June 7, 2026

Good Sunday Morning to you and that other person too.  

When the rain finished yesterday, our rain gage indicated a lot of rain (almost 4 inches), see photo.

                We have a lot of drone deliveries from Amazon, and two of our neighbors got a delivery via the drone this week. I did get a photo.

                The drone in the photo was going back up as it had already gone down close to the ground and dropped off the item. They are not too noisy, but you can hear the sound of the propellers from the electric motors. 

                Dave and Brice came over yesterday to get the trailer as they used it to get a couch for Brice and Gabi’s apartment. They cleared the limbs off the trailer and pulled it by hand up to the driveway, as the yard was too wet to back the truck into the yard. Yes, they brought the trailer back a little before 8:00 when I was attempting to eat my supper.

Another topic: We were able to help the neighbor get the vehicle hauled off. Our neighbor’s friend had moved to Ohio, and they had scheduled a vehicle delivery company to take their car to Ohio, but they did not come as scheduled. Anyway, they scheduled a different company to come and get the vehicle yesterday. We had the key here at the Ford’s homestead, and they did come and get the vehicle.

 In our neighborhood, neighbors help neighbors, we have good neighbors.  

My favorite wife and I along with another friend did set outside yesterday afternoon, with many conversations about health, birds making noise as they were feeding the baby birds, and problems with TV and internet providers. Also, her power was off at her apartment, and she was told the power would be back on by midnight.

Today's activities: possibly go to the cracker store for lunch and then sit around and wait for the ground and grass to dry up enough so we can get our yard man Alex over here to mow. Our front yard is very tall as we do not cut it too short, which I believe makes it look better, and since it is tall anyway, the growth due to the abundant rain has made it extra tall.

I am attempting to stop for now as I need a rest from all this data entering. We hope you have a good and safe day and that everyone is nice to you and me.

Mr. Donnie the Ford

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

NARBNL

June 6, 2026

Good rainy morning! I checked the rain gage this morning and it had 3.25 inches of rainwater in it. Water is standing in the back 40 and it is still raining.

Yesterday: I did my bible study, no not for the group just for myself. After that I had a little lunch and then I did nothing other than rest.

As I was sitting there in the ole recliner, I kept thinking if the sun would go behind the clouds, I would attempt to cut the weeds in part of the ditch. I try not to work in the direct sunlight. Well, the clouds did take over, and I headed out to the shed. I wanted to get the gas-powered string trimmer out and use it and I noticed the old lawn mower was still in there. I need to do something with that old lawn mower, I don't know who I could give it to, but I need to get rid of it. The ole mower still runs, it's just hard to start the first time.

I did get the string trimmer ready to go with gas and new string on it. I did put the shock collar on Tres as he always wants to go out in the ditch and that's my way of making him pay attention when he's out in the ditch. After he finished his run up and down the ditch, I got him inside the fence and started the string trimmer. As I began to trim the weeds it took close to an hour to do what I was doing, and I do have a photograph.

                After I took the photo I decided to get the leaf blower and blow the grass off into the ditch, so I could see the fire ants’ mounds. I also got the fire Ant killer and as I blew the grass and weeds off the fire Ant mounds, I would add a little fire Ant killer to each mound in hopes to get rid of them. I have another photo of a plant which is a weed, it is growing in the ditch but it's pretty.

                My favorite wife was sitting outside when I went in to take a shower and get cleaned up and by the time I got back it had started to rain, so that ended sitting out on the driveway. The Thunder had stopped so we decided we'd go sit on the front porch and enjoy the afternoon and if it rained, which it did, no problem since we were on the front porch.

                Today: no plans at all. I probably need to go to the grocery store for a couple items but nothing other than that. You might have guessed, I will not have our yard man Alex over today to mow.

                Ok, let’s see if I can stop and get started doing nothing. 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 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.

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                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. 

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                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