Starting soon 07/31/2022

            Something you haven’t thought about, but I have, since I am a highly productive stinker, I mean thinker, and my imagination is more active than yours. What is it that I believe will be starting soon, it is, “Houses being built without windows”?

            Why would anyone desire a house without windows? That is an easy question to answer. As I, your favorite seer will explain, there are at least three reasons for the house without windows.

            Security: people can’t see in, can’t break in, can’t shoot through the brick wall.

Savings: it cost less to build a house without windows, and the construction time will be shortened.

            Environment: the heating and air conditioning will use less electric or gas.   

 

            Now I can see that you are not sold on this, but it will come to be. For that one person who is saying, “I need to be able to see outside, I must have windows”, don’t jump to a conclusion without considering the following. You can install as many TV screens on as many walls as you want, and these screens are just about any size you might want. These TV screens would serve as a way to observe what is outside, like windows, but a bullet will not come through the TV screen and kill someone. A miniature camera, which would be invisible to the passing public, would be installed for each TV screen on the outside of the house.

            When you want to see outside your house, turn the window TV on. There is another benefit of the no window plan, and that is, “Motion detecting”! How many of you have a camera doorbell, which sends you a message when there is motion? That can be done with each of the window TVs.

            You are correct, I do have a good imagination!

            Let us alter the topic: as I sit here, attempting to enlighten the reading public, and you, I have distractions that even a retired senior person should not have to deal with. It will be easier if I add a photo for your edification.

            The photo is not totally clear, but you can see one of the many distractions I have to put up with.

            Another topic: I did work in the back 40 Saturday morning, after taking a walk with the Tres. I was attempting to remove the dead vines from the #3 black berry bed. There are two photos, one before and one after. Before I was working in the shade, after I was working in the sun, it got hot quick!

         I hope I did not remove any of next year's vines. I did water the bed after the trimming.

Alien guards!

Senior retired person who likes to think, he works too much, Don the Ford

Almost finished 07/30/2022

            I assume you are now tired of my posts about my patio project, if you have been reading these posting, it seems as if all I am writing about is my little project at the back patio. Now why did I say back patio, we don't have a front or side patio?

            I believe this project would have taken a real person an hour or two, and it is taking this ole senior person 4 mornings, and I still need to secure the hose reel and I need to test the above ground flower bed sprinkler, to see if it works, and does not leak.

            I did get the last two blocks installed and I did reconnect the water line to the above ground flower bed sprinklers. My poor ole body is not happy that I was getting up and down and crawling around on the ground and cement. Would you believe, my back is tired and sore, it is! I will attempt to enclose a photo or two.

            The fan was supposed to be for my benefit, as you can see the Tres was using it. 😐

            My supervisor, "Tres" was taking it easy while I was working, you would think he would have helped some. When I would move from one place to another, the Tres would come over to me wanting some attention. Heck, I would like some attention for myself occasionally.

            In the second photo one might be able to see the reattached sprinkler pipe. The hose reel is in place but needs to be secured in place. I have another photo of the same area, different view.

            The blocks that go off to the right in the photo, go all the way through the flower bed. They were placed there shortly after Tres came to our homestead. The Tres had a path through the flower bed and when it would rain, he would go through the mud. I made him a walkway that was not muddy. The next photo is of the above ground sprinkler, and it works.

            That's it for the project, so I will need to get outside and get to work on a different project before it gets too hot. We hope you have a nice weekend.

Be happy you can work!

Senior yard worker whose work seems to never end, Don the Ford

No rest for the old 07/29/2022

            Today is Friday and I have more work to do early this morning, in hopes of avoiding the extreme heat. I have not yet taken the Tres for a walk as it is still too dark outside, yep, I got up a little early this morning. We did get the paper from out front, and I got a photo of the planet I see most mornings. It was dark enough this morning, so I was able to get a photo.

            Topic swap: My favorite wife and I took our favorite granddaughter and favorite grandson out for lunch yesterday. We had a good time, and the food was ok.

            Another subject: I will need to water the neighbors tree this morning, before I get started on my project. I did do some more work yesterday and I have a couple photos.

 

             Ok I am back, I went out and turned the water on at the neighbors, to water the tree. Then Tres and I went for a walk that is after it got light enough to see. There was a female person who we saw jogging, when she turned the corner, she was heading up the street in the same direction as me and Tres. Tres became very interested, I think he would have rather had a young female person take him jogging, rather then and ole senior person taking him for a walk. He watched her until she turned the corner at the end of the block, then he settled down and walked with me.

Returning home from the walk, I watered the plants in the back 40, and when the phone alarm went off, I went across the street and turned the water off at the neighbor’s tree, and I rolled the hose up. Back across the street to our homestead, I got in the Ford’s ole Chevy and headed out to the teller machine to get our weekly allowance, a cup of real coffee from the Star place, and yes, a breakfast burrito for me and my favorite wife. 

Back to the topic of photos and work performed by a senior retired person. Photo #1 is showing the location of a earth anchor. The Tres started to lay there, in my way, and when he lay on the anchor he hollered, and walked away. I knew I would need to remove the anchor; I did not know how long the anchor was. The blue bar was used to unscrew the anchor, which had been in the ground since around 1990, heck that is more than 15 years ago!

Do you have any idea how hard it is for an ole senior person to unscrew an anchor, that had been in the ground for around 30 years, let me tell you it is not easy! Photo #3 is of the 30-inch anchor after it came out of the ground.

In photo #2, yes, I know I am not listing these photos in order, is of the above ground sprinkler that I had put in myself several years ago. It is above ground because it is easier to put in and easier to work on when necessary. I had to cut the pipe and will need to reconnect it today. I doubt that you can see it but there is duct tape on the end of the pipe. The tape is there to keep bugs and dirt out of the pipe until I determine how I will re-install the sprinkler.

New topic: I received a call from a nephew who lives in Missouri yesterday. We had a nice long conversation; it seems that several of the people we knew as kids have passed away. This nephew and I turn three quarters of a century old this year. I am three months older than him, which means my mom and my sister were both pregnant at the same time.

Well, I guess I need to get out back and get to work before it gets too hot.

¾ of a century young!

Senior retired person who feels like he is not retired, Don the Ford

It happened like this 07/28/2022

            Wow, I have a true story to present to you, and the rest of the reading public.

            I can’t be sure what time it was, but I think it was somewhere around 12:30 to 1:00pm. I was lying in bed, I was awake, when I heard the strange sound. It was just one sound, one time and then it was quiet. I lay there wondering if I had been asleep and the sound was from a dream, or did it really happen.

            A few minutes passed, then it sounded off again, this time the sound continued for almost a minute. There was now no doubt, I was awake, and my first wife who was lying next to me said, “Where did that sound come from”. When we started talking the sound stopped.

            I being able to decipher the sound, knew what it was from, and that is when my favorite wife said, “that sounds like a frog, how did a frog get in the house’? I being all knowing, explained to my sleepy spouse how the frog got into the house. My present spouse brought a small Christmas Cactus from the front porch into the bed room that day, and the frog was in the flower pot.

            My irritated spouse got out of bed and looked into the flower pot, but she did not see a frog. Returning to bed, she and I did not hear any more noise from the previously mentioned noise maker, aka the frog! 

            Today my happy wife looked around in the bed room, and under the bed but did not see the noise maker. When I learned that she was looking for the friendly frog, I offer to help. I looked in the flower pot and the frog was there. This frog had a divot dug along side of the flower pot, and he / she was in the divot and he / she blended in with the dirt.

            We removed the flower pot from the bed room, taking it back to the front porch, where I removed the frog from that flower pot and placed him in another flower pot. The frog is back outside, the flower is back in the bed room, and we should have a quiet night’s sleep. 

            That was yesterday, we are now into today:

            The Tres took me for a walk this morning and it was a fairly long walk. I did notice that we were walking at a quicker than usual pace. Heck my heart rate had increased and I was breathing faster than usual. Who knew, I was getting some exercise! Now, as you may know, the Don is all knowing, that being the case the Don knew that Tres was hurrying because he needed to deposit some poop-a-loop (he needed to potty). He did wait until we made it home, he doesn’t go while we are walking.

            Well, as soon as I finish here, I intend to get a cup of coffee and go out back to the patio and continue the project that I begun yesterday. The good part of this project is it is in the shade.

            My favorite wife, my favorite granddaughter, and yes my favorite grandson have plans to have lunch together today. Wow, good food we hope, and good company we know!

            Well, that is it for now, stay safe, be happy, and be nice to senior retired people.

 Take time to think!

If we took time to think before we did or said anything, we would be better off!

Senior ole retired person who thinks he is silly but not crazy, Don the Ford

Did what 07/27/2022

            You should have asked, "The Don did what?" No one asked, and my feelings were hurt, with tears in my eyes, I am trying to enlighten the public, but I might just stop and sit in the front room alone, yep, my favorite wife has left me all alone. ☹😐😊

            Today is Wednesday, and I have been busy this morning. The Don has done several things this morning? The Tres and I went for a medium walk this morning, and that was completed before the sun came up. We noticed as we walked there was areas that felt cooler than normal. We learned that some yards had ran the lawn sprinklers last night and there was a cool feeling as we walked by those yards.

            One of the homes has a new wood fence all around their back yard. The fence also has two small dogs that were acting vicious as we walked by. They were wanting to attack the Tres and he was wagging his tale, he wanted to play.

            Turning and walking back toward the Homestead, we observed a female person walking in our direction, she was on the opposite side of the street. As we got closer to each other I said, "good morning" and she returned the comment. I noticed that she was looking at the Tres and I ask, "Were you going to say he is pretty", to which she replied, "I was thinking that". I then asked, "Don't you think I am pretty too", and she hesitated at first, but then replied, "The two of you"!

            As I noted earlier, we made it back home before the sun came up. I then headed to the back 40 and watered the plants. While I was watering the berry vines in #3 bed, I heard a small sound of a baby bird. I looked into the bird house and there was a baby bird with its mouth wide open. The sun was shining into the house, so I decided to get a photo. When I got the phone ready and stepped in front of the house I blocked the sun, photo to follow.

 

That completed I started the real work, I went out behind the shed and secured to big cement blocks, which I put in the ole red wagon and brought them with a couple tools to the patio. I wanted to place a couple blocks along the patio just to make it look better. With my knee pads on I was crawling around in the dirt and on the cement patio. After what seemed like hours of work, it may have been just one hour, I cleaned the area up and took a photo.

 

            There is still more work to be done but the ground was super dry and hard. I applied water to the ground in hopes of making the dirt easier to dig in and will attempt to do some more work tomorrow morning.

            After all that work and a glass of ice water, I went to the front yard and watered all the potted plants.

I was allowed to have a shower, and yes, my body is now clean.

            You know the rest; I have been here enlightening you as to my activities.

Work early, rest later!

Senior person who needs to find something to eat for lunch, Don the Ford

Another day but 07.26.2022

            Yes, it is another day but we don’t have another dollar. Prices of items going up, availability of items going down, and most everyone has less to spend. That is too negative for an ole senior retired person to think about, so I will attempt to alter the message.

            This morning as I was partaking in my first cup of homemade coffee, I had the TV on. I noticed a commercial for some truck line. I think they were advertising for new drivers but I am not sure, what I think I saw was two people standing together while another person on a standup fork lift (on a stand-up fork lift, the operator stands up to operate the unit) drove behind them. Now it seemed to me, and I could be wrong, that the operator was looking at the load that was on the lift while backing up. In other words, it seemed as if this operator was not looking where he / she was going.

            The commercial caused this ole retired person to think about “fork lift safety”.

            Back in 1971, wow, that is over ten years ago, I went to work for HWI. When I went to work there the building was still under construction. While the union construction workers were there, we the HWI employees were not allowed to use any motorized equipment. So, when we unloaded a truck, we would put the cartons on pallets, sign for the merchandise and the union worker would haul the pallet of merchandise to the location that we designated.

Now we were allowed to use pallet jacks, but these were all manual units. That means if you had a pallet of pipe fittings that weighed 2,000 pounds, you would push the pallet jack into the pallet, pump the handle which would lift the pallet, and then you could either pull or push the pallet where you want to go. We were pulling and pushing pallets all over the 200,000 square foot building.

For a while when we would pull a pallet across the building and drop off the pallet, we did get to ride them back to receiving. Yep, we stand on them with one foot and push with the other, kind of like a kid riding a push scooter. All good things must end, they said it was unsafe to ride the pallet jacks like a scooter.

Any way back to my original thought, fork lift safety, I remember when we received fork lifts in the building. These lifts were all electric and I don’t think any of us new employees knew how to operate a forklift. Our supervisor, Pete was his name, gathered the receiving staff together to show us how to used these lifts. He was explaining all the controls and talking about safety. The lifts that we would be using in receiving were all sit down lifts; you sit down to operate them. He had the group to stand back as he raised the forks on one of the sit-down lifts about ten feet high. Pete was instructing us to never walk under raised forks, with or without a load on them, when suddenly the raised forks fell to the floor.  

            Now the forks falling was an accident, but it got all our attention, and we understood why we should not walk under raised forks. They did pull the key from that lift and got the forklift people out to repair that lift and check all the lifts before we could use them.

            Olden day memories, why can I remember the olden days and not remember where I put my car keys yesterday?

            That is it for now, I need a second cup of coffee, hope you have a good day!

Always think safety!

Senior retired fork lift operator and unloader of trucks, Don the Ford

You are correct 07.25.2022

            Yes, it may be the first time that you have been correct, I did not post to the blog yesterday. You should enjoy being correct this time, as it may not happen for you again, for a couple years. Heck, I was incorrect this morning, and that is unusual, not that I am incorrect, but that I would admit it.

            Each morning the Tres and I go outside to get the newspaper, and as we venture forth, I usually see a planet glowing like a star in the east sky. I don’t know which planet it is, but it is visible until the sun comes up.

This morning I looked into the eastern sky and the shining planet was not where it usually was. I thought, had it moved from the east to the northeast. Then, being a very observant senior person, the planet appeared to have moved a little. As I continued to observe the shiny thing, I wondered, could this be a UFO, so I tried to get a photo, but the cell phone could not focus on it.

I began to understand that it was a jet plain, not a UFO, flying very high, reflecting the sun, causing it to appear to be a shiny planet. Yep, I was incorrect, and being incorrect is not as bad as being wrong.

Let’s see if there is a different topic that I could present to the reading public, and to you!

Yesterday was Sunday, a day of rest. I got tired of resting, and ole senior person can only rest so much, and yesterday I had too much. As usual, I got my bible and began to read from it. I do read from the bible daily. It isn’t like going outside and exercising, but it is always interesting.

When I got through Revelations last time, I decided I would read the first book from the Old Testament, then I would read the first book from the new, then I would read the second from the old, and the second from the new, and so on. I wish I could pronounce the names in the Old Testament, but I can’t.

When I had finished my daily devotional, I decided to read something that I had written a few years ago. The story I had written could be titled, “The end and the beginning”.

I took the book, (yes, I call it a book since it has about 70 pages to the story) and went out to the front porch with a tall glass of ice water, and began to read. Even though I wrote the story, I still find it interesting to occasionally read. In the story there are computers, bad government people, scientist, nerds, red haired people, black holes, and it may provide info as to how our universe came into being.

I read about 15 pages of my story yesterday, and hope to read more today.

Swapping topics: I did venture forth from the homestead this morning to get a cup of coffee and, yes, a breakfast burrito. The usual lady who works the window was not there today and the lady working today, was not as interesting.

I will alter the subject matter again: I have a photo of smoke signals over Hewitt.

            Now in truth, I am not really good at reading smoke signals, but in this case, I know what they are saying, “There is a sale at Wally World!

            If you would get outside a little more, you would see some of these interesting things.

            Our dog Tres took me for a walk this morning before it got too hot. We smelled many things during the walk, and I observed a house in the 200-block running their lawn sprinklers, on the wrong day, and after 6:00am. The ole people who live there appear to be older them me, I hope they don’t get a ticket. 

Well, that is it for now, I need to get outside and break the watering rules myself, I do use a bucket to water the flower pots, maybe the water police will not see me.

Water but don’t get caught!

Senior retired person who doesn’t like all these 100-degree days, Don the Ford

It was cloudy 07.23.2022

            Yesterday, it was cloudy part of the time, and this off and on cloudiness allowed an ole senior retired person the opportunity to go outside the homestead and do some work. Who was this ole senior retired person, well it was me, aka The Don?

Now the front yard had some tall grass in spots, and the rest needed very little manicuring, but I, being the wonder filled energetic retired person, who is almost ¾ of a century old, could not resist the challenge to manicure the front yard. Note: I did not do anything to the back yard, that would have required real work.

After mowing, I had decided to water the newest jasmine bed, as it was very dry, and the ground was cracked in many places. I brought a homemade sprinkler from the back 40 and placed it in the center of the bed. This sprinkler, depending on how much water pressure you apply, can spray from 8 to over 20 feet in diameter. In about 12 minutes the ground was no longer cracked, photo to follow.

            I stayed outside near the water faucet during the water process, and there was something very unexpected that occurred. A frog began to make noise, I guess he thought it was raining and he was happy. The frog was not seen by this ole retired person, but he made himself known by sounding off!

I was able to rest for a few minutes after the mowing and water process was complete.

That was yesterday, now let's get to today. 

Darn it, I don't have anything for today, so let us go back to yesterday. I have again observed a super-fast jet in the sky. Typically, I see two or three jets fly from the north to the south every afternoon while sitting outside. Twice now I have seen a jet that appears to be higher than the normal jets and flying at least twice as fast as a regular jet.

Speaking of jets, I could hear a jet that was flying low through the area yesterday, this happens most evenings when we are sitting outside, so I looked up to see the noise maker, and all I saw was a buzzard flying in circles overhead. Actually, there were several buzzards circling overhead, do you think they thought I was dead? 😊

Other than the jet and the buzzards, yesterday was a boring day. I did get the front yard mowed and that was all the work that was required of me.

I need to stop entering data into this keyboard and watch an ole black and white cowboy TV show. Have a good weekend!

Sat all day, Saturday!

Senior ole person who don't need to sit all day, Don the Ford

Brush fires 07.22.2022

            As a fireman, I mean as a fire person years ago, we did fight a few brush and grass fires. There was one rule I do remember about grass and brush fires and that was, "Always stay in the BLACK"! That reference was to both firemen and equipment. If you are in the black, that is in the area that has already been burnt, you are less likely to be overrun by the flames from the fire. For that person, and we all know who you are, staying in the black, out of the fire, is for safety!

            Now that brings me to another fire topic: I have a photo taken this morning and would you believe, this photo is of a fire just a few blocks from our homestead. You can see the red flames coming up over the top of the tree, which I assume the tree is on fire.

            Our could the red that looks like a flame actually be, the rays of the early morning sun which was trying to pop up, you decide.

            Cheating a little: yesterday, Thursday, was a no water day, and I did not water. Today we are allowed to water trees and gardens using a hose but not during day light hours. I might have cheated a little and I might have watered the flowerpots both front and back yards during day light hours early this morning.

            I did water the neighbor's tree; they are on a 20-day vacation, and I volunteered to water the tree. I drag the hose out, lay it by the tree, turn the water on, come back in 30 minutes and turn the water off, then I put the hose back. You are correct, that is a lot of work for a retired senior person.

            No rain in sight but: we do have some clouds that look like they want to produce rain! Maybe, these clouds are just there to tease those of us in a drought situation, causing us to wish and pray for rain.

            I know one of you want to know if we had a burrito this morning. We did not. It takes money to have a burrito every day, and now you know why senior retired people can't have a burrito every day.

            Well, I guess I will quit now and get a cup of homemade coffee, hope you have a good day!

Homemade coffee! ☹

Senior retired person who can't afford real coffee, Don the Ford

 

 

Mow or not 07.21.2022

 

            Well, I need to decide if I want to mow or not mow. I just looked at the front yard and there are places that are growing, and places that are not. I know that any area that gets extra water will grow more, and these are typically locations where they get extra water from the sprinklers system. There are a couple areas where the water from a system will drain to, after the system turns off, the grass is growing in those areas.

            I have an appointment at the dentists this morning, that is always fun, actually, it is ok depending on which person I get to do the cleaning.

I can’t do any watering today, no outside water use on Thursday due to the restrictions, so I need something to do this morning. Possibly I can go to the teller machine and get our $5.00 stipend, then I can get some gas, and since I am out and about, I could get a cup of overpriced coffee from the star coffee shop.  

            I did get out back yesterday evening and water the flowers in the pots and the black berries, since we can’t do any watering today.

            My favorite spouse and I usually go out to supper on Thursdays, but in an effort to save money, and it gives my first wife more time to go through the neighbors recycling containers, in hopes of finding some extra aluminum cans, which she can sell, providing money so we can eat. All the increasing prices on food and everything else, makes it more difficult for us ole retired people to survive. Please notify my favorite wife ahead of time, if you are going to drop off your aluminum cans at the Ford Homestead.

            Topic alteration: I have a photo of a flower blooming that I will present in this posting. I find it interesting that this flower blooms pink and then fades to white.

 

            Well, I think I will jump up and get out of the house for a few minutes, hopefully you will excuse this short posting.

Do nothing day!

Senior retired person who needs a cleaning, Don the Ford

Doctor visit 07.20.2022

            Well, I went to the doctor this morning and I guess all went well, she told me that my blood tests, which were taken a week earlier, all looked good, and my blood pressure was excellent, then she said I looked good. I told her to be careful, my wife might find out that she thinks I look good. Yep, my doctor is a female.

            Then I told her about my aches and pains, and she suggested a couple X-rays.

            While I was in the waiting room a lady came in and said she was there to blood test, and she had fasted. The office person said her appointment is tomorrow. The lady said, you mean my appointment isn’t today, and it is Tuesday? The office person said, no it is tomorrow, Thursday and the lady said, today is Wednesday.

            I have a dentist’s appointment tomorrow.

            On a different subject, I did water the neighbors tree this morning and water the flowerpots in the front yard, along with putting water into the bird baths in the front yard. The birds were having a good time at one of the bird baths yesterday afternoon. That bath was totally empty this morning.

            Yesterday after 7:00pm I did some watering in the back 40, we are allowed to water after 7:00pm and all night until 6:00am the next morning. 

            A neighbor had his lawn sprinkler system running this morning, after 6:00am. He noted that he forgot to change the times the system runs. He use to work for the city, so they probably would not say anything to him.

            Topic alteration: I have a photo of a neighbors red oak tree, but I think I posted a similar photo last year about this time. The red oak has some red in it and it isn’t the time of year for red leaves. 

 

            OK, the red might be more pink than red, and what we are seeing is, holes in the trees looking through the leaves and we see the pink or red from some large bushes that are at the neighbor’s house.

            Topic change: the Tres and I are here at the Homestead all alone, my first wife has left and gone to town. I guess I should find something to eat for lunch.

            We hope your day is pleasant, productive and safe!

Food for my belly!

Senior retired person whose doctor thinks he looks good, Don the Ford

Two's Day 07.19.2022

            Today is watering day at the Ford’s Homestead. We scheduled the lawn watering on Tuesday and Saturday, per the present water restrictions. We can do some additional watering in some settings, per the following city instructions.

            Hand-watering is allowed on your designated days, plus two additional days of your choice. (For watering trees, plants & gardens) However, no watering allowed on Thursdays. Soaker hoses (Ex: Foundations) are allowed on your designated days plus two additional days of your choice. However, no watering allowed on Thursday.

            As one can see, we do have limitations in watering, but there are exclusions, It isn’t too bad.

            Well, it was only 107 degrees here yesterday, and that cool temp keeps me from getting outside and working, or doing almost anything that requires any physical exertion. I do attempt to do a couple things early morning and then stay inside the rest of the day.

            I get to go to the doctor tomorrow for my annual physical.

            The neighborhood cat was here again last night, I observed him on the security camera. My favorite spouse has been putting a little cat food out each night, and the cat comes to the back patio for a little late-night snack. While I was looking for the cat on the security system this morning, reviewing the security videos from last night, I noticed our neighbor and his wife, out at their air conditioner unit about 10:00pm. I assume they had some type problem.

            My first wife and I were sitting outside yesterday afternoon, when I noted that the neighbors air conditioner unit seemed to be making some unusual noise.

            To that one person, yes, I did go get a breakfast burrito this morning, I may have an addiction to those burritos.  

            Well, I need to get outside and do some touch up watering, that is the flower pots that did not get water from the lawn sprinklers.

            We hope you have a great day, filled with friends and family.

Water not, grow not!

Senior retired person who does not need to grow any more, Don the Ford

Good neighbor 07.18.2022

            Who is a good neighbor, that one person asked, as he assumed he knew the answer? Actually, any of our neighbors can be thought of as, “Being good neighbors, and also friends”. Wow, now that I think of it, we have it pretty good in the neighborhood, all our neighbors are also considered as friends! The Don is starting this Monday off in a happy mood.

            The words happy mood just reminded me of something. This morning, I went to get a breakfast burrito, and when I pulled up to the window I said to the lady, “Happy Monday”, to which she said, “I am starting Monday off trying to be in a happy and helpful mood”, and she had a big smile.

            Let’s see if we can alter the topic: this morning the Don went across the street to the neighbor’s house, they are on vacation, it must be nice to have enough money to go on vacation, and no I was not trying to steel anything from their yard. I had been assigned the job of watering their small tree in the front yard. This young tree has not yet established its root system, and watering for 30 minutes every couple days, is a must. While I was in their yard, I was able to get a photo of the Ford Homestead.  Photo to follow.

             If one was to look closely, they might be able to see the Don’s dog looking out the front door, wondering why the Don is in the neighbor’s yard.

            Well, I started the watering process for the tree and headed back to the Homestead to water the flowers in the pots in the front yard. At the completion of the watering here at the homestead, I returned to the neighbor’s yard and repositioned the nozzle on the hose, so the water is getting down to the ground quicker.

            This neighbor has one of those hoses that expands when there is water pressure in it, and contracts when the water pressure is gone. This type of hose would be good only if you plan to always have a nozzle on the end. Without a nozzle the hose would not be under pressure and would not expand. While I was messing with the hose and nozzle, I was able to get another photo of the ford Homestead, and the moon is still overhead.

            What, I don’t care if you can’t see the moon, it was there when I took the photo!

            I know that one person still doesn’t know who the good neighbor is, and I will just keep it to myself, and I am asking each of you, please don’t tell him, he doesn’t need to know!

            Time for me to stop entering data on this puter and get into my ole recliner, hope you have a good day.

 

All our neighbors are good!

Senior retired person who is happy to have good neighbors, Don the Ford