August 12, 2026

                Good morning

Yesterday was another wonderful day at the Fords homestead. It was a take it easy morning for us, with only a couple things that needed to be done in the house. I did finish reading Judges in the bible yesterday, I had wanted to re-read the part about Sampson and I read the entire Judges. When I take the time to consider various events in the bible it can be thought provoking.

My favorite wife and I went out shopping for a while and we purchased three items. Shopping was done and back at home I was allowed to rest a little. We set outside yesterday afternoon in the heat with the big ole fan blowing on us. I have a photo of the leaves that are falling on our yard, all three of them, is Fall here?

We do not discuss things all the time we are out there, but when we do it is interesting and very often it has to do with past events even back to our childhood days. One topic yesterday was when and how we first met. It is to us an interesting story.

Back inside I prepared some food for our supper and then I went out into the back yard to water the potted plants and the berry beds. I was surprised to see a few Black berries still on the bushes. About halfway through I received a call from a neighbor and good friend wanting to meet me in front of our house, so I stopped watering and headed out front. I was presented with a cake and a birthday card. I told him to say thank you, thank you, thank you to his wife for the cake and card.

Yes, my favorite wife and I do enjoy the cake as it is a Rum cake, and it is good.

Today’s main event: take Alex to school as school starts today. I guess I should stop and get dressed so I can head over to his house and get him. We hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. Let’s keep all our family and friends in our prayers.  

Donnie the Ford

August 11, 2026

                Good morning to one and all, I have left the homestead and purchased a cup of coffee and the sun isn’t even up yet. At the Star coffee place, they said I was early and I explained that my dog woke me up at 4:00am this morning.

                Yesterday was another do-nothing day. I did read from the bible as usual, the cleaning lady did clean the house, and we did eventually get out of the house in the afternoon. We went to a couple stores where we purchased a couple items and most things cost too much.

                We were on our way home at about 4:00pm when we decided to stop at the restaurant for some supper. Neither of us had any lunch so we decided to have and early supper which made up for no lunch.

                Back at home we did sit outside and there was a nice breeze, but we still had the big ole fan running.

                Wow, old people have a lot to do. I am stopping this article, and I wish you a blessed day as we all stay safe in all we do. We should all continue to pray for others.

                Don the Ford

August 10, 2026

                Well, I hope you are having a good morning, the day seems to have started off nicely except for my sleep time. It seems as if I was awakened at 4:00am and at that time I did allow the dog to go outside for a while. I sat on the Fords ole recliner and waited for him to return to the door.

                The dog back in the house, I attempted to go back to sleep but that did not happen. I kept hearing the dog make noises and he came back to the side of my bed, so I got up thinking that he wanted to go outside and stay. I staggered into the front room and went to the door, but he just lay down on the floor and looked at me. It was 4:30 so I just sat there in the ole recliner attempting to dose off to sleep but that did not happen. I later assumed that the dog was wanting me to feed him, so I did.

I had a cup of homemade coffee and sat there in the ole recliner with the so-called news on.

                At about 6:30 I woke my favorite wife and told her I was going to get Alex to do the yard work. I have a photo of something that is trying to grow at the stump of the pecan tree that we cut down. I asked Alex to mow it down.

The yard work was completed and Alex helped me wash the dog.

                I did get Alex home safely and we discussed school starting this Wednesday and what time I will need to pick him up. Also, On the 25^th he goes to take his drivers test and when he passes it, he will then drive himself to school.

                Todays big plans: we want to go into Waco to a grocery store and get a couple items but we will need to wait until the cleaning lady gets done cleaning, probably about 2:00pm.

                That is all we have for now, have a blessed day and be kind to all old people and stay safe in all you do.              

                Donnie the Ford

August 9, 2026

             Good morning…

Yesterday I did the following; as I stated yesterday, I finished the removal of grass and weeds from the number one bed. This is an ole bed and the plants that are left are small. It looks empty once the weeds and grass is removed.

                Let me show you the number three berry bed as it needs to be cleaned out.

                I have another photo showing X marks the spot and the X was over Hewitt, TX.

                My favorite wife and I went into Waco and had lunch at the Deli. It was ok but not anything exciting.

                After lunch we just drove around out in the country for a while just looking and enjoying being out of town.

                Back at home we rested inside for a while then we went out to the front porch. It was very hot. The drones were flying back and forth very often. We did not stay outside too long due to the heat.

                Today: big plan is to have lunch at the cracker store and then do very little.

                I am stopping now, we are praying for a blessed day for you, and that we all stay safe in all we do. Keep family and friends in your prayers.

                Don the Ford

August 8, 2026

                We seem to be starting out on a good morning here in Hewitt.

                Allow me to start with my early morning workload from yesterday. I did go out back to the number one berry bed with the intent to remove weeds from the bed. I had my knee pads and a cutter along with some gloves. One doesn’t want to work around these berry plants as that have many stickers on them.

                Well, I got down on my knees and this time it was to work and not to pray. I was very thankful for the shade of the tree and the occasional breeze. I quickly noticed that there were a lot more dead vines that I had not expected. The berry plants produce the berries and then the part of the plant that produced the berries dies. When one is trying to remove the grass and weeds one needs to remove the dead parts of the plants as they grow up from the ground and are mixed in with the grass and weeds.

                To make a short story long, I put more time in removing the dead parts of the plants than I did removing the grass and weeds. I did get about two thirds of the bed cleared and then the sun came over the top of the tree, and it was too hot to work.

                I put the tools away and dumped the cutting into the trash container then I headed into the house to cool off and then get a shower.

                After the shower I headed to the cleaners where I picked up my clothes and then headed to the grocery store where I purchased a few items. Friday is not the best day to go to the store as too many people are there shopping.

                Back at home I put everything away and I allowed my ole body to get on the ole worn-out recliner and rest (aka nap time).

                After a rest period I then headed int the office as I call it and started my reading of the bible. (you might want to read John 21:18, if you are over 50) Reading completed I had lunch and it was leftovers from last night’s meal at the restaurant. The leftovers were good as usual.

                Later in the afternoon a friend came over and brought a couple items with her and one of them was cookies. As we sat outside it was suggested that I should water the potted plants in the back yard which I did, as I was supposed to be sitting outside and resting.

                Now you know I had another do-nothing day.

                Today’s events: no real plans, I did finish the grass removal from the berry bed and I will rest and enjoy the rest of the day.

I guess I should stop and let you get started. We hope your day is filled with many blessings and that one of them is that we all stay safe in all we do.

                Don the Ford

August 7, 2026

It is another good morning here in Hewitt Texas, and we hope it is also good in your hometown.  

Yesterday started off a little odd. I brought a container with water in it to my favorite wife’s chair, and I dropped it and there was water and ice on many things. The morning was not starting out good. After everything was cleaned up and my favorite wife was comfortable with the clean up, I went to get a cup of coffee at the star coffee place. My old gold card now has about 20 cents on it. Wow, what will I do when I need another real coffee? 

Back at home I tried to rest before starting reading from the bible. I also vacuumed the dog hair from the floor before starting the reading. Reading went well and was enjoyable as usual.  

Then my favorite wife and I went to the store for a couple of items and on the way home we stopped at a hamburger place to get some take home food. It was ok but not excellent.

We also stopped at the drug store on our way home for a prescription for me. It was free so I could afford these pills.

Later in the day we went to supper and the food was good and the service was very good. We made it back home safe and we sat outside for a while with the big old fan blowing air on us. When we came into the house I turned the portable sprinkler on at the number one berry bed. I might pull weeds from the berry bed in the morning before it gets hot and if the ground is wet the weeds come out easier.

Today’s big events: I need to get a few groceries today and I need to get the clothes from the cleaners. Wow, never any rest for an old person. I will stop for now so I can get going. We hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Donnie the Ford

August 6, 2026

                Good morning to one and all, we hope we all have a blessed day!

                As usual yesterday was another do nothing day for the Don, we did go to a store and get a couple items, and I now understand I need a couple more items. I should be making a list of needed items, especially those my favorite wife may need.

                Now that I am on the subject of remembering, I will provide a true statement about remembering. Yesterday afternoon as my favorite wife and I sat outside it was determined that I should make an adult beverage for myself. I was able to get my old body out of the chair on the front porch, and I did make it into the house where I made my drink. (my adult beverage consists of a glass full of ice, one ounce of booze and the rest diet coke) I did top the drink off with diet coke as usual and was able to get back onto the chair on the front porch. It took a couple minutes and a taste or two of the drink before I realized I had not put any adult beverage in the glass; it was all ice and diet coke. I forgot the booze.

                Different topic, In the olden days I use to look things up when we needed information but now days, I just ask my cell phone, and AI gives me the answer. I had an old hose that was 100 foot long and I was wondering if it could be recycled. I asked the phone and it said no, do not put the old garden hose in the recycle bin. It even gave me a reason why it isn’t recycled. Wow, people do less and AI alone with the robots do more.

                Well, I will stop bothering you now and allow you to have a blessed day. Please stay safe in all you do. We will keep you in our prayers.

                Don the Ford

August 5, 2026

                Well, it is morning, and I can get up and do a couple things, so I guess that makes it a good morning. I went out into the back yard and worked before 7:00 this morning and a 92 year ole person should not need to work that early, and I shouldn’t either.

                What Was the Don doing before 7:00 AM this morning? I had some limbs that I had trimmed yesterday from our neighbor's tree which were hanging over our side of the fence. This is in the opposite corner from the tree that Alex and I had trimmed last week.

                I had estimated that it would take me 30 minutes to cut up the limbs into small pieces and bring them to the trash container. I was correct, it took almost exactly 30 minutes.

                I am now back in the house sitting here at the computer trying to enter some data for this soon to be non interesting posting.

                Yesterday I took the new hose out back stretched it out in the sunlight so it would be nice and flexible. I connected it to the faucet and ran some water through it. Since I had it connected and the water running through it, I watered the number 2 and a #3 BlackBerry beds but I could not water the number one since it was in the broad sunlight.

                While I was watering the number 2 berry bed I got a picture of some red blackberries. That is odd as this time of the year we do not usually see any new berry on the vines, and we are usually trimming the old vines.  

                I did remove the temperature gage from the so-called hothouse, and it needs batteries, so I will need to go to the store today and purchase a couple batteries. I have one of these temperature gauges in the garage and on the back porch and obviously in the hothouse so I can keep track of temperatures in different places.

                Before my favorite wife and I went outside to enjoy the heat, and it was hot, we got in the Fords ole Chevy and went to get ice teas, these were to help us survive the heat when we set outside. We also got some chicken salad meals for our supper.

                Back at home we did sit outside with the big ole fan providing a good breeze for us. As usual while I was resting outside, I had a couple projects that I did. First, I replanted a cactus plant that was in a broke pot, then I set up a lawn sprinkler in an area that does not get enough water from the lawn sprinkler system.  

                It was a quiet afternoon with almost no traffic on the street but there were some drones making deliveries. The birds seem to have abandoned all the bird houses that hang on the car port.

                Not that it means anything, but we did have several discussions about the olden days, you know when we were kids and teenagers.  

Big plans for the day, take a shower, go into Waco for a couple items and then rest.

                Well, that is it for now, we hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. We will keep you in our prayers.

                Don the Ford