November 5, 2025

            We are starting a good morning here in Hewitt and we hope you are also.

            Yesterday I ordered some items that will be Christmas gifts and this morning one of the cartons was lying on the front porch. That was an overnight delivery.

            I am sitting here attempting to think of anything that I may have done yesterday other than sitting on the front porch with a cup of homemade coffee and enjoying the nice weather. I often think about things that are in the bible during these restful periods. One thought from yesterday was, "the Tree of Life". Why was there a tree of life in The Garden of Eden and why would there be one in New Jerusalem.

            I can see that you are thinking what is the Don going to come up with as a reason for the tree of Life. Let's see where I go with this, at this time I do not have a reason for the Tree of life, but I might come up with one. I know that some have never heard of the tree of life as they have never been to church or have not read the bible. I will not attempt to explain to those who have no knowledge of the bible about the Tree of Life, and I will not attempt to explain about the Tree of Knowledge.

            My intent is to ask the question, "why was there a Tree of Life in the garden of Eden". As I understand it, there were all types of plants and trees in the Garden of Eden, and they were all available to Adam and he was to cultivate and take care of the plants. Adam was not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge, if he did, he would surely die.

            I wonder if the idea was that Adam would eat from the tree of life and live forever in the garden.

            If you were to eat from the tree of life one time, would you live forever, or do you need to eat from the tree on a regular basis. Do you age when you eat from the Tree of Life or stay the same age for ever.

Some people in the Old Testament lived for hundreds of years. Example, Methuselah lived for 969 years, and Noah lived 950 years. Were these people who lived extremely long lives allowed to eat from the tree of life? Evidently the fruit from the tree of life was able to keep all diseases and illness away from the person.

If at some point in their life they would no longer be given the fruit from the tree, would their bodies begin to show their actual age and then they would die?

The tree would provide 12 kinds of fruit and have fruit each month. That would point to the fact that there is only one season for the entire year where the Tree would grow.  

In another part of the bible there is a statement that the leaves on the tree of life are said to be for the healing of the nations. (Genesis 3:22 -24      Revelations 2 and 22)

Well as you can see, I have not answered my question as to "why was the tree of Life there". I will just stop for now and wish you a good day and hope 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.

November 4, 2025

                It is a good morning again here in Hewit and we hope you are having a good morning also.

                Yesterday's events: I was able to get Alex to school safely and on time and after I returned home and took it easy for a while, I headed out to the car dealership where I was astonished. Now I had called the dealership and had an appointment for 10:30 yesterday, and I arrived a couple minutes early. I walked inside and said my name and I had an appointment. He looked in the computer and he said "you do" and then he asked "has anybody talked to you about the amount of time it's going to take to fix this", and I said "no", and he said "it would take five days or more to fix your car, he noted that they were very busy". I said no my car's not staying here for 5 days or more and I turned and walked away.

                If it was going to take that long to do something, why would they not have told me when they made the appointment. Why did I have an appointment to show up and leave my car for five or more days? That is stupid!

                I returned home and after a while I called a local mechanic and told him what my problem was, he said that his wife's vehicle, which is one year newer than mine, had the same problem, and he replaced the screen in it. He said they would get the price and give me a call and tell me what it cost.

                The rest of the day I kind of took it easy waiting for time to go to Bible study I did read the notes ahead of time which basically is cheating, you're not supposed to read the notes until after the lecture. Personally, I find the notes very interesting, but the lecture is not.

                Today's events: other than getting Alex off to school hopefully on time and safely I have no real big plans for the day we'll just have to see how things go.

                Well, that was a short post and since it was short I will just stop for now. 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.

November 3, 2025

            Good morning to you as we see the sun coming up. The time change means it is brighter outside earlier in the morning.

            I have a couple comments from yesterday and some photos. Allow me to start off with a photo of something that I made. No, it is not a bird house that comes later. This item, like many items I have made, comes from left over wood. It has been a bunch of years since I made this set of dominos.

            In the photo we see the set of dominos and the wood box that I had made probably 15 years ago. I have a couple out of the box so you can see there are two layers in the box. This is a one-of-a-kind item, handmade by Don the Ford and probably worth thousands of dollars, or not. An item like this is something you make for the fun of it, as it takes time and effort.

            Yesterday we went to the cracker store for lunch and upon returning home I did very little as my favorite wife went through a bunch of clothes that she no longer wears. As for me, after a rest period and that rest period was not a nap as I was not sleepy, I then decided to go to the garage and put together the rest of the bird houses.

Speaking of bird houses, we have a couple hanging on the car port that were in the pecan tree that we cut down. These houses have nest in them and there have been birds using them, I assume they are getting ready for winter.

I did get the other 5 bird houses put together and I think there are now 9 bird houses hanging on the carport, photo to follow.

            Yesterday afternoon we were able to sit outside as the weather was very nice. The neighbor's grandkids came over and the girl had made a drawing for us. She had it wrapped in a plastic bag, and it was tape shut. I have a photo. 

I asked if it was a school project and she said no she did it at home and she did it for both of us. I think she is going to be an artist. Jaelyn is her name, and I guess she is 10 years old. Her and her little brother come over and visit with us sometimes as we sit outside.

Different subject, I did get a photo of what was almost a full moon coming up.

            I know everyone has seen the moon but I find it interesting when they are in the sky while the sun is still in the sky.

            Today I need to take the truck to the dealer for some repair. We do have bible study this evening and other than that no big plans. I will stop for now, we hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

November 2, 2025

            The time has now changed back an hour, and I will be thinking about the time change all day. Even with the time change we want to wish you a good morning.

            Yesterday's small events described for you. Basically, we did nothing yesterday so this will be a short comment. I will start out with a comment, "Saturday was seeming to be Sunday all day long". The fact that we had Alex over doing yard work on Friday when he normally works for us on Saturday was one reason.

I did get my bible study homework completed and I truly wish I was a better student. I have never been a good student, but I do like our bible study classes.

My favorite wife and I went out to lunch at the usual location and after lunch we drove to the Harbor store as I had a 25% off coupon. I need a new tarp to cover the Ford's ole riding lawnmower. They did not have a tarp the size and color I wanted, as a matter of fact they had very few tarps.

Leaving the no tarp store we then stopped by the booze store where I purchased a bottle of adult beverage. Then we went to the cheap store where my favorite wife purchased a couple items and then we headed home. Back at home I went into the rest mode for a while (aka took a nap).

Once the rest period was over, I decided to make a cup of coffee, Tres and I went to the front porch where we sat in the cool air drinking hot coffee. It was too cool and there was a lite breeze so as soon as the coffee was finished, we went into the garage.

I decided to work on the bird houses as I need the area where the pieces were stored. I did need to saw a little piece off a couple of the boards, and I did drill the holes for the front door and the dowel that the birds stand on. The one hole for the front door was messed up a little, but I don't think the birds will mind. I put one house together and I might put more together today. Usually, I don't have any problems giving them away.

After I became tired of working on the bird houses, ole people get tired easily, we decided to sit outside for a little while even though it was cool. I got the chairs ready on the driveway, and we both walked out there when it started to sprinkle. Not knowing if it was going to rain a lot or just these little sprinkles, we decided to go to the front porch. It sprinkled for a while but nothing of any amount.

There is a fellow and his family who have been living at a friend's house down the street from us and every time he goes by, he will roll his window down and wave at us and we return the wave. Well, he and his wife and kids are moving out. Who will we have to wave at now, wow a friend leaves the neighborhood. You don't think it was something that I said, do you?  

As for today, even though the time has changed we may still go to the cracker store for lunch.

Well as you can see yesterday was not a very busy day. I will stop for now, 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.

November 1, 2025

                We are starting over today; it is the first day of the month and now you understand starting over. I wish you a good morning on the first day of the month.

                I am sitting here with a banana in hand and in my mouth as I start this day. Bananas are good for ole people as we do not need to waste a lot of energy chewing on them. I will attempt to enlighten you as to yesterday's events, if my memory provides me with necessary information.

                I did get my favorite grandson and bring him to our homestead to help with some yard work. First, we started moving the flowers that are in pots to the ole hot house. There were between 15 and 20 pots that were moved and all were heavy. I do have a photo of some of the flowers in the hot house.

                Then we move the plumerias into the garage. They take up too much room wherever you place them. We have one very large plant (moon plant) that did not get moved. It is too large for the hot house and there is no room in the garage.

                After all the pots were moved Alex mowed the front yard. As I see it, he was vacuuming it as it had not grown very much. He was able to get the leaves off the front yard, and it looks very nice. The leaves will be turning soon, and they will be falling.  

                We did not receive any trick or treaters here at the ford house, we did shut the door and window blinds early and we assume that kept them away.

                Today's plan: if we stay on a Saturday schedule, we will have lunch out and do very little the rest of the day. I might put some bird houses together as the parts that are in the garage do take up some room, and we don't have much room. Wow, another exciting senior person day.

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

Don the Ford

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

October 31, 2025

We would like to wish you a good morning and as usual, we hope you have a good day.

            Odd things happen. Allow me to present an odd thing that happened to me yesterday morning as I was on my way to get Alex for school. You should know that my trucks screen has been acting crazy for a week or two. The screen will at times show the normal things such as the radio station that I am listening to or the phone number of the person I am talking to. This screen will also show the view from my back up camera.

            Yesterday morning as I was driving, I noticed the screen acting crazy, there were names of people who were on my phone being scanned from top to bottom of the screen. Now this screen has done that in the past, but it was scanning the radio channels not phone info. The screen stopped scanning, and a name appeared on the screen and the phone number was being called. I had trouble getting the phone out of my back pocket because I was driving. I was able to stop the call, but it had already rung the phone number a few times. Then the screen began scanning again and it stopped on another name and called it. The number was ringing when I stopped it again, then it rang another number, and I pulled into a side street and shut my phone off.

            I proceeded to get Alex and take him to school. When I activated the phone again, I had a text message from the first number wanting to know if everything was ok. I also received a call from the second phone number asking if I had called. The third person did not respond. 

            I now have an appointment to take the truck to the dealer next week and see if it can be fixed.

            Let's stay with odd for a minute, as Alex and I were heading to school yesterday morning the sun was starting to come up. When I turned a corner, the sun was shining in my mirror. I said to Alex, "they use to have a lever on these mirrors that would allow you to reduce the amount of light shining in your eyes by 90%, I don't know why this mirror doesn't have a lever". Then I felt of the bottom of the mirror and then the back and I found the lever on the back of the mirror. Now I have owned this truck since 2016, that is 9 years, and I just learned where the lever is.

            Different topic: Tres and I got a cup of coffee, and we went to the front porch to enjoy the coffee and cool air. As we sat there, I observed a shadow of a Hawk or Buzard flying over. The shadow was large and was moving slowly as it passed over. There was no wind at that time, this shadow circled around at least three times, and I began to wonder why. The shadow was gone for several minutes and then it was back. It only passed over once again, then it was gone.

            I heard some crows off in the distance, they seemed to be having a good time at whatever they were doing, they were noisy.

            Yesterday's events: my favorite wife and I did go out for supper, and it was good, we returned home before heading to the school where we enjoyed the orchestra and the movie. Now the movie was an old-time scarry movie that was originally in Spanish. Someone had changed the language to English, and the wording made the movie funny. The orchestra provided music throughout the movie. It was very odd and funny.

            My plans for today are to get Alex and bring him over to do some work. We want to put the potted plants into the hot house and if the front yard is dry enough, he will mow and vacuum it.

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

Don the Ford

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

October 30, 2025

                I got up a little earlier this morning than usual, but it is still a very good morning even though it is 44 degrees outside.

                Speaking of cool temperatures, my favorite wife and I decided to sit outside yesterday afternoon in the cool and very windy weather. Prior to heading outside my favorite wife went into the closet and found her leather jacket. She did wear the jacket while we sat outside, and I had a sweatshirt on.

                Seeing as how my favorite wife always thinks it is cold in our house I did activate the furnace yesterday afternoon. I guess it is working as it is not too cold in the house this morning.

                With the coming of the cool and cold weather we will need to move the flowerpots into the so-called hot house. We will need to see if the heat lamp still works and find the heater that we use on very cold days. Since that requires physical labor, I will attempt to get Alex to come over and do all the heavy work.

                Speaking of Alex, their school is having a concert tonight and he plays a violin in the orchestra. We must purchase tickets to see this musical event. We understand it will be Halloween themed, and the music is said to be from an ole movie.  

                Also, their school is not having classes tomorrow. I don't know why they are not having school could it be due to Halloween. 

                Big plans for today; take Alex to school, do nothing for a while, do the bible study homework, go out for supper, then go to the concert. Wow what a busy day, ole people never get any rest.

                Speaking of rest, I think I will stop for now and get some rest. We hope you have a restful day and that everyone stays safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

October 29, 2025

                It is a dark and cool good morning as I ventured forth from the homestead. Why was the Don leaving earlier than usual? No one asked, well I will tell you. He was going to the food place to get a couple of breakfast burritos. I will tell you they were good, but the hot sauce was very hot sauce.

                Let's consider altered schedules again. Normally I have a cup of coffee while watching the so-called news each morning and a second cup of coffee while taking Alex to school, then I do not usually have another cup during the day.

                Yesterday I followed the usual routine (aka schedule) and had two cups of coffee. Later in the morning when I was starting my bible study I thought, "maybe I would have another cup of coffee", so I went to the coffee machine and put the little cup in and turned it on. While it was making the coffee I went to the computer and started it. Then I got the bible and started the homework. I think the bible study took a little more than and hour. When I put everything away, I walked to the kitchen and saw my cold cup of coffee sitting there in the machine. Yep, I had forgotten that I had made a cup as I do not usually do that. Wow maybe when I have a different schedule I should make some notes to help me remember what to do.

                Yesterday's workload: we have decided to attempt to make some room in the garage before the cold weather gets here so we can put a few plants in out of the cold. I did move the Table saw out to the shed and that meant I had to carry it out there all by myself.

That completed, I then decided to pick up the dog Poopa-Loopa from the back 40. There was plenty to be removed. While I was in the back yard, I decided to cut up a few of the small limbs that are on the trailer and take them to the trash can.

Back at the garage we straightened up some areas and went through some items and even tossed out some items. It seems to be very difficult to throw something away even though you haven't used it for years.

I then decided to put together a bird house. I will provide a photo or two for my enjoyment. I did need to cut ¼ inch of wood off both side pieces, as they were too long. There are several other sets of boards for bird houses and the sides on them will also need to be cut off.

                This morning it was cool, and our cat Molly came into the house. As I was getting dressed, she surprised me by coming into the bathroom and jumping on the counter, so I got a photo for your enjoyment.

                She was looking at me and wondering what I was doing. She has to go to the vet today.

                We sat out for a while yesterday, but it was very windy.

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

Don the Ford

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