August 9, 2026

             Good morning…

Yesterday I did the following; as I stated yesterday, I finished the removal of grass and weeds from the number one bed. This is an ole bed and the plants that are left are small. It looks empty once the weeds and grass is removed.

                Let me show you the number three berry bed as it needs to be cleaned out.

                I have another photo showing X marks the spot and the X was over Hewitt, TX.

                My favorite wife and I went into Waco and had lunch at the Deli. It was ok but not anything exciting.

                After lunch we just drove around out in the country for a while just looking and enjoying being out of town.

                Back at home we rested inside for a while then we went out to the front porch. It was very hot. The drones were flying back and forth very often. We did not stay outside too long due to the heat.

                Today: big plan is to have lunch at the cracker store and then do very little.

                I am stopping now, we are praying for a blessed day for you, and that we all stay safe in all we do. Keep family and friends in your prayers.

                Don the Ford

August 8, 2026

                We seem to be starting out on a good morning here in Hewitt.

                Allow me to start with my early morning workload from yesterday. I did go out back to the number one berry bed with the intent to remove weeds from the bed. I had my knee pads and a cutter along with some gloves. One doesn’t want to work around these berry plants as that have many stickers on them.

                Well, I got down on my knees and this time it was to work and not to pray. I was very thankful for the shade of the tree and the occasional breeze. I quickly noticed that there were a lot more dead vines that I had not expected. The berry plants produce the berries and then the part of the plant that produced the berries dies. When one is trying to remove the grass and weeds one needs to remove the dead parts of the plants as they grow up from the ground and are mixed in with the grass and weeds.

                To make a short story long, I put more time in removing the dead parts of the plants than I did removing the grass and weeds. I did get about two thirds of the bed cleared and then the sun came over the top of the tree, and it was too hot to work.

                I put the tools away and dumped the cutting into the trash container then I headed into the house to cool off and then get a shower.

                After the shower I headed to the cleaners where I picked up my clothes and then headed to the grocery store where I purchased a few items. Friday is not the best day to go to the store as too many people are there shopping.

                Back at home I put everything away and I allowed my ole body to get on the ole worn-out recliner and rest (aka nap time).

                After a rest period I then headed int the office as I call it and started my reading of the bible. (you might want to read John 21:18, if you are over 50) Reading completed I had lunch and it was leftovers from last night’s meal at the restaurant. The leftovers were good as usual.

                Later in the afternoon a friend came over and brought a couple items with her and one of them was cookies. As we sat outside it was suggested that I should water the potted plants in the back yard which I did, as I was supposed to be sitting outside and resting.

                Now you know I had another do-nothing day.

                Today’s events: no real plans, I did finish the grass removal from the berry bed and I will rest and enjoy the rest of the day.

I guess I should stop and let you get started. We hope your day is filled with many blessings and that one of them is that we all stay safe in all we do.

                Don the Ford

August 7, 2026

It is another good morning here in Hewitt Texas, and we hope it is also good in your hometown.  

Yesterday started off a little odd. I brought a container with water in it to my favorite wife’s chair, and I dropped it and there was water and ice on many things. The morning was not starting out good. After everything was cleaned up and my favorite wife was comfortable with the clean up, I went to get a cup of coffee at the star coffee place. My old gold card now has about 20 cents on it. Wow, what will I do when I need another real coffee? 

Back at home I tried to rest before starting reading from the bible. I also vacuumed the dog hair from the floor before starting the reading. Reading went well and was enjoyable as usual.  

Then my favorite wife and I went to the store for a couple of items and on the way home we stopped at a hamburger place to get some take home food. It was ok but not excellent.

We also stopped at the drug store on our way home for a prescription for me. It was free so I could afford these pills.

Later in the day we went to supper and the food was good and the service was very good. We made it back home safe and we sat outside for a while with the big old fan blowing air on us. When we came into the house I turned the portable sprinkler on at the number one berry bed. I might pull weeds from the berry bed in the morning before it gets hot and if the ground is wet the weeds come out easier.

Today’s big events: I need to get a few groceries today and I need to get the clothes from the cleaners. Wow, never any rest for an old person. I will stop for now so I can get going. We hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Donnie the Ford

August 6, 2026

                Good morning to one and all, we hope we all have a blessed day!

                As usual yesterday was another do nothing day for the Don, we did go to a store and get a couple items, and I now understand I need a couple more items. I should be making a list of needed items, especially those my favorite wife may need.

                Now that I am on the subject of remembering, I will provide a true statement about remembering. Yesterday afternoon as my favorite wife and I sat outside it was determined that I should make an adult beverage for myself. I was able to get my old body out of the chair on the front porch, and I did make it into the house where I made my drink. (my adult beverage consists of a glass full of ice, one ounce of booze and the rest diet coke) I did top the drink off with diet coke as usual and was able to get back onto the chair on the front porch. It took a couple minutes and a taste or two of the drink before I realized I had not put any adult beverage in the glass; it was all ice and diet coke. I forgot the booze.

                Different topic, In the olden days I use to look things up when we needed information but now days, I just ask my cell phone, and AI gives me the answer. I had an old hose that was 100 foot long and I was wondering if it could be recycled. I asked the phone and it said no, do not put the old garden hose in the recycle bin. It even gave me a reason why it isn’t recycled. Wow, people do less and AI alone with the robots do more.

                Well, I will stop bothering you now and allow you to have a blessed day. Please stay safe in all you do. We will keep you in our prayers.

                Don the Ford

August 5, 2026

                Well, it is morning, and I can get up and do a couple things, so I guess that makes it a good morning. I went out into the back yard and worked before 7:00 this morning and a 92 year ole person should not need to work that early, and I shouldn’t either.

                What Was the Don doing before 7:00 AM this morning? I had some limbs that I had trimmed yesterday from our neighbor's tree which were hanging over our side of the fence. This is in the opposite corner from the tree that Alex and I had trimmed last week.

                I had estimated that it would take me 30 minutes to cut up the limbs into small pieces and bring them to the trash container. I was correct, it took almost exactly 30 minutes.

                I am now back in the house sitting here at the computer trying to enter some data for this soon to be non interesting posting.

                Yesterday I took the new hose out back stretched it out in the sunlight so it would be nice and flexible. I connected it to the faucet and ran some water through it. Since I had it connected and the water running through it, I watered the number 2 and a #3 BlackBerry beds but I could not water the number one since it was in the broad sunlight.

                While I was watering the number 2 berry bed I got a picture of some red blackberries. That is odd as this time of the year we do not usually see any new berry on the vines, and we are usually trimming the old vines.  

                I did remove the temperature gage from the so-called hothouse, and it needs batteries, so I will need to go to the store today and purchase a couple batteries. I have one of these temperature gauges in the garage and on the back porch and obviously in the hothouse so I can keep track of temperatures in different places.

                Before my favorite wife and I went outside to enjoy the heat, and it was hot, we got in the Fords ole Chevy and went to get ice teas, these were to help us survive the heat when we set outside. We also got some chicken salad meals for our supper.

                Back at home we did sit outside with the big ole fan providing a good breeze for us. As usual while I was resting outside, I had a couple projects that I did. First, I replanted a cactus plant that was in a broke pot, then I set up a lawn sprinkler in an area that does not get enough water from the lawn sprinkler system.  

                It was a quiet afternoon with almost no traffic on the street but there were some drones making deliveries. The birds seem to have abandoned all the bird houses that hang on the car port.

                Not that it means anything, but we did have several discussions about the olden days, you know when we were kids and teenagers.  

Big plans for the day, take a shower, go into Waco for a couple items and then rest.

                Well, that is it for now, we hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. We will keep you in our prayers.

                Don the Ford

               

August 4, 2026

    Good morning to you, and to that other person we say hello.

Yesterday we had a couple events: first I decided to get a cup of real coffee so I left the homestead and went to the coffee place for a cup. Back at home I kicked back on the Ford’s ole recliner with the coffee in hand and rested (aka nap).

                Rest completed I started to go read the bible, but I decided I had better vacuum the floors. Work was done, I then began the reading process, and it was interesting. I am trying to read slower and think more about what I read. 

                After reading I talked my favorite wife into going with me to get gas in the vehicle and we also got a couple ice teas from the chicken place. We then drove around in Waco to see where a certain restaurant was located. We found the restaurant but did not go in, and then we headed to the cheap store. 

                At the cheap store we purchased a new 100-foot-long water hose. Our ole hose is broken. Back at home we did nothing for a while. We did go outside and sat on the front porch for a couple hours. As we sat there, I decided to put some water in the bird baths and while I was doing that a drone came over very slowly. I watched it lower down in the neighbors back yard and dropped off the carton then it went back up and flew away.

                I had a fan blowing some air on us while we sat outside and after an hour the battery went dead. While we sat there, I received a call from the people who we have been talking to about installing a couple of new storm doors. They were not cheap.

                Today we need to take Alex to ROTC even though I believe he told me, “he had this week off from ROTC”. My favorite wife will go with me to get Alex and then after dropping him off at school we will go to George’s for breakfast. At this point in time, we have no other big plans for the day.

                Please stay safe in all you do today and we pray you have a blessed day.

                Don the Ford

August 3, 2026

                Good morning to all as we start the day with no humidity, so maybe the heat will not be too bad.

                Yesterday’s main event: as I was in the house reading some info about the upcoming bible study class, I receive a call from a good friend asking me to come outside and meet him near the mailbox. I proceeded out front and I was presented with a Banana Pudding. I thanked him and asked him to thank his wife as she made the pudding. My favorite wife and I both enjoyed the Banana Pudding after our supper. It has been a long time since I had Banana Pudding, and it was excellent! Wow, we have very good friends.  

                The rest of the day was ok, we went to the cracker store for lunch, then we went to a store to get a battery for my favorite wife’s watch and while we were there, we also purchased a new watch. It was good that we purchased a new watch as we have been unable after replacing the battery to get the back put on the old watch.

                We sat on the front porch yesterday enjoying the afternoon. Most of the time there was a breeze, but I did have my hand made fan too. The drones were very busy yesterday afternoon as there was probably more than 12 fly over. If you haven’t been around the drones they fly a direct path to their destination, they stop at the destination, get close to the ground and drop the package, then go back up to a safe height and then fly a direct path back to the Amazon. Their propellers make a buzzing sound.

                Today’s big plan hasn’t come to me yet, so it may be a do-little day. I guess I should stop for now, we hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. Keep family and friends in your prayers.

                Don the Ford

August 2, 2026

                It is a good morning here in Hewitt, it is in the low 70s outside and that makes it a good morning.

                Our big plans for today would be to go out for lunch, rest a lot, do our bible reading and set outside as we would again be resting. Wow, that sounds like we rest a lot.

                Yesterday was a good day for us, we had discussed a trip to the Blue Bonnet Café for lunch just to get us out of the house for a while, but there seemed to be things that kept us home. For example, my wife was going through some things, I am not sure what she was looking for, so I went out back to finish cutting up the limbs that Alex and I had removed from the live oak tree. I finished the project which took longer that I had thought and that may be why we did not go out of town yesterday. Photos to follow.

                In the container you may see that I cut things into very small pieces and that is done to get more in the trash can.

                It the wagon are the larger pieces and our son Dave said he would take them to burn in the fireplace.

I have one more photo and it is for that one person who looked at the photo of the tree in yesterday post and said, “it did not look as if it had been trimmed”. I have a photo from a different direction with no other trees behind it. Yes, our work supervisor Tres is in the photo too.

                I was able to talk my favorite wife into going to the George’s for a late lunch and when we arrived, they were crowded. We did get lucky and got a handicap parking space at the front door. Food and service was good even with the large number of people who were there.

                Back at home we decided to sit on the front porch as there was a breeze and the temperature was not 100 degrees. After a while my favorite wife decided to take a walk down the street which we did and we did stop and talk to friends who were in the yard working. We have good friends and good neighbors. As we were talking, I noticed a vehicle pull into our driveway. It was another good friend who comes to visit on Friday or Saturday afternoon. We walked back to the house, and we sat outside on the driveway with the big ole fan blowing on us.

                Well, I need to stop so I can get started, so have a blessed day and stay safe in all you do. Please keep your family and friends in your prayers.  

                Donnie the Ford