April 17, 2026

                We are starting with a good morning here at the Ford’s house, we hope your morning is also good.

                Due to all the comments, I received from yesterday’s post, I have learned that short posts with less information are not needed.      There were no comments about small posts.  

                I will comment on some of the things I did yesterday other than taking Alex to school. Speaking of Alex, he will be going to a ROTC competition tomorrow. No, I do not know what the competition is, but I am sure it is something physical.

                Yesterday I decided to start the new item I had purchased (aka mower) and see how it mows. I started mowing around a flower bed and then alone the fence then around everything in the back yard. It took about 35 minutes to do all that trimming. I then decided to get on the riding mower and mow the rest of the yard. The grass was very tall and still a little wet, the clippings were piling up everywhere. I also mowed over some of the areas a second time attempting to mulch them, but they are still there. When the grass is that tall you have piles of clippings. There are some areas that need to be trimmed with the string trimmer but that can wait.

                While I was mowing, the neighbor’s yard was being mowed by a 6 year old boy. He was using an electric mower, and he was about as tall as the handles of the mower, he was actually doing a good job. The electric mower was self-propelled and would stop as soon as he let go of the handle.

                After all that work, I decided to change the oil in the riding mower, so I set it up draining the oil and I went into the house. I needed to get an oil filter for the mower, so I went to the store and spent too much money on the filter ($14.00). I installed the oil filter and almost 2 quarts of oil. Now this mower has new oil, new oil filter, and a new battery but the mower is old. Wow it is like an ole senior citizen who has some new clothes on.

                My favorite wife and I went to the restaurant for our supper on date night last night. Food was good and when we returned home, we did sit outside for a while.

                Today, we have rehabilitation this morning and there are no other plans for the day. I might get the new mower and mow the front yard with the bagger just to see how that works. The front yard does not need to be mowed but I can consider that as a learning experience.  

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

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 16, 2026

Is it morning again? Is it also a good morning? I guess we will not know until it is finished.

 Yesterday’s few events: Alex got to school, I saw a new bloom in the backyard, 

My favorite wife went to the doctor, then we went to the sandwich shop and had a sandwich, we went to a store and bought one thing, went to another store and purchased one thing, went home and I rested for a while. I went to the store and bought something.

I came home and we sat outside, we looked at the thing I bought and Tres, we had supper and I again rested.

                Wow I am tired and I think I should stop and rest some more. We hope you have a good day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

            How do you like these short and brief messages?

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

NARBNL

April 15, 2026

I would like to say good morning, but it is Tax Day so…

                Let us try a quick review of yesterday’s events; I did get Alex to school in a safe manner, and I did get the old walk behind lawn mower out and mowed the front yard even though it almost did not start, I have a photo for my enjoyment.

                You should look at that photo and consider how it looks almost as good as if our yard man Alex did the work.

                I did check on the price of mowers yesterday and found two that I might be interested in. I might need to take out a lone to pay for the lawn mower as they do cost a lot.

Our good friend brought us a cake yesterday and it is very good, my favorite wife and I both like it.

Now this is real news: yesterday evening after dark I was sitting here in the Ford’s ole worn out recliner when Tres and I both heard a sound coming from the backyard. I had not heard this sound since I was a kid, probably 65 years ago. Back then we lived in Missouri out in the country. The sound caught both my attention and Tres. I turned the sound off on the TV and the sound kept coming. It was a whippoorwill which is a bird and it does its hunting at night. Tres and I went out on the back porch, and I saw a bird fly out of the tree and the was no more sounds.

Today’s event will be a doctor’s visit, and we want to go to a store in Waco after the visit, possibly lunch in town. I might attempt to get a loan to buy a new lawn mower.

We hope you have a good day and that we all stay safe in all we do

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 15, 2026

                Good morning…

Yesterday was a day of not doing a lot, but we did do some things. When I was heading over to get a cup of coffee, I looked in the rearview mirror and saw a police vehicle following me. I activated the turn signal and made a safe left turn, the police was still behind me. At the end of that street, I made a right turn and the cop continued to be on my tail. At the next corner I turned left, and he stayed right behind me. I had been making sure I did not exceed the speed limit. I turned right which put me on the Star coffee place parking lot. I continued to the drive through and the officer was still right behind me. I got my coffee and drove away, but the police officer stayed at the drive through waiting on his cup of coffee.

I did get Alex to school on time, and I made it back home safely.

I picked up the debris from the front yard which was put there by the storm the night before. I did a lot of relaxing after the yard work. We did go to the rehab in the afternoon, and all went well, they told her she is doing good.

I sat outside for a while and as I was out there, I observed a lizard, photo to follow.

                This little green guy hangs around a lot, and we do have several lizards living outside the homestead. In the photo he is hanging on a bell that is hung on the bush.

                I was walking with our dog when I noticed a friend drove into their driveway and they had a new SUV, and they still had their pickup truck. I learned they had just purchased the vehicle, and it is like our SUV except that it is not white like ours.

                We had a very nice Bible study meeting last night. Well, I should stop and get started so I will wish you a good day and hope we all stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

Apri 13, 2026

                We are having a good morning here in Hewitt and we have had a bunch of rain recently. I can’t tell you how much rain we received as I do not have a rain gage.

It stormed last night and our dog Tres does not like thunder, so he jumped on the bed and got between us. He was there until the storm passed.  

                I do have a photo to provide which shows we have received enough rain to have water standing in our backyard. This photo is taken from our security cameras so you will see more than one area at our homestead.

                The lower right-side view is the back yard with standing water. There is much more water standing in the back 40 now due to the heavy rain last night.

                Sunday, we went to the cracker store for lunch, and it was good. We returned home and my favorite wife had several projects that she worked on, mostly moving and placing decorations. I did get my bible study homework completed during all the rainy weather. I was allowed to wash the clothes yesterday, but we did not get to sit outside in the afternoon.

                Today: I took Alex to school, and my favorite wife has a rehab session today. I will need to go to the grocery store today and get a few items.

                The storm and heavy rain last night caused some problems. There are many trash cans that were blown over or washed down the street due to the rain. I have a photo of a trash can that was washed down the street until it hit a mailbox. 

                If the mailbox was properly positioned, that trash can would not have hit it. Who knows how far it might have gone without the mail box. 

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

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 12, 2026

We have been having some rain this morning, so we wish you a good morning.

Yesterday’s work: after breakfast I kicked back in the ole recliner and took a nap. After a few minutes of rest, I decided that since it was cloudy I should finish trimming the ditch. I knew the grass and weeds were wet and that I would have wet feet and pants.

                I decided to get dirty clothes which I wore yesterday and wear them. I went out to the shed and got the trimmer out and I changed the oil before I started working. This trimmer has a four-cycle motor, and it uses about two ounces of oil. That done I filled it with gas and headed to the ditch. When I open the gate, I always let the dog Tres go out to the ditch for a while. Once he was back in the yard, I started the trimmer and ventured into the ditch. I had been trimming for a couple minutes when it began to rain. It wasn’t raining hard, but it was wet and only lasted a minute or two.

                I trimmed for a while, and the sun started to shine. I did not have a cap on, and I did not have my sunglasses. The sun was like the rain and only hung around for a couple minutes.

                I had trimmed for about an hour when the trimmer ran out of gas, and I had a very small number of weeds (a strip about 4 feet long and a foot wide) that still needed to be trimmed.

                The blue arrow points at the remaining small number of weeds that need to be trimmed.

                I decided not to fill the gas tank, so I got the ole weed trimmer, photo to follow.

                In the above photo we see the hand trimmer and my supervisor Tres. I used the hand trimmer to get the last few weeds removed.

              I have a photo of the finished product. You may notice the weeds by the wooden fence and that 4 feet from the fence is not my property.                                                           

                That is too much work for a 92-year-old person, and too much for me too.

                I sat around most of the afternoon and did very little. I did sit outside for a while but my favorite wife did not sit with me as she was doing some rearranging and dusting in the house. At about 5:00pm I decided to go into Waco and get a bottle of adult beverage. Returning home I had a drink and I had supper.

The three stooges are on the TV as I am entering this data into the computer.

                I have connected my laptop to the TV screen on the desk, and it is at least twice as big as the laptop screen. Ole people can see it better. I would like to be able to shut the laptop and still have it running and connected to the TV, that would have it out of my way as I enter data.

                I guess I will stop for now, we hope you have a good day and that you are nice to everyone as you are safe in all you do.  

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 11, 2026

                It appears to be a good morning, but it isn’t raining yet.

                Yesterday we did go to the rehab at lunch time. Yes, instead of eating my favorite wife was stretching and exercising. I was alone in the waiting room and there was a bible laying there so I did some reading. The rehab finally ended so we went int to Waco where I drove to a deli, but it was too crowded and there were no parking places close to the door. We then went to the sandwich shop, and they were busy, but they had some parking spaces. The sandwich was good and we then headed home.

                I was able to do some of my bible study homework before we went outside to enjoy the afternoon weather. I did take the laptop outside with me and I was able to order an item for my favorite wife while we sat outside. The item is to help with her rehab at home. No, they did not offer to deliver by drone. We see the drones fly over but I can’t find something to order that they would send a drone.

                A friend dropped by and enjoyed the nice weather with us as we sat outside. Later another friend who was out for a walk stopped and visited for a while.

                ALL that completed and we headed back indoors I was allowed to go get some chicken salad for our supper.

                Today, I left the homestead to get a burrito for our breakfast, and I did get a cup of real coffee too.  Now I am attempting to put this article together.

I have considered the possibility that I might finish the ditch trimming if the rain stays away today, but I would need to get all dirty again and that would mean another shower. If I keep taking showers to be clean, I might use all my soap.

Thanks to all who commented on the photos on yesterday’s post, wait a minute, no one commented on the late afternoon post. Wow, if my posts aren’t on schedule, no one reads them.

That is it for now, have a good day and be safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 10, 2026

                Good morning and it is morning when I am attempting to create a short post for my enjoyment.

                Today is Friday and I have no big plans for the day as every time I plan something, there are events that change my plans. I did get Alex to school on time. My favorite wife will have rehab at lunch time today.

                Yesterday I worked in the ditch for about 3 hours. I have a ditch photo showing I was able to get about 2/3 of the ditch cleared.

                In the following photo you might see that the front yard looks better than the ditch.

                I will stop and see what I can do that may be both productive and something I want to do. We hope you have a good day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL