She gave me the photo, and I explained about the recycle bin being blown over. Wow, an exciting day.

            Today I will attempt to get Alex to school on time and in a safe manner. I want to move some flowerpots around but other than that I have no big plans. The orchestra that Alex plays in will be having a concert tonight.

            I need to get going and get Alex, so I will say have a good day, and be safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow.