June 21, 2026

    Good morning to you and that other person too. 

        Let me start off with a good morning to all fathers, we hope you have a good day.

                I usually get up early every morning but yesterday I got up at 5:00am which is a little early, even for me. One reason was that Tres was beside my bed wanting me to let him outside. Any time he wants to go out he lets me know and I get out of bed and put him out. Usually, I return to bed but yesterday morning I just stayed up. We did get about ¼ inch of rain Friday night.

                The morning went well, I had a cup of homemade coffee, and I did watch the so-called news. I did get my bible reading done before the family started to arrive. It took a while for everyone to get here and then we decided where we wanted to go for lunch.

                There were 9 of us and we got the round table at the restaurant which allowed everyone to see each other while we were talking. The service was too slow, but the food was good, I think we all enjoyed the meal and time together.

                Patrick and Karla came back to our house after the meal, everyone else went their own way. We sat around and discussed several topics, but I was sleepy and I kept dozing off. If I sit down after eating and do nothing, I am always sleepy. I am too old to be energetic and do physical things after eating. When they headed for home, I did get on the ole recliner and took a good nap.

                After the nap my favorite wife and I went outside and sat there for a while. The neighborhood was quiet and even the birds were quiet yesterday and they are usually noisy.

Yesterday Alex needed to get ready to go to the boy scout camp and he left this morning. He will be gone for a week. I will need to do my own yard work while he is gone.

We will go to the cracker store for lunch today and we will probably need to wait to get seated since it is Father’s Day.

I will stop for now, we hope you have a blessed 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 20, 2026

                We have a nice cool and wet good morning here in Hewitt. I have checked the rain gage, and we receive about ¼ inch of rain over night.

                Review of yesterday’s events: I had asked our yard man Alex (aka grandson) to come over and mow the back yard yesterday, which he normally does on Saturday, but we have plans for today. I got into the “Fords new Chevy” (which now has almost 2000 miles on it) and pulled out if the garage where I immediately saw a mist being deposited on the windshield. I thought we will need to hurry and get the backyard mowed quickly before the real rain arrives.

                Leaving the driveway, I called Alex to tell him I was on the way to get him. I was about halfway there when it began to rain. It was light rain so I decided that I might as well take a little extra time to see if this rain would stop. I went to get a cup of coffee at the star coffee place thinking if the rain continues, I will just call Alex and tell him that we will forget the mowing.

Arriving at the star coffee place I ordered my cup of coffee, and I told them I had enough points to get $2 off my drink. Coffee procured I started out of the parking lot and it was no longer raining so I headed on over to get Alex.  

Alex And I discussed what needed to be done today and when we arrived at the homestead Alex said hello to granny and then went out back and got started on the mowing. I then went out back and picked up the dog Poopa-Loopa out of the backyard to make the mowing a little better. That completed I went into the house got my Bible out and started reading from the Bible while Alex mowed the backyard. It took about one hour to finish mowing and trimming the backyard and it looks nice and the rain held off. Work completed I did take Alex back to his house I came home and rested from all of the work that I wasn't doing.

Later in the afternoon I went out to the backyard I got a pole saw, and I cut some limbs down out of a tree as these limbs were getting close to the electric line and I like to keep the limbs away from that. I cut the limbs up into small pieces and put them in the trash cart, photo to follow.

                The work completed, my favorite wife and I sat outside for a while enjoying the cool afternoon. The neighborhood was very quiet, even the birds that are normally making noise at our bird houses had stopped making noise. No one stopped by to visit so we just enjoyed some quiet time together sitting outside on the driveway.

I tried to get a photo of some pink blooms, but the wind was blowing, and the blooms would not stay in focus. Yes, that is a radio tower in the background which I used when I was into ham radio.

                Today's events: we are expecting our son Patrick and Karla to come from Austin, and David, Claire, Alex, Gabby and Bryce will also come over, and we will go out for lunch together to celebrate Father's Day, which is tomorrow but we will not be together tomorrow.

Speaking of Father’s Day, Alex will head out to a boy scout summer camp in the morning of Father’s Day. He will be gone all week and that means I will need to mow my own yards next week.

I guess I should stop and rest from all this data entry, 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 19, 2026

                We are starting out with a dry good morning, and we are told we will likely have a wet afternoon. That is why our lawn sprinklers system is turned off.          We have asked Alex to come over and mow the back yard if the rain stays away this morning.

                As I sit here looking at the monitors of our security cameras, I see our cat Molly out on the front porch checking things out. Almost every morning and evening cats from down the street come up to our yard to check things out. Molly is not a fighting cat, but she will try to take care of her property.

                Yesterday was a kickback take it easy and do almost nothing day again the main thing we did was to go out to supper and the food was very good.  We were able to get a handicapped parking spot right in front of the door at the restaurant. A young lady come to our table to take our order and about two or three minutes later the same young lady came back and said by the way they told me to go work on the other side and someone else will be taking care of you. The food was very good, the cold drinks were good, and we enjoyed our time there. We made it home safely afterwards.

                Back at home even though it was excessively hot outside we did sit outside for a while yes; I had the big fan on even though occasionally there was a nice breeze. The neighborhood was quiet, there wasn't much going on, and the birds were making noise, but the neighborhood was again quiet.

                I assume if you watch TV for a while you have noticed that many of the commercials right now are for things for Father's Day. They keep going over the same things for Father's Day something to clean your grill with or, to buy a new grill so you can cook outside or, those mats that go inside your car to keep your floors clean, all that exciting stuff. As you all should know I, do not like commercials whether on the radio or on TV, I turn the sound off, I pay for the TV and the Radio, why do I have to get commercials.

                As I stated earlier, we hope to get Alex over here before the rain comes, and get the backyard mowed and get him back home safe and sound. No other plans for the day, not planning to go anywhere, maybe if I look around, I might need to go to the grocery store, we'll see.

                We hope everybody has a real good day; stay safe in all you do.

I'm going to get off here and rest from all of this data entry.

                 Mr. Donnie the Ford

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

NARBNL

June 18, 2026

Our morning is starting out nicely, but this afternoon is supposed to be very hot. Knowing that, we wish you a good morning and hope your air conditioner works this afternoon.

                Yesterday was a do-nothing day: I rested a lot and I did very little. We sat out yesterday afternoon, and it was quiet except for the birds in the 7 houses on the car port. These birds seem to like to make a large among of noise.

                Today: I vacuumed the floors before I went to get Alex and take him to school for ROTC. Molly just jumped-up o the desk and she is looking at me like, “where is my food”? I have her food bowl on the desk, and she has eaten all of it. The food bowl is on the desk so Tres will not eat it.  

                I need to stop and go take a nap so I can be alert when I am reading from the bible. 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 17,2026

Good morning to all, we have a little fog here in Hewitt this morning.

As I was reading from the bible yesterday it dawned on me that we had lots of rain and some flooding. Why did I think about that while I was reading the bible, I was reading in Genesis about Noah and the great flood.

With floods in mind and the fact that we received 5 inches of rain the other day I wondered why our neighbor had forgotten to turn off his lawn sprinklers.

I received a call from Alex saying that he was ready to go home from ROTC. I did get him home safely and I wish he could get his drivers test at the DMV so he could drive himself and I could stay at home more. His “appointment” to take the driver’s test is in late August! After dropping him off at home I purchase some food for our lunch and stopped by the drug store for some drugs.

After lunch I had decided to get our electric string trimmer and do some trimming in the front yard. I wanted to trim back some of the Jasmin vines that were growing over the sidewalk and the porch. That work completed, my favorite wife and I sat on the front porch for a while as I wanted to rest. It was hot and I did have a fan, photo to follow. The drawing is of me, and Gabi drew that for me several years ago.

Rest completed, I again got the string trimmer and finished trimming the rest of the yard. I then took another short rest period. All rested up, I headed out back to get the walk behind mower. Yes, I mowed the front yard and this time I used the grass catcher. As usual, I have a photo; you might notice the upper left corner of the photo.

            I did put everything away and I had a couple bottles of water as we rested on the porch. I have another photo, it isn’t great, but it has red and green properties which caught my eye.

            As soon as I was able to move again, I headed to the shower and cleaned up. All clean I warmed up the leftovers for our supper.

            Day’s work done I did have an adult beverage.

 

            Today’s possible events: none, I don’t need to take Alex anywhere and I will allow my ole body to rest.  

 

I am stopping for now, we hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do while we are thankful for all our friends.

 

Mr. Donnie the lawn man Ford

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

NARBNL

June 16, 2026

Good morning again, our day seems to be starting off good and the rain has stopped for now.

Yesterday: was pretty much a normal do-little day. I didn’t leave the house until the cleaning lady had done her work and left then I did go to the store for a couple items. I couldn’t get one of the items that my favorite wife wanted so I went to a second store, and they didn’t have it either. They recommended an item that was basically the same as she wanted so I purchased it.

My sister in Missouri wanted to know if we were ok, she had seen the flooding on the TV. I suggested she should have read the blog, and she would have known we were ok. Our son Patrick also called from Auston to see if we were ok.

I did learn that our friend who lives on the corner of Texas and Lindenwood had water get into their house during the storms. The ditch that is located behind our house goes downhill to their house and the ditch turns behind their house. Well, the ditch was overflowing and the water got onto their floor. 

Speaking of water, I did turn the lawn sprinkler system off as I assume 5 inches of rain might be enough water for the yard and plants.  

 We did not sit outside yesterday even though the weather was good.

Big plans for today: I did take Alex to school for ROTC, and I will pick him up later. I have already vacuumed the floors, and I need to empty the kitty litter box. There is nothing else that I can think of doing. We hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Mr. Donnie with no plans Ford.    

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

NARBNL

June 15, 2026

    Is it a good morning? I asked the question if it is a good morning as we had flooding last night and we hope everyone is safe and dry. I checked the rain gage this morning and we received “5 inches” of rain in a few hours last night.

As usual I got up early yesterday morning, and I did watch one of the church services on the TV. I did get my bible reading done in the morning around the usual time.

My favorite wife and I went to lunch at the cracker store. The food was good and the service was even better. When we left the store, we took the long way home. I drove on some roads I have not been on in years, and I saw things that I did not know were there. 

Back at home after a short rest, I started the washing of the clothes.

We sat on the front porch for a while, and we again saw a drone delivery at our neighbor’s house. They did get a video of the delivery and I have a photo.

It was too hot and the humidity made it feel even hotter, so we went back into the house for a while. At about 5:00 we went to the driveway to set for a while with the big ole fan blowing air on us. About 6:30 Dave arrived with our supper. The home cooked meal was very good and we much appreciate it. Our bellies were full.

After supper it started to rain, and it was a hard rain. Earlier when we were sitting on the driveway I had gone across the street and put the neighbor’s trash can out. I set it on the driveway in a position that I thought would keep it away from water running down the street and yet positioned where the trash truck could get to it.

When it had rained for a little while I looked out front and that trash can was moved down the street. I assume the lady who feeds the neighbor’s dogs moved the trash can, to give her more room to get out of the driveway. I went out in the rain and put the trash can back in the driveway. Later I looked out when the rain was very heavy and someone had moved the trash can into the grass totally away from the water.

Then I looked to see our trash cart, and it was gone! Yep, I could not see the trash cart anywhere down the street. The water was running down the street like a river, over curb high.

I have a photo of the water that was in our backyard. That water was un our back patio and our patio is about 8 inches above the ground. This morning the back yard is very wet but the grass is seen and not the water.

Today’s activities: I went down the street before sunrise to the cul-de-sac and recovered our trash cart; it was lying on its back and in a position where the trash had not washed out. I recognized our trash, so I was able to get it upright and push it back home. There was another trash cart lying there also.

I will stop for now and get a cup of homemade coffee, we hope you have a good day and that these floods stay away so we all can have a safe day.

Mr. trash cart retriever, Donnie the Ford

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

NARBNL

June 14, 2026

Good morning again and we hope it will be a good day.

Let’s see how yesterday started: I was allowed to get a cup of real coffee as I was going to get Alex. I picked him up at 9:00 and when we arrived home, he started with the trimming of the back yard. After trimming he got the riding mower and mowed the back yard. As I had stated in a previous article, I had mowed the front yard to give him more time to cut the weeds in the ditch. He put in a total of two hours’ working and he did get the ditch completed.

When I was washing dishes yesterday afternoon, I looked out the window to the back yard and saw a very nicely mowed yard and the ditch look good too.

 Dave and Claire came over while Alex was working, they were here to pick some black berries. They said they had 24 quarts before yesterday’s picking. They picked what looked like another 6 to 8 quarts.  

My favorite wife worked on the wreath and other items on the front porch, changing the flowers and other items.  

When Alex had finished his work, I offered to take Alex to lunch, but he said no thanks. I took Alex home and then my favorite wife and I headed into Waco for lunch.   

Later in the afternoon we sat outside as my favorite wife made a couple phone calls. The birds were quiet most of the time yesterday, while I killed many flies. Yes, I had my flyswatter in hand, and I had an orange peel laying on the little table near me. Evidently, the flies like the orange peel.

I was allowed to take a frozen pizza from the freezer and heat it up for supper. After eating I was also allowed to wash the dishes and I started this article. Yesterday had several activities that kept me going, and it was last night before I was able to do my bible reading.

Today: possibly lunch at the cracker store and then after a rest period I will be allowed to wash the clothes.

Allow me to stop for now and wish you a good and safe day.  

Mr. Donnie the Ford

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

NARBNL