July 19, 2026

                As usual the morning is starting as a good morning, and we hope it becomes a good day for you.

                Yesterday was a good day for us. Our son Patrick and his wife Karla drove up from Austin to celebrate my favorite wife’s birthday. Our son David, his wife Claire and their daughter Gabi met us at the restaurant for lunch. Our grandson Alex could not come to lunch as he was working with the ROTC at school.

The food and service were good, but the conversations were even better. We always have interesting discussions when we get together. Lunch over we headed back to our house where we caught up on what was happening in our lives. Ole people do not have much to reveal in their lives, but younger people have many things to share. Age was discussed and Patrick noted that he and David are both over 50 years old, yes that made me feel even older. I did get some help from Patrick with my ole computer, it seems to be working correctly again.

My favorite wife and I did sit outside as usual yesterday afternoon, but it was hot.

Today we have no big plans, we will likely go to the cracker store for lunch as we have a gift card to help pay for the meals.

I will need to decide if I will mow the back yard myself or if I will try to get Alex to come over Monday and mow. The ditch behind the house needs to be cut down again and that is a lot of work.

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

                 Donnie the Ford

July 18, 2026

                Good morning, well I guess it is. Tres was outside and I was in bed when he decides to start barking at something. Yep, I had to get up and let him in. I had wanted to stay in bed longer than usual this morning but…

                Yesterday morning started off rough, I got up late, I did not get to do my normal morning activities like getting a cup of homemade coffee and drinking it and working on my posting before my favorite wife got up. Since things weren’t normal, I went for a Star coffee.

I wanted to beat the heat, so I started mowing the front yard. I took two hours to do the work, and it looks as good as if Alex had done the work. Now Alex can do that same work in one hour and it took me two hours. Ole man be slow! I have a photo showing I mowed and trimmed well.

Work completed and shower taken, I was allowed to fix lunch for my favorite wife and me. Then I was able to do my bible reading. We jumped in the Fords new Chevy and went to get a couple Ice teas at the chicken place and then went on into town where we bought one item.

We got a call from a friend wanting to come and visit but we were in town. We like friends to come and visit, so we were kind of sad that we were not at home.  

Back home we sat outside, and a friend came by and brough a birthday card for my favorite wife. She has received some very nice cards from friends. Another friend came over and she had a bottle of wine. It was a very nice afternoon.

Today our plans are to go out to lunch with our sons and their families to celebrate my favorite wife’s birthday.

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

Don the Ford

July 17, 2026

                Good morning to all who looked at this in the morning, those of you who didn’t look at the post until later in the day we say good day to you, and to that person who don’t want to see these emails, send me a STOP and I will take you name off the list.

                How did yesterday go? It was a good day. We went into Waco at lunch time and stopped at the sandwich shop for lunch. We then returned home where we did almost nothing. Now we consider sitting outside doing something and that something is, getting out of the house and away from the TV. As usual the neighborhood was quiet, one neighbor drove by and waved at us.

                It was a little before 4:00 when we ventured back into the house to start getting ready for our trip to the restaurant for supper. As we were getting ready my favorite received a call from a friend wishing her a happy birthday. When the call was over, we again started getting ready to go to supper and that is when two friends arrived with birthday cards for my favorite wife. Some conversations followed.

                We eventually made it to the restaurant and were allowed to have supper. Food was good and our wait-staff was good, but the service was slow as they were crowded.

                Back at home we again sat outside for a while enjoying a nice breeze. We talked by phone to both sons attempting to make plans for a Saturday lunch to celebrate my favorite wife’s birthday.

                Speaking of birthdays, I should post a photo of my favorite wife with some flowers she received.

                Different subject: There was a boy riding what we assume to be a new electric bike up and down the street for the last two days. He has a helmet and a yellow vest on for safety. We waved at him and I thought I would show him our electric trike. I got our trike out and parked it on the driveway and wouldn’t you know it; he did not ride by again yesterday afternoon.

                Today being Friday, my big plan is to mow the front yard and then after some washing this ole body in the shower, we might go into town for a couple items that my favorite wife wants.

                Note: I am having problem with my computer, so if you do not hear from me, it will likely be the computer.

I will attempt to stop for now, we hope everyone has a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Donnie the Ford

July 16, 2026

                Good morning to all and we hope you have a blessed day.

Happy Birthday to my favorite wife Donna.

Plans for the day are to celebrate all day with my favorite wife and also enjoy supper later this evening. I thought that women after a certain age stopped counting birthdays.

I did go to the grocery store yesterday morning where I was able to get a few needed items. Now when I left the store going to my car it was raining, and yes me and the groceries got a little wet. Back at home with the groceries put away I then created lunch for me and the birthday girl.

Lunch over I went out to the front porch as it had rained a little. There was a drone flying over and almost at the same time it began to rain. I didn’t think they flew the drones in bad weather, and the lite rain had stopped when the drone came back over.     

Back in the house I was able to get my bible reading done and a little time of rest then we went back out on the front porch. The neighborhood was quiet except for the occasional bird making noise because we were on the porch too close to their bird houses.

Back in the house I created supper using the microwave and later I was allowed to wash a few dishes.

            If the rain stops and the grass gets dry, I will likely need to mow the front yard Friday. Our yard man Alex has been at an ROTC meeting in Dallas all week and I am not sure when he will be back. I think Patrick and Karla will be coming up Sunday and we will likely go out to lunch Sunday with the family to celebrate Donna’s birthday. That means I might have the time Saturday to mow the back yard.

            I guess I should stop for now and wish you a blessed day and pray that we all stay safe in everything we do.

            Don the Ford

July 15, 2026

                Good morning to you we hope your day is starting off well.

Yesterday’s events; the day started off cloudy and there was even some Fog in the area, so I decided to start pulling weeds. I took a photo of one area where I would be attempting to remove weeds from the Jasmin bed, but I decided to not post it as it was only interesting to me and not to you. Now that I think of it all my post are interesting to me alone.

I went through the Jasmin bed removing small trees that the squirrels had planted, you know acorns that the squirrels hide in the ground and never come back to get. I have commented before that the weeds are mostly ST. Augustine grass that has gotten into the flower beds. Some of the grass that I removed was from 3 to 5 feet in length and I will post a photo of one small weed.

About 1.5 hours of work and I was allowed to have a shower and then rest. A 92-year-old man should not need to be pulling weeds, and I should not need to either.

After my ole body was rested, I then sat out on the front porch with a cup of homemade coffee and watched the nice rain. This rain was what I call a Missouri rain, as it was steady, not too hard and it did not seem to have an ending. Two days of rain and we had ¾ inch of rain.

After my daily reading of the bible, I ordered a book for this year’s bible study.

Supper was chicken salad for the two of us which I was allowed to go and pick up, and it was good.

                Big plans for today; I need to go to the store for some groceries. Wow that will be a tough day’s work. I guess I should stop for now and wish you a blessed day and encourage us all to stay safe in all we do.    

                Don the Ford

July 14, 2026

                Good morning to all, we are not seeing the rain yet but may see it again this afternoon.

                Let’s start with a photo or two. From the number 3 berry bed I have a recent photo and I am surprised in what I saw. Green, black berries when the berries usually at this time of the year have finished production.

                Then I observed another bud on the rose bush, and I thought that it was very small, but when it blooms it is large. My hand was in the photo to provide size for the small bloom.

                Let’s see what else was accomplished yesterday by me. I did start reading from the bible earlier than usual and after some reading, I did leave the homestead and go to the hair stylists for a hair cutting. When I accomplished that I returned to the homestead where I continued my bible reading.

                I did take a break and went out front and puffed on the cigar, that was the last as it was getting too little. I am now out of cigars and I guess I will wait until someone goes on another cruise before I get another cigar.

                I did go to the chicken place and purchased some food for my favorite wife and I for lunch.

                Well, it was 12:15 Monday as I was entering this data and it had started raining. Tres and I went out to the front porch and watch it rain for a while. We enjoyed the rain until the thunder started sounding and the Tres insisted that we return to the inside of the house where he would not get away from me. Molly the cat was also staying close but not as close as the dog.

                When the cleaning lady finished her work, I kicked back and took a short nap. Rest period was completed I then began the washing of the clothes.   

                How much rain did we receive Monday, almost ½ inch in the Fords rain gage. I shut the lawn sprinklers off for today due to the rain and the high possibility of more rain today. Wow, I might save a couple dollars on the water bill.

                I have thought about the possibility of attempting to remove some weeds from the front flower bed. It needs to be done and I don’t really like doing that type of work so we will see if I find an excuse to not pull weeds.

I will attempt to stop and let you get back to doing something interesting, we hope all have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. 

                Donnie the Ford

July 13, 2026

                Our morning is starting off good we are supposed to have rain today and tomorrow, and that will make it a better day, so we wish you and that other person too, a good morning.

                Yesterday was another do very little day and it did seem to be a long day as we did almost nothing. After lunch at the cracker store, we returned home and with nothing to do we sat on the front porch. The neighborhood was quiet as usual and there was no traffic on the streets and very few drones flying over. Conversation was very limited. After a short while I decided to go inside and rest (take a nap).  

                Rest completed I returned to the porch where my favorite wife was still sitting. With nothing going on in the neighborhood we decided to go back into the house where we did nothing.

                Different subject: my favorite wife has a jewelry box which is about 4 feet high and it has a mirror on the front door. This device has a lock on it and my favorite wife locked the door and put the key away. The problem was that she / we could not find the key and could not open the box. After about a week of looking my favorite wife decided to look in a drawer that we almost never use and she found a key. It is not the key that was lost as it had a ribbon or string on it, but it unlocked the box.

                Later in the day, Sunday we again went outside and sat, this time on the drive way as there was still nothing that we wanted to do in the house. Now I should note, I had planned to wash the clothes Sunday afternoon, and it seems as if I completely forgot about it and will need to wash then today, if I don’t forget again.

                Today’s plans basically do nothing and hope for the rain to come.

                Well, this is a very short note about nothing so I will stop saying nothing and wish you a blessed and safe day.

                Do nothing Don

July 12, 2026

                Good morning to you…

                Yesterday was an unusual day for us here at the Ford homestead, more on that subject when we get to the topic of lunchtime.

                The day started out well, I got up at the normal time, I made a cup of homemade coffee and worked on the posting. I completed the posting prior to my favorite wife getting out of bed. After she had her breakfast, I took it easy on the ole recliner until time to go get Alex, our yard man.

                Alex arrived here at the homestead, and he started on the front yard while I picked up things from the back yard. I removed the Poopa-Loopa (aka dog droppings) and some small sticks and then rolled up the hose, so at that time the yard was ready for Alex to mow. While Alex was mowing, I went inside and did my daily bible reading.

                A friend dropped by and was visiting with my favorite wife while all the yard work was occurring.

Alex finished the work out back and then he and I washed the dog Tres. Now with all the work completed I asked Alex if he was going to lunch with us as usual. Alex said he needed to go home and would not be eating with us today. Now that is the first time, he has opted to skip having lunch after mowing so that made the day an unusual and odd day.

                We dropped Alex off at his home and went into town for our lunch. On the way home we stopped at one of those Dollar stores where we purchased a couple items.

                Back at home I rested for a while and then headed out to the front porch with the cigar in hand where I puffed on it for a while. When I had finished my playing with the cigar, my favorite wife and Tres came out and sat on the porch with me. It wasn’t too long before we received some rain, we received almost ¼ inch.

                Later when we were back inside, I was allowed to bake a pizza for our supper, and we also had some Brockley salad. Food eaten I then was allowed to clean up the kitchen and wash the dishes. Then I sat around doing nothing…

Today: big plan would be lunch at the cracker store.

                I will stop for now and hope we all have a blessed day, as we stay safe in all we do.

                Donnie the Ford