October 27, 2026

                Hello and good morning to you and only you.

                Yesterday was an exciting day, I went to the store for some grocery items, back at home I sat on the front porch all alone with a cup of coffee, As I was on the front porch with my cup of homemade coffee, I began to remember old memories. It would have been about 1957; we lived in the country and down the road from our house was a friend named John. His parents were rich and they lived in a very big, nice house and they owned a Glass company in Cape Girardeau. How was it I considered them to be rich; they had two telephones in their house. One phone was upstairs, and one was downstairs. Heck, I don’t remember if we had a phone when we lived in the country.

                They had a horse and I think that is where I learned to tie a saddle strap which led to me knowing how to tie a necktie. They had a Cadillac and I got to ride in it a couple times. The windows had buttons that you pushed, and the window would go up or down, power steering, power breaks, automatic transmission and air conditioning. Heck back in the olden days most cars did not have any of the nice things we now have.  Anyway I had a rich friend when I was a kid.   

Later I reviewed my bible study homework, after that my favorite wife and I sat on the front porch enjoying the nice weather.

                I have a photo of a new bloom and an ole bloom which was taken as we sat on the front porch, the photo is not very clear, but the pot hound Tres and my favorite wife are in the photo. The weather is good, so some blooms are trying to get here before the real winter weather arrives.

                After supper I went to bible study.

                Today’s big plan is to go to rehab. Wow, ole people have a lot to do. Well, I pray for a blessed day for you and that we all stay safe in all we do. We will keep you in our prayers.

                Donnie the Ford

October 26, 2026

                As usual we wish you a good morning.

                Sunday was a kickback and do-little day for me, but my favorite wife had started looking for some instructions that she thought she had placed on a shelf. She did not find the instructions, but she went through a bunch of items, and she found a cast iron frying pan that was her father’s. She said there should be two smaller cast iron frying pans and she looked everywhere, heck I even helped for a while. I told her they had to be in the house somewhere, as she had not given them to anyone.

                I did take a cup of coffee and went to the front porch to read the notes from bible study. The weather was nice and the neighborhood was quiet as usual. A friend did stop by which caused my favorite wife to stop going through all the things in the garage and visit for a while.

                I was allowed to do the washing of the clothes, which is not difficult but the part that takes time is the items that need to be put properly on hangers. The other items like towels and underclothes can be folded and put away.

                After the friend left and the clothes were all washed, dried and properly hung on hangers, I did get an adult beverage and sat out on the driveway all alone as my favorite wife was again going through things in the garage.   

                Today’s possible events; I will likely go to the store for a few grocery items and other than that I will need to wait and see what happens. We do have bible study this evening so I will need to review my homework.

                This evening you may be able to see the Hunters moon just about the time the sun goes down, the moon will be coming up.

                We pray for a blessed and safe day for you, as we keep you in our prayers.

                Donnie the Ford

October 25, 2026

            We wish you a good morning as this day seems to be starting off nicely.

            Yesterday was mostly about the granddaughter getting married and I have a couple photos. First is a photo of Bryce and Gabi and their first dance.

            Next photo is of Dave and Gabi’s dance.

            Then we have a photo of the hansom Ford guys, from left to right; Alex, David, Patrick and Grandpa Ford.  

            Then we have a photo of another married couple.

            The wedding was very nice, and we all had a good time. I am not going to add more words as each photo is worth a thousand words.

            We pray that you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. We will keep you in our prayers.

            Donnie the Ford

October 24, 2026

            Good morning.

            Yesterday we did very little, heck we didn’t even leave the house. I did get a photo showing that “X” marks the spot and the “X” was over our neighborhood.

            Today, our favorite granddaughter gets married. It sounds like it will be one very exciting day.

            We hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. You are in our prayers.

                Donnie the Ford  

October 23, 2026

            It is a cool morning here in Hewitt, and I know that because I have been outside working a little after 5:00am. I wish you a good morning too.

            I have a photo to present to you which will be the beginning of my work explanation.

            In the above photo we see the back patio here at the Ford homestead. Yesterday I was allowed to go out back and blow the leaves and debris off the patio, then I was allowed to sweep it with a broom, then I was allowed to wash everything with the pressure hose and then let it set and dry except for the table which I dried with a towel.

            This morning at 5:00am our dog wanted to go outside so I obliged his request and let him out. As I was letting him out, I remembered that the sprinklers would run today starting at 6:00am. I need to get everything out of the yard and back on the patio.

            You are correct, that is too much work for a 92-year-old man, and it is too much work for me too. Later today I will need to rearrange everything on the back porch. Never a moment for me to rest.

            Yesterday’s workload: everything on the back porch was dirty as we have been only using it as a place to keep items that were not needed very often. Heck the gas grill has not been used for more than a year. As I put things back in place today, I will light the grill if there is still gas in the tank. We drove into Waco to get a couple items and then on the way home we got a couple glasses of iced tea, and we did set outside for a while before heading out to the early supper with friends (aka date night).

            Supper was good and the conversations were mostly about travel and weddings. We do enjoy having supper with friends. Back at home we again sat outside for a while doing nothing but relaxing as both of us were filled up due to the good supper.

            Big plans for today: finish the back porch, rest, bible study homework, rest…

            Have a blessed day and stay safe in all you do, and we will keep you in our prayers.

            Donnie the Ford

October 22, 2026

                Good morning again and it is another cool morning but should be a nice warm afternoon.

Let’s see if I did anything yesterday: Nope, it was another do-nothing day. I had a thought lately, and I know what you are thinking, “the Don has thoughts”? Yes, I do occasionally have a thought and that one thought was, “I should do some things differently”. Now with that in mind, I have changed one of those things. I have for a long time finished the blog and then took a short nap before starting my bible study homework. Yesterday I finished the blog and without a nap started the bible study homework, and the change in habits was ok.

After a short rest period I went to the backyard and worked on removing a bunch of dead stuff out of the number 2 Berry bed. I don’t remember how many times I said ouch, I worked until 11:00 and there are still more dead to remove.

Back in the house I cleaned up my ole body, and my favorite wife and I went into town where we had a quick lunch. We stopped at one store on the way home and purchased a couple items.

Back at home we did very little for a while. I did my exercises for my ankle and that completed I set up the two benches in the back yard that we use when washing the dog. My favorite wife and I did team up and wash the dog. He does smell better.

Dog washed, we went through the items on the back porch, and all of them needed to be cleaned. We do not use the back porch, so it gets little attention. I plan on cleaning it today, sweeping, and washing with the pressure hose. Heck if I clean it we might use it. The gas grill has not been used for a long time, so I need to clean and check it out too.

All that work completed we then went to the front porch and did nothing for a couple hours. The neighborhood was quiet as usual but there was noise from outside the neighborhood like sounds from noisy vehicles and loud motorcycles. Speaking of sounds, someone has a rooster that I could hear crowing yesterday and the day before. We noticed that we did not see any drones yesterday. When we sit on the porch we can’t see much of the sky, so we don’t see the planes as they fly over.

                Today: clean the back porch.

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

            Donnie the Ford

October 21, 2026

                Another cool good morning to you and we hope you have a warm but not hot day.

                Yesterday was another kickback and do-little day; we did go out for breakfast and as usual the ham and cheese omelets were good. Other than watering the flowers in the pots and watering the black berry beds I did little or no outside work.

                I did go to the rehab yesterday and they worked me harder than usual. I was tired when I left there and my ankle felt good. Back at home my favorite wife and I did set outside enjoying the quiet afternoon and the very nice weather. There were many drones flying over yesterday.

                Today, no plans at all, although we might attempt to wash the pot hound this afternoon, we will just see what happens.

                Wow, that is a short post. We pray that you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. We will keep you in our prayers.

                Donnie the Ford

October 20, 2026

                Good morning to all, we hope everyone has a good day.

                Yesterday there were no events at all, or were there? The cleaning lady did come and did the cleaning; I was allowed to go to the store for a couple items and going early means there were not many people in the store. I did go through some items in the garage, and I charged some batteries that power a drill and a light.

                I did attend the bible study yesterday evening and I still do not like the lecture being before the classroom discussions, can’t say I am really into it this year. I need to put more effort into studying and meetings.

What I saw in the sky by Donnie the Ford

We were sitting outside as usual, it was Sunday afternoon, there was very little happening and the neighborhood was very quiet as usual. Since there is little happening, we look into the sky at planes and jets that fly over, we had seen a couple drones but not many. As it happened, I looked up to see if there were any jets going over when I saw what I thought was a jet, but I quickly understood it was not moving. I continued looking at the object, but it did not move. I reached for the cell phone and took a photo.

                The cell phone did not take a very good photo and in the photo, there is a small white spot toward the center top of the photo and that is what I saw.

                As I continued to watch the thing (UFO) I noticed it started moving very slowly so I went into the house and got a pair of binoculars and looked at the thing. It didn’t look like a jet, but it did reflect the sun like a metal plane does when they fly over. I think it may have been a weather balloon as I believe they sometimes have a silver color and could reflect the sun. Even with the binoculars I could not be 100% sure what it was.

                Christmas is coming and I have a photo of the Cacti Christmas trees that are growing in our front yard.

There are to be 4 small Christmas trees on the cacti plant, and we will then be ready to celebrate Christmas. If you would like to send gifts to us ole Ford’s, they would be appreciated.   

Today’s big events: I do have rehab this afternoon, and it is later than I like.

Ok, I will stop and we hope you have a blessed day while we all stay safe in all we do. We will keep you in our prayers.

Donnie the Ford