October 22, 2025

                Here we are starting another good morning. There is one part that may not be considered as good and that is the local so-called news programs. As I understand it, they start at 4:00am and go to 7:30am. Now they usually have very little news, so the weather guy is in front of the camera about 50% of the time. At the beginning of each half hour, they basically start over, so if you are an ole person who isn't in a hurry to do anything, you might watch one 30-minute session and start the next when you get aggravated and shut the TV off or change channels.

Let's review yesterday: I was sitting around doing nothing when I decided to pick up debris from the front yard. It has been windy for the last couple days and there was plenty to pick up. I also retrieved a couple piles of Poopa-Loopa which our pot hound Tres had left there.

The work completed I did not want to return to the Ford's ole recliner and do nothing, so, I decided to see if I could put a bird house together. I used the ole pieces that had been in the garage for at least a year for my project. I wanted to see what I would need to do before I started with the newly cut wood. I did get it put together but there was one small problem, the two sides were about 1/8 inch too long. Now the two ends are first attached to the bottom then the two sides. Even though this is scrap wood I still like to make it look as good as possible, so I then had to move the sander out of the garage onto a bench and stand 1/8 inch off each of the two sides. Photo of the completed house to follow.

Yes, I also drilled a 1 3/8in hole for the door, and I also installed a dowel for the birds to stand on. Wow, a lot of work for a senior person.

Later that day my favorite wife and I sat outside. It was windy and only 83 degrees, what a nice happy time.

Well, I need to get going and take Alex to school. I often stop at the Star coffee place and get a cup of coffee before getting Alex. I may go there too often, yesterday I pulled up in the drive through wanting to place my order. The person said, "is this Don", I said "yes", and he asked, "do you want a Tall coffee with cream", and I said "yes", he said "see you at the window". For that one person, a tall coffee means a small coffee.

I need to stop so I will wish you a good and safe day.

Don the Ford

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

October 21, 2025

                Good morning to you all, we hope everyone has a good day. It is supposed to be in the mid-80s this afternoon and that will make our sitting outside much better.

                Yesterday's events: I was sitting around doing almost nothing when I decided to get outside and do something. I went to the shed and decided to get the chop saw and take it to the driveway. I positioned it under the car port and brought some of the wood that is left over from the manger project. I decided to cut some pieces for bird houses.

                To make a bird house I need two pieces for the roof, a front and back, one bottom and two sides. That doesn't sound like much, but it is a lot of cutting. I should also note that the wind was blowing and that meant the saw dust was being blown around. I cut enough pieces for 6 bird houses. I do have some more wood to make more houses.

                I will attempt to put one of the bird houses together to see what I need in the way of nails and screws. Alex will likely help me when we start putting them together.  

                I used the leaf blower to attempt to clean the saw and the driveway. After all the work and a quick shower, we did sit outside relaxing in the warm and windy afternoon.

                Bible study was good as usual last night, and I saw a couple people with the name Don on the tags. I didn't know my name was so popular.

I have no real plans for today. I will stop and head over to Alex's house and take him to school. We hope you have a very 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 20, 2025

                I think it is a good morning even though the sun isn't up yet.

                Yesterday's events: We went out for lunch, came home and sat on the front porch for a while enjoying the cool 75-degree temperatures, went into the house and took a nap and did very little the rest of the day.

                Today: get Alex and take him to school in a safe manner and on time. I'm not sure if I will do anything else today, but I might get the chop saw out and cut some wood. We do have bible study this evening and that is always interesting.

                I have a photo of a bloom and if the camera on the phone was good you would see the lite purple color. The larger white blooms have bloomed and are fading away.

                Wow, that was a lot of info, we hope you have a good 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.

October 19, 2025

                We hope your Sunday is starting off well and we wish you a good morning along with a nice day.

                Yesterday morning I took the trailer with the logs on it to the dump. There were not many vehicles ahead of me and I thought I would get done very fast. I was wrong. It seemed as if the people working there unloading the trailers were working very slowly.

After unloading the trailer, I then went to pick up Alex and bring him to our homestead for work. We did not get a cup of coffee due to the trailer being connected to the Ford's ole Chevy.

I told Alex that we need to trim several bushes around the house and if there is time, we will pull wire weeds. I showed Alex what needed to be done and helped him get started.  I went into the homestead and did some reading then later I went to the north end of the house and started trimming the bushes. Alex joined me there and when it was all done the trailer was loaded with small limbs from the bushes. Photo of the little branches that were trimmed.

After the work was completed, we went into Waco and saw the protest against the king. The protest did not keep us from lunch, and it was good. We went to the cheap store where we purchased some coffee and peppermints. After all that excitement we took Alex home.

When I arrived home it was nap time. I was able to get a nice nap before re-entering the workload. After the body rebuilding nap, I went outside and for happy time, but happy time was not ready. I then ventured to the front yard where I cut down some plants the grew against the tree in the Jasmin bed. That completed I then acquired the string trimmer from the shed and removed some of the Jasmin vines from the walkway.

I retrieved the leaf blower and cleaned off the sidewalk and the other walkway. I then, being a good neighbor, cleaned half of the neighbor's driveway that had a bunch of crushed acorns. Tools put away, I then distributed mothballs to flowerpots in an effort to keep the squirrels out of them.

I was allowed to transport via wagon several heavy empty flowerpots out to the back 40. I was then allowed to clean the area where the flowerpots had been with the leaf blower. I also allowed myself to go to the street and sweep up the leaves along the curb.  

Finally, a happy time for me had come. I was able to drag my ole body to a chair on the driveway near where my favorite wife was sitting and I sat down with drink in hand.

Today's plans: lunch and do nothing.

Don the Ford

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

October 18, 2025

                Here we are starting another Saturday and we are looking at a good morning.

                I did very little yesterday here at the Ford homestead. I did finish reviewing my mom's bible, I know she had more than just this one bible. I find it interesting to see what she was underlining.

                I brought the trailer out of the back 40 and it is connected to the truck sitting in the driveway at this time. I thought it would be better to do it yesterday rather than getting out early this morning to connect it. The dump sight opens at 8:00 so I will need to get going before long.

                Our friend did come over yesterday afternoon and we sat outside enjoying the warm afternoon. There was a breeze most of the time, so we did not need the big ole fan. We did wave at our neighbor's as usual when they were driving by going to their homes.

                I plan to get our yard man Alex over here this morning, that is after my visit to the dump site. I will call him when I am finished there and drive to his home and pick him up. He will not be mowing but I have some trimming of the bushes and pulling of the weeds for him. I have not yet decided if I want to cut some boards for the future bird house today or not.

                You asked if I have a photo and, I do. It is of a pretty bloom, thanks for asking, or did you ask…

                Ok, to that one person who is looking at the Fords Ole Chevy and wondering why The Don drives a pink truck, I will explain. It was early morning, and the sun was coming up and the clouds were reflecting the pink color onto my pickup truck.

                Well, I need to stop for now and head to the dump site. 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 17, 2025

                We are facing another good morning here at the homestead, we hope all is well with you.

                I guess I would say yesterday was a normal day with very few interesting events. Other than getting a cup of coffee and taking Alex to school, the rest of the day was kind of boring. I did go to the bank yesterday and got the info that I needed and then I learned that I had the information at home if I just knew what I was looking for. Nope, no more information about that.

                I was able to get my bible study homework completed for the day and I did take my mom's ole bible and continue looking through it page by page. I have now gotten through the Old Testament and will start the new. I have not found any notes yet but there are passages that she would underline.

                My favorite wife and I went out for supper and both the food and service were good. Back at home I remembered that I had not yet watered the potted plants or the two blackberry beds. I was able to get my ole body to drag the hose around and water these items, both front and back yards.

                All that watering finished we did sit outside for a while. I should note, I found a dead squirrel in the front yard. I removed the steaking squirrel, and it was stinking with maggots on it. Then later as we sat outside, I noticed that we were not seeing the squirrels in our yard yesterday. I wonder if the dead one helped keep the live ones away.

                Well, I will stop for now, we hope everyone has a good and safe day.

Don the Ford

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

October 16, 2025

                Good morning from us here in Hewitt, we hope everyone has a good day.

                Not a lot happened yesterday, I did get some scrap wood together in prep for possibly making some bird houses. We do not need any more bird houses, but I enjoy giving them away.

                Ole person note, yesterday morning I had gone to the Star coffee place for a cup and then headed to Alex's home to get him and take him to school. I called him before heading that way just to make sure he was up and ready to go. After getting the coffee I drove to his house, and I looked at the clock and saw that I had arrived a little early, so I sat there coffee in hand not thinking about much. After about 10 minutes I thought where is Alex, we need to get going. I called him and asked what are you doing? He responded with are you here? I said yes, I have been here for a while. Alex said you didn't call me and let me know you were here!

                Normally when I arrive at their house, I call him and say I'm here and then he comes out, but yesterday this ole person was more interested in sitting there drinking the coffee and forgot to call Alex. We did get to school on time, and I felt like a big old dummy. Ole people do not remember to do everything.

                I have a couple things to do today, I need to go to the bank and get some information, I need to water the plants in the pots and the number one and number three berry beds. We haven't had any rain in quite a while, things are very dry.

                Well, I will stop for now, we hope everyone has a very good 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.

October 15, 2025

                The sun isn't up yet but we think it is still a very good morning, so we wish you all a good morning and a nice day.

                Let's see if there's any review of yesterday's work, I guess I did a couple things yesterday. I did go out back and get on my hands and knees and pull wire weeds. I call them wire weeds because someone told me that's their name, I don't know if that's it or not. Our neighbor's backyard is literally covered with wire weeds (at least 70% covered). They very seldom even go out into the yard, and they do not take care of the yard as they have yard people do their mowing. I have a photo for your enjoyment, or irritation.

                                     

 

                These small white blooms are what identifies them or helps me find them in the grass as you can see in the first photo. The second photo is of the trash can with a bunch of wire weeds in it.

                Different topic: My favorite wife and I sat out on the front porch for a while yesterday afternoon and I took my momma's Bible with me. I had decided I wanted to go through it page by page and see any notes that she may have made or anything that she underlined. This Bible has 1353 pages not counting the dictionary part, there is a note that the Bible was given to her on her first wedding anniversary by my stepfather, January the 13th 1973. There's a note that says that she had read through the Bible in 1988, 1989, and 1995. There was also a note, "give the Bible to my daughter Wilda when I died". I have looked through a little over 500 pages. Some underlining but not much in the way of notes. I assume when I get to the New Testament there will be more notes and underlining. Many people read the New Testament more often than the Old.

                Different topic: I have Brought some of the boards that were left over from the Manger project and hopefully sometime today I will mark them from some patterns I have, to make some more birdhouses to give away. I am not Sure how many birdhouses we will be able to make.

                I need to stop working on this and start getting ready to go get Alex and take him to school. We hope everyone has a very good day and everyone stays safe and all they do.

Don the Ford 

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