June 5, 2026

We are starting the day out as a good morning and we hope to get the right amount of rain today. Our morning coffee was made here at the Ford Homestead.

                Allow Me to comment on yesterday's events: we left the house yesterday morning about 8:30 heading over to get Alex to take him down to the tax office. I stopped at the star coffee place and wasted money on a cup of coffee prior to picking Alex up. We did make it to the tax office safely although the handicapped parking place had mud and grass where the handicapped person. “My favorite wife,” had to get out of the car. I did explain to the lady inside that the handicapped parking places should be cleaned out, and she noted that there's a lot of work going on out there, and I said you're correct and they should be cleaned out.

                We did get all the paperwork done; Alex is now the only owner of The Ford's old Chevy. Yes, he has all the paperwork, and the brand-new title will be sent to him in about 3 weeks.

                On the way home we had discussed the possibility of stopping at George’s restaurant and having breakfast since it was still early in the day. We had a good breakfast and some enjoyable conversations and then we continued taking Alex to his house.

Back at home I did very little other than sit around, my favorite wife has been in the front bedroom going through and cleaning out a bunch of things.

                My dog trace and I did go outside on the front porch and sit and enjoy the fact that it was raining. Yes, it was light rain and nice and quiet as we sat there in the afternoon. We did get a photo of an orange bloom that is shaped like a Christmas tree. It’s a bloom on a cactus plant.

                We decided to go back to George’s restaurant for our date night, which is just supper, and supper was good, the service was good and we enjoyed our time together. We did learn that the wait-staff person that we always talked with when we went there had been terminated. We do not know why.

                The vehicle is still sitting in the neighbor’s driveway the people have not come to pick it up and take it to Ohio yet, and yes, we still have the keys here at the house for the vehicle.

                I had thought that I might venture out to the ditch and attempt to remove some of the weeds but with the rain that canceled that. I did shut the sprinkler system off so it doesn't run in the morning I will wait until tomorrow afternoon assuming it's not raining and then let it operate so I can watch it and make sure it all works as it should. We did get ¼ inch of rain yesterday.

                I have a couple photos from 2014 of a chest that I had built. When I saw the photos I remember making it and I think I remember who we gave it to. It is not bad work for a senior person.

                                                   

                Today’s events will depend on the weather. I did happen to look out back and saw another flower blooming. I have an early morning photo of the bloom.

                Yesterday I sent the email twice, I could not find on my computer where I had sent it the first time, so I sent it a second time. Ole people make mistakes.

                I will stop and do nothing for now, we hope you have a very good day and stay safe in all you do.

                Mr. Donnie the Ford

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

June 4, 2026

                I think it is a good morning except I have been sneezing a lot. Maybe I should take my allergy medicine.

                Yesterday was another do-nothing day for me. I did get the lawn sprinkler system repaired and it cost so much that we may not be able to eat any real food for a while. They replaced 2 solenoids which turned two of the seven sprinkler systems on and off. They checked the sprinkler heads to make sure they were spraying good.

                Today we need to take Alex to the tax office to get the title of the Fords Ole Chevy put in his name. We still wish he could take his drivers test this month, but the DMV is so booked up that his appointment is in late August. That means when school starts, I will need to take him to school.

                My favorite wife and I sat outside yesterday afternoon and other than the birds hollering and going on, the neighborhood was quiet. We have a bunch of new baby birds and mamas and daddies are hollering as they take food to them repeatedly in the afternoon.

                I did finish reading through Psalms yesterday so I'm going to find a different area in the bible to start reading today.

                There Was a drone delivery at the neighbor across the street yesterday. The drone flew up, stopped over his backyard, went down and evidently dropped off the package, went back up and flew away. I grabbed my cell phone and tried to get a photograph, but it didn't work so there was no photograph and no video of the drone flying and delivering.

                I think I will stop for now, we hope everybody has a good day that we all stay safe in all we do. Try to be nice to at least one person today.

                Mr. Donnie the Ford

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

NARBNL

June 3, 2026

Morning from the Ford Homestead, we hope your day is starting well.

                Yesterday: I did very little other than read from the bible and work on a thought for this blog post. I was able to go the entire day without a coffee from the Star coffee place.

I do have a key to a car that is sitting in the neighbor’s driveway. The owner is a friend of our neighbor and has moved to Ohio. There is supposed to be a company who will come and pick up the car and take it to Ohio. The neighbor works and has asked me to give the key to the people who come to get the car. It is not a big deal except I must keep an eye out for the truck and not let it leave without the car.

_____________________________________________

                As I was reading from the bible yesterday in Psalm 115 verses 1 through 8, I began to think about what it said about idols. I will not attempt to quote the verses, but I will provide a few words to help you understand my thoughts. Idols are made by the hands of men and made of silver and gold. They have eyes and can’t see, they have ears and can’t hear, they have a mouth and can’t talk, yet men worship the man-made idols.

                Please consider the following: people are now making robots that can walk, talk, see, hear and do almost anything a human can do. These are man-made robots and they may be worshiped by many people do to the fact that they are new and fun to see. And as time passes, they may even be worshipped as they can do almost anything a human can.

                One reason that people may worship these robots is, “they begin to do the hard labor in the future”. I believe as robots increase, the need for humans will decrease.  

In Revelations 13:15 they made a statue of the beast, and it was able to speak.

I wonder if the statue could be a robot?

                I believe that Artificial Intelligence and the robots are a precursor to the Anti-Christ. 

                ________________________________________________

                Today’s photos:

   

                Allow me to explain the photos. The mushroom is attached to the ground, but it is upside down. The single little pink bloom is a weed growing in the ditch. The multiple pink blooms are on the fence near the driveway. The cloud was indicating some rainy weather, and we did not get any rain.

                Today’s events: the lawn sprinkler people are supposed to be here to check and repair the sprinkler system.

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

                Mr. Donnie the Ford

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

NARBNL

June 2, 2026

                I think it is a good morning, we hope it is also good where you live.

                Allow me to enlighten you as to yesterday’s happenings here at the Ford Homestead.

                First off, I got up early and my favorite wife slept in. We did set around a little while I was allowed to kick back take it easy and have a cup of homemade coffee.

I did go to the grocery store to get a couple things, and I was back home before the cleaning lady showed up. This lady is kind of a talkative person when she arrives, she is also from Cape Girardeau Mo., but she got started cleaning and doing a good job of cleaning the house.

I was able to do some Bible reading just before lunch. For some reason I tend to get sleepy when I'm reading if I don’t take a nap before I start to read. Reading over I decided that I wanted some chicken for lunch, so I went to the chicken place and got me and my favorite wife some lunch.

                I did look out the back door yesterday morning and noticed that we have a new mushroom growing out there at the same spot where the old one was. This one is about the size of a golf ball that has a good stem on it and yes, I do have a photo.

                I looked out this morning, and it has tripled in size. No I did not get a photo of the increased size of the mushroom.

                Later in the afternoon after resting some, I did sit outside on the driveway a little while when a friend of mine who lives down the street and has a whole lot of pretty flowers in his front yard came up the street in his pickup truck. As the truck was driving by, suddenly there was a cat in the road that had been run over. I assume the cat was up in the pickup truck somewhere like in the motor and decided to try to jump out and was ran over. Yep, it's dead and no photo.

                The bird house that had previously had babies, once again have babies, photo to follow.

                If you look closely, you can see two of the three babies.

                I sat outside just for a little while, but it was very warm and I decided to get back inside and enjoy the air conditioning.

Later in the day (about 7:00pm) my favorite wife and I went back outside to relax. Getting out of the house seems to be more enjoyable than sitting inside with the TV on. Those are the exciting things that happened yesterday.

                Possible things to happen today, take Alex to a meeting at school for ROTC and pick him up afterwards sounds like an exciting day. We have learned that the ROTG meetings do not start until next week.

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

                Mr. Donnie the Ford

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

NARBNL

June 1, 2026

                Are you having a good morning, we are…    😊

                Let’s review the restful Sunday: I was able to get up early and I watched one of the ministers on TV. Noticed I did not refer to him as a preacher, most of the ministers today do not preach, they are gentle in their comments trying to be informative but nice and calm to everybody. A preacher will tell you what he thinks and what you need to know and not play around about it. That is olden days church as I remember it.

                Later in the morning I did my blog and I read the Bible as usual. Then I went outside and watered the potted plants. My favorite wife and I went to the cracker store for lunch where we got a handicapped parking place and we were surprised that there was no waiting, so we got a table immediately. Food was good, service was good then we headed back home.

                I was allowed to wash the clothes as my favorite wife was doing other things in the house.                During the washing of the clothes, I would have a little time between events (washing and drying), and I went outside and was sitting in the old rocking chair on the driveway when I happened to look over and see some flowers blooming. Yep, as usual, I have a photo.

                There or six blooms on that flower and about that many buds are getting ready to bloom although you cannot see all the blooms in this photograph.

                I also attempted to run the lawn sprinklers one minute at each location just to verify that they were all working properly. They are not working properly so I will need to call a sprinkler repair person. I will need some money…

After I finished all the clothes washing, drying, putting on hangers and folding, I did take the time to make supper for myself. A few minutes later my favorite wife was ready for her supper, so I made her supper also.  

All that work completed I did get a little rest.

Today’s events: no big plans, the cleaning lady will be here about noon, I do need to go to the teller machine to get our weekly stipend. I could get a few things from the grocery store and other than that I should rest.

I will cease my endeavors to create this post, we hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Mr. Donnie the Ford

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

NARBNL

May 31, 2026

                Good morning on this last day of the month. Someone said the year seems to be going by fast. I think the older you get the faster it seems to go.

                Yesterday’s actions: we started the day with going to get Alex. I always call him when I am on my way just to make sure he is ready. This time I called his phone about 5 times and got no response. I made it to his house when I called his father, and Dave went in and woke Alex. I knew it was going to take a few minutes for him to get ready so I told them I would go to the Star coffee place and get a cup of coffee.

                I had not intended on getting a cup of star coffee from the Star coffee place, as I want to attempt to break my addiction to going there and wasting my money. Since I had some time to waste, I went ahead and got a cup. Arriving back at Alex's house about 20 minutes later he was ready to go so we headed over to the Ford homestead.

                Alex went in and said hello to Granny and then I showed him a couple of things that I wanted him to do in addition to what he normally does. He then went to mow the front yard, and I went to the back yard to pick up the dog droppings.

                While in the backyard I did take a picture of the mushroom which is basically weathering.

                I also have a photo of the first bloom on our plumerias this year, photo to follow.

                Alex Had completed the front yard and was in the back 40 mowing when his mother and father showed up to pick the blackberries. They brought their little dog “April” with them and she and Tres got along real good playing in the backyard. Dave and Claire got quite a few blackberries and then they headed for home. Alex had completed his work so he and my favorite wife and I headed to the sandwich shop in Waco for lunch.

                After lunch we dropped Alex off at home then we headed for home, where my favorite wife continued working on some items and I took a nap.

About 3:15pm we went outside to sit, and we sat outside for a couple hours. We have new baby birds in some of the bird houses and other than that, the neighborhood was very quiet. I did get a call from Alex as he was in the pickup truck and had connected his phone to the truck. He made a call to me to see if it was working and we hung up and I called him back so he could see how it worked when he received a call.

                Back in the house I prepared supper for both of us and that is the day that we had.

                Plans for today: other than going out to lunch at the cracker barrel like normal, no big plans. Maybe kick back take it easy try to have a restful day.

                I will attempt to stop for now, we hope everyone has a good day, be safe and all you do and be nice to others.

                Mr. Donnie the Ford

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

NARBNL

May 30, 2026

                It seems to be a good morning starting here in Texas, we hope your day is also starting nicely.

                Yesterday’s big events: I decided to check the air pressure in the tires on the Ford's new Chevy, you push a button on the dash, and it tells you what the air pressure is. They were all just a smidgen low, so I decided I would later in the day put some air in them. Airing the tires was my big thing for the day.

                I did very little of anything else, although I did pick up a few sticks out of the front yard, I reviewed the blackberries Outback and during the time of review I noticed that the dog had left a little Poopa-Loopa out there for me. Today I will need to clean up the Poopa-Loopa before our yard man Alex begins to mow.

                We did have a little time outside yesterday to rest, and a friend came over as usual on Friday, and we talked about a little bit of everything, yes, the Bible was included in some of the conversation.

                No plans for today other than getting the yard mowed. After it's mowed, we will determine whether we need to go into town for a sandwich or not. I believe that Dave and Claire are coming over this afternoon to pick blackberries. Other than that, there is not a lot going on here at the Ford house. Heck, I don't even have any new photos of anything.

                I will attempt to stop for now we hope you have a good day please be safe in all you do and be nice to all the ole people.

                Mr. Donnie the Ford

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

NARBNL

May 29, 2026

We seem to be starting with a nice good morning here in Hewitt, Texas. I was allowed to go to the star coffee place and get a cup of coffee before I got too involved in this blog posting.

Well let's see if we did anything yesterday: I went into the grocery store and picked up a few items when I returned home, I attempted to use one of the items I had purchased. The item was a shade for the windshield of the Fords new Chevy. I quickly learned the shade was too large for the Fords new Chevy and when I reviewed the package it came in, I learned that it was extra-large! I was able to repackage it for a possible return.   

I then kicked back and rested for about an hour. The rest period completed, I took my favorite wife to the store where I returned the shade and my favorite wife purchased a few items that she wanted. Shopping was completed, we left the store and we went directly to The Georges Restaurant for supper. This time my favorite wife used the walker to get from our vehicle into the restaurant, no wheelchair! My favorite wife is getting much better at walking and at times without the walker while in the house. Food and service was outstanding.

Back at home we rested outside for a while.  

Different topic: I have a photo of the Plumeria forest ( there are many plumeria close together and they kind of look like a forest in the photo) which I will present to you. The planarians are now preparing to bloom and, in a week or two we will have a bunch of pretty blooms in the forest.

Today’s plans: do as little as possible and stay out of trouble.

-              -              -              -              -              -              -              -              -              -              -              -

Good Communicator…

                I was thinking about how people react when they are in a conversation with another person. Quite often when listening to other people we tend to, in our minds, start coming up with a response to their comment instead of listening to their total comment. Often, we have experienced whatever the other person is saying, and we consider our experience equal to or even better than theirs, so we feel the need to enlighten them with our thought.

                I will attempt to provide some guidance.

                When the other person is speaking, we should listen.

Attempt to understand what the other person is presenting and consider it as important; it is important to them.

Allow the other person to finish their comment, you may only interrupt if you do not understand a part of the comment.  

                When they have finished and you understand or do not understand what they have presented, then you may comment or ask questions.

Listening to someone’s comments can be a learning experience for you and a positive experience for the presenter.

Not listening or interrupting the person during their comment can be an irritation to that person and will indicate that you do not respect their comments.

Listening and not interrupting shows respect for that person.

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

Mr. Donnie the Ford.

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

NARBNL