Early Morning at the Ford Homestead

            I would like to wish you a nice early good morning but you already are having a nice good morning and it would be redundant for me to offer a second.

            How do I know it is an early good morning?  Well, I have only had one cup of coffee, that should be proof enough.

Another way of knowing it is early morning; the mocking birds are all still making noise singing. They start about 4:00am and don’t stop until the sun gets up in the sky. 

“You need more proof that it is early morning”? I have just raised the flag and I only do that early in the morning.

Ok, the final way to know it is early morning (other than the fact that you are still cranky) the sun is just hitting the top of the flag.

Now that we are looking at the flag, this is one of those uncommon days when there is no wind (the flag is hanging limp). Days with no wind are unusual and I hope to be able to enjoy it. Not a cloud in the sky, there is no wind and temps in the mid 70 this afternoon.  Where else could you have a nice day like this, only in “Hewitt, TX. “

On another subject;    I and a couple friends rode to Durango TX yesterday late afternoon. Durango is one of those places that 99.9% of Texans will never see. I assume they have a population of possibly 100 people.  We went to the Durango Bar and Grill in hopes of getting a hamburger for the evening meal.  To say the Durango Bar and Grill is a hole in the wall would be exaggerating. Actually it did have several holes in the walls.

            There were 4 cowboys sitting at the bar and the bar maid was at least as old as me. They had no menu but the bar maid was able to tell us what she could cook for us. How did we know they were cowboys? I overheard them talking about riding horses and one stated he did not have his spurs on at the time.

            The food arrived at the table and it was good. As we ate our food we told a few lies and or stories. Possibly the best part of the meal was the fact that “Jason paid for our food”. Yep, this retired person on a fixed income got a free meal.

I just thought of something; possibly I am happy this morning because I received a free meal and not due to the nice weather. Whatever the reason, I am happy!

 

 

I hope you have a nice day and an outstanding weekend.

 

Don Ford