September 17, 2026

                Good morning to you and as for me, I have plans to work in the yard this morning.

                Let’s look at yesterday for a moment. My favorite wife and I went out for breakfast, and it was good as usual. Back at home we had some time to rest and do my bible reading and bible study homework.

Later, I went to the human vet (aka doctor) and they checked me out for possible rehab. It was determined that my knee is ok for now, but my left foot needs some work. I have a lot of arthritis and bone spurs in that ankle. I will start some rehab next week.

                Back at home we sat on the front porch and talked about the quiet neighborhood, and the cat bird was making some noise down the street from us. That bird makes other sounds too. I did get a cold drink for both of us and on the way back to my seat, I also took a photo of a cactus bloom.

                This morning I have taken Alex to school, and I am working on the flower bed out front. I want to remove the grass and weeds that are in the beds. I have worked for a while and I did get a bunch of grass and weeds pulled but I still have a bunch to do. When I got done, I took a shower, and then our plans are to go into town and attempt to purchase some clothes. I might also go to the booze store and get a bottle of adult beverage.

                I need to go through papers on my desk and get rid of some and do what’s necessary with the others.

                Enough from me, have a safe and blessed day and keep us in your prayers as we keep you in our prayers.

                Thanks

                Donnie the Ford

September 16, 2026

                Good morning to all, it is somewhat cool this morning (78) even though we are supposed to again have a high temp of 101.

                I will attempt to keep this article short as there were few interesting events yesterday. I do want to comment on one thought. When I was a kid, I heard people talk about a “cat bird”. This bird was supposed to sound like a cat. I had never heard it myself until yesterday.

My favorite wife was in the garage going through some fall decorations and I went out to talk with her. As we were talking, I heard what I thought was a cat. I looked around in the garage and there was no cat. I kept hearing it, so I walked out of the garage and looked around, still no cat. The sound stopped but I kept looking, it had sounded like a small cat to me. Then I heard it again and this time it sounded as if it was coming from a tree. I heard the cat sound then another sound coming from the same tree. When I heard it a couple more times I then believed it was coming from a “cat bird”.

            Later in the afternoon when my favorite wife and I were sitting outside, I took the so-called smart phone and I asked Google, “is there a cat bird?” and Google said there is, and it described the bird. Wow, AI helping even old people learn new things.

            Today, my favorite wife and I plan to go out for breakfast this morning and this afternoon I have a doctor’s appointment to see if I need some rehab on my knee and or ankle.  

            Ok, have a safe and blessed day and we will keep you in our prayers.

            Donnie the Ford

September 15, 2026

Another very warm good morning to you. As I understand it, a normal high temperature for this time of year is 91 degrees and yesterday it was 102.

I was able to get Alex to school this morning on time and safely. The school traffic in Hewitt it is crazy in the mornings, it is like being in Dallas TX at rush hour.

Yesterday we did get the two storm doors installed, yes, I do have photos of both doors. The work seemed to be done well and we're happy with the new doors. Tres is not happy as he can not push the back storm door open and go outside.  

                Photo one front door photo two back door.

I mowed the front yard even though it was very hot, and I did vacuum up some of the leaves from the back yard.

My favorite wife and I did not do a lot yesterday, heck we did not even sit outside yesterday afternoon. I had bible study last night, so we ate supper earlier than usual as I needed to put everything away before I went to the bible study as it starts early.

Bible study has changed this year; the men have the lecture first and then go to class and the women go to class first then have lecture. Personally, I do not like it this way, but I will try it for a while.

Today’s main event is taking the dog Tres to the vet. Wow always too much for an ole senior person to do.

We hope you all have a blessed and safe day; we will keep you in our prayers.

Donnie the Ford

September 14, 2026

                Good morning to all, we are expecting another 100-degree day and if we do they say we will set a record for 100-degree days in September.

                What did “the Don” do yesterday? He was allowed to take his favorite wife out for lunch. The food and service were both good. Returning home he was allowed to rest for a while and then head out to the grocery store for a few items.

                Returning home and the grocery items placed properly in the cabinets or refrigerator, I again took a short rest before it was suggested, “that I might need to vacuum the floors”.

                Floors vacuumed, I then started washing the clothes. The major work in washing is that some items need to be properly placed on hangers and then placed properly in the closet, which I did.

                We did go outside to set at about 4:30 and as usual it was hot. I did need to check on the clothes in the dryer a couple times while we were outside. Conversations covered many things and the big one seemed to be when we were kids. How do old people remember things from that meny years ago?

                Today we are supposed to get the new storm doors installed so I will need to get our dog to stay in the garage and not attack the installer.

Parts of the front yard need to be mowed, and I am not sure if I will attempt that or not. Bible study begins this evening, and I am not happy with the lecture being first and the group meeting being second.

Well, I will stop and try to do nothing for a while, we pray that you have a blessed and safe day; you are in our prayers.

Donnie the Ford

September 13, 2026

                Good morning to all, we hope you have a blessed Sunday.

                Yesterday was another old person’s day, you know not doing a lot of interesting things. How interesting is it sitting in the ole worn-out recliner thinking I would like to go outside and do some yard work, but it is too hot, so I get the exercise device and exercise while still sitting in the ole worn-out recliner.

                My favorite wife started to work on a wreathe on the front porch, changing the color of the flowers from spring and summer to fall colors. I dragged my ole body out of the house and removed some debris from the front yard and even though that is not difficult work I did get hot and sweaty.

                “We”, meaning my favorite wife and I, did go to a friend’s house at the end of the block with a gift. We only stayed a few minutes and then we returned to our home where we cooled down for a while before heading outside with another friend to set in the heat. As usual, the big ole fan provided us a breeze.

                One topic that I provided was about a leaf on the street. I noted as I was removing the debris from the front yard there was a single dead leaf that was moving down the street and it made enough noise that it sounded like someone was walking. Yes, there was a small breeze moving the leaf and the neighborhood was as usual very quiet. Other topics were fire trucks, drones, and cars that look alike.

                Our friend had parked and gone into a store and when she came out there was a man attempting to get into her vehicle. She asked what he was doing and he apologized as he had gone to the wrong vehicle, his was parked next to hers and the vehicles were identical.

                Today our big plans will be to take it easy, stay safe in anything we do. We pray that you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. We will keep you in our prayers.

                Donnie the Ford

September 12, 2026

                Good morning to all, we did get some rain yesterday, there is 1/8-inch water in the rain gage. My favorite wife and I sat on the front porch as it was raining and we enjoyed the rain. Do I have a photo of the clouds before the rain arrived? Yes.

                Yes, that is my finger on the left side of the photo.

                Yesterday’s activities included driving into Waco, shopping at a store, eating at the sandwich place, shopping at another store and driving home.

                Today is supposed to be another hot day with temps at 102. About one third of the front yard needs to be mowed but I am not sure I will do that; we will see how the day goes. With no big plans my favorite wife and I might go for a ride out in the country.

                I get a notice on the computer each day showing what mail (post office mail) we will be getting. Today I will get a bill that I will need to pay and a Jury notice. I thought they let old people off Jury duty.

                I will also put the photo of the painting that I could not post on the 10^th. The neighbor’s granddaughter does pretty artwork.

                Ok, I am stopping for now, we hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

                Donnie the Ford

September 11, 2026

                We hope you have a good morning even though it is the 25th anniversary of 911. There will be a lot of information about 911 on the news today so I will keep my thoughts to myself.

                My favorite wife and I along with friends went to supper at the Cracker store last night. It is always nice to have supper with friends who have lived on our block longer than we have. As usual we did set outside after returning from supper yesterday.

                Major projects form yesterday; watered the flowers in pots and the berry beds. They predicted rain last night, if we got any I am unaware if it.

                Today we might go to a store as my favorite wife might want to look at clothes.

                We pray that we all have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. You are in our prayers.

                Donnie the Ford

 

September 10, 2026

                Good morning and good day.

                Today is the day before the 25 anniversary of the 911 attack on America. I was in New York state the day of the attack, I was not in New York City.

                Let’s see if I did anything yesterday. I did go to a couple places to get quotes on car and home insurance. It is interesting how the quotes on the home are basically the same but on the car they vary. I will need to decide what to do in the next couple days.

                My favorite wife and I took a quick trip into Waco yesterday to a grocery store where we purchased a couple items. One item was a bottle of Pineapple wine which we gave to a friend. We had told her about the fact that it tasted good and we wanted her to try it, she liked it.

                We sat outside yesterday afternoon, and we discussed the fact that we talk to each other more when we set outside than we do if we are inside the house. There are just too many distractions inside the house, and the TV is always on. Back in the olden days before everyone had TVs people often kept the radio on all day. I guess having the TV or radio on helps us feel like we are not alone.

                Our neighbor’s granddaughter brough us a painting as we sat outside. She is probably 12 years old, and she has given us other paintings in the past.  

                We are happy to have these good neighbor grandkids.

                Our big plan for today is to go to supper with friends. We plan to go to a different restaurant for supper and that is unusual. We have gone to the same restaurant for supper on Thursday evening for probably a year or two, and today we break the norm, and go to a different restaurant.

                We hope you have a safe and blessed day; we will keep you in our prayers.

                Donnie trying something different the Ford