October 31, 2024

            It is Halloween and it is raining, we hope it continues to rain but they say it will stop in about an hour, oh, I should say good morning to all.

            We are not supposed to get much rain from this cold front, but they say the next front in a few days will likely bring more rain. We did get a little less than ½ inch of rain, that helps but we need more.

            Yesterday: I did remove a few more acorns from the front yard, I used the roller and got several acorns. I was attempting to get the acorns I could see, not raking for those under the grass. The roller works well, and it is much easier than raking. Maybe this rain will wash the leaves down the street away from the curb in front of the house. Maybe I should go down to the end of the cul-de-sac and see how many acorns end up there after the rain. 

            I just returned from taking the grandkids to school. I learned that they do not have school tomorrow, I don’t know why. Alex will be going out of town for the freshmen football game this afternoon so he will miss out on Halloween. Gabi and her boyfriend plan to go tricker treating, I think they are a little to old for that.

            I do have a photo of a flower that is blooming, I don’t think this flower knows it is supposed to be fall.

            We usually go out on Thursday afternoon / evening for supper, but since it is Halloween, we will go out for breakfast this morning and stay home this evening.

            The rain makes it to wet for ole people to get outside and work, so I guess I will just stay inside and take several naps today.

            We hope you have a good day; stay productive in all you do and please be safe. 

Blooming!

Senior ole person who could use some breakfast right now, Don the Ford

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

October 30, 2024

            We are one day away from, “the October event”, aka Halloween. In the olden days we use to hand out candy to the tricker treaters, and in the olden days there were many kids in our neighborhood ringing our door bell. As time passed and the kids grew up, we would still hand out candy but it got to a place where the doorbell would ring, and we would look at each other asking who was going to the door this time. We finally decided to shut the door, turn off the porch light, shut the blinds and not answer the door.

            Oh, I should say, good morning to one and all.

            Yesterday events well-defined; there were few events yesterday other than normal daily activities. I did at one point go out to the front yard and look for acorns. I raked another area and came up with very few acorns. I did find a few in the grass out near the street, these acorns were visible to the naked eye, and I used a roller to pick them up. Ther seems to be a lot of acorns still in the trees. The wind was, and is, blowing hard and that might bring some of them down.

            Speaking of the wind, it blew over a couple flower pots last night. These pots were not blown over yesterday when we were sitting outside, but they were this morning. It would be nice if the wind would stop and the rain would start. We have low chances of rain for the next week, maybe we will start toward breaking the drought.

            I need to get the Alex to school this morning, not sure if Gabi will be riding with us, and I need to go to the teller machine for the weekly stipend. Alex has a freshmen football game on Halloween, and it is an out-of-town game. The destination of the game is a long drive so we will not be going.

            Well, I need to stop and get going, we hope you have a wonderful day and please stay safe in all you do.

Nothing doing.

Senior ole person who has things that he needs to do, but… Don the Ford

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

October 29, 2024

            Well, we are almost done with October and November is on its way. We still need to get through the Halloween night and then we are headed for Thanksgiving. I should say good morning to you and we hope you have a good day.

            I wish I had something interesting to say but I don’t. Most of my comments are about something I have done or may do, and that is not interesting to anyone. If you want to get your name off the email list just let me know, I do not want to be a bother to anyone. You do not need to tell me that you want to stay on the list, just if you want off the list.

            I will continue to make these posts but they are really more of a journal for me.

            Yesterday I did get my hair cut and she did a good job, I then went to the star coffee place to get a cup and it was lukewarm. Now I try to not drink caffeinated coffee very often, and when I get a cup of real coffee, I try to only drink half the cup. Lukewarm coffee is not good. 

            Leaving the star coffee place, I went to the cleaners and they said my shirts were not ready, so with tears in my eyes I drove home. Ok, I didn’t’ have tears in my eyes, but I did drive home.

            Back at home I did my daily bible reading and then I took a nap, ole people need naps when they have a morning like I had, filled with all those events.

            Later I went through the bible study homework to see if I could read what I had written down. Now I have never been a good student and when it came to reading and then answering questions, I was not good. In truth I am a visual learner. Show me how to do something or, explain something to me and I understand. Give me a set of instructions on paper and it will take me forever to understand. When I read the bible I read slowly, and I for the most part understand what I am reading, I have read the entire bible several times, and I learn something every time I read from the bible.

            I did get the limbs on the trailer strapped down yesterday and it is a good thing as the wind is blowing hard today and we have a chance of some rain.

            I just looked at the clock and I need to get going to get Alex off to school. We hope you have a safe day and enjoy all you do.

Visual learner.  

Senior ole person who tries to do his homework, but… Don the Ford

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

October 28, 2024

            Good morning to all who read this silly posting. I didn’t say you were silly, I said the posting is silly.

            Yesterday’s events: My favorite wife allowed me to take her to the Cracker store for breakfast, the food was ok but nothing to brag about. It may be that we go there too often and we are getting use to the menu.

            Back at home we sat around for a while and then I decided to go outside and pick up any small sticks that may be left over from the tree trimming Saturday. I was able to remove some, and during this time I came to the understanding that when I am looking for something on the ground in the grass, once I have found the first item, be it a weed or something like Poopa-Loopa, my focus seems to improve and I find others of the same type item. It is like my brain now knows what I am looking for.     

            Speaking of Poopa-Loopa, I did remove it from the back 40 and some from the front yard. That being done, I procured the two rakes from the garage and went to the back 40 where I had some leaves on the ground. I thought I would rake them into an area and then get the mower and vacuum the leaves up. It came to me that I have a leaf blower and that might be easier than the rake. The leaf blower worked well and was much easier and faster than the rake. The mower did vacuum the leaves and I was able to get them all in the trash container for today’s trash haul off.

            We did sit outside for a while yesterday afternoon, the weather was good and the neighborhood was very quiet. It is nice to sit and relax with nothing going on. Well, I guess I should get off here as it is about time to go get Alex for school. We hope you all have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Time changes this weekend.

Senior ole person who wishes the time stayed the same, normal time, Don the Ford

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

 

October 27, 2024

            We made it to Sunday again and all seems well here at the Ford Homestead. We would like to wish each of you a good morning, or good day, depending on when you get out of bed.

            Allow me to comment on yesterday: our tree man Alex did a good job and he learned a few things since this was his first tree trimming event. The two trees we worked on were both pecan trees. Now I said “we” worked on, I supervised and he worked, although I did help carry the cut limbs to the trailer. We were able to get limbs away from the power line that runs from the pole to our house and a bunch of low hanging limbs. To me, the trees look better now.

            I did not take Alex to the star coffee place when I picked him up, as he had food for his breakfast with him. Yep, he was eating breakfast as we drove to our house.

We did get the limbs all cleaned up and loaded on the trailer and I will need to put straps on the limbs to secure them on the trailer today. I believe it is about three weeks before we can take these limbs to the Hewitt chipper.

The back yard has some leaves on the ground and it looks kind of ugly. No, all the leaves have not started falling yet, just the pecan tree leaves in our yard. I could use the lawn mower to vacuum them up, but that would be work for this ole retired person. I will likely get outside and attempt to pick up any small debris left over from yesterday’s cutting. Alex did use the leaf blower to clean the drive way of the leaves that were there.

After the cutting work, my favorite wife and I took Alex with us to the sandwich place for lunch. We were able to get him home safely and when I returned home, I took a short nap. My favorite wife and I did wash the dog yesterday before we were able to sit outside, the neighborhood was quiet and the Crows did not make any noise yesterday. It was warm but not too hot, heck they are saying we might have a chance for rain this week, and that would be good.

I think we are going to the cracker store this morning for breakfast, and if we go early, we will not need to wait in line to be seated. When we go for lunch, there is always a long wait to get a table.

Well, I guess you know all I know, so I will stop for now, we hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Alex be good!

Senior ole person who needs to think about eating breakfast, Don the Ford 

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

October 26, 2024

            It seems like a good morning, so we will wish you, and you alone, a good morning.

Yesterday’s small events: I did trim a couple more small bushes and then I learned that they should have been trimmed shorter. I guess today I will again attempt to meet the expectations of my favorite wife and shorten the bushes a little more.

I was allowed to leave the homestead for a few minutes yesterday and take a few shirts to the cleaners and while I was out, I stopped by the teller machine and procured our weekly stipend.

Speaking of clothes, I have an odd story about blue jeans. Ther was a pair of jeans hanging in the closet so I took them out to put on. I looked them over as some of my jeans have things like paint on them that will not come off, but these had no paint. I put my legs in them and pulled them up to my waist, they were a little tight, I mean they were very tight. I would say they were a good 6 to 8 inches to small, heck they were probably for someone with a 32-inch waist. My favorite wife said they were folded up on her side of the closet under other clothes and when she found them, she hung them on my side of the closet. If these pants were ever mine, they would have been something from more than 50 years ago.       Odd?

I have thought about getting our yard man over here this morning to do some tree trimming. There are some fairly low limbs that could be trimmed and it the yard man Alex was here I would not have to do so much work. 

We did sit outside yesterday with a friend who comes over most Friday afternoons and we always have some good conversations, it was kind of warm, and I did have the big ole fan running part of the time.

I need to get Alex and see if we can remove some tree limbs. We hope you have a good day and as always be safe in all we do.

Trimming trees day.

Senior ole person who will probably take Alex to the Star coffee place, Don the Ford

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

October 25, 2024

            Wow, we made it back to another Friday and we wish everyone a good morning.

            I will start this posting and then in a few minutes leave to go to the burrito store where I will attempt to procure a couple bacon egg and cheese burritos. When I get back here to the house, I will divide the burritos in half and eat one half myself, while giving the other half to My favorite wife. I will then divide the second burrito and re-wrap the two halves to take to Alex and Gabi for breakfast on the way to school. Hopefully I will get them to school on time and safely.

            We went to the concert last night and it was a blast. The stage was filled with all the young people from freshmen to seniors, all with stringed instruments, they had a big screen above the orchestra and they showed a vampire movie from 1922. The music and sounds from the orchestra change with the movie. It was very good; the movie was probably scary in the olden days but it wasn’t scary last night. 

            I have returned from getting the burritos and my half was good. I will need to leave in a few minutes to get the Alex and Gabi off to school.

            I did go out and trim a couple more bushes yesterday and they look a little better now, I did have a round with vertigo yesterday afternoon but I got it under control in time to go to the vampire movie. I still have a couple more bushes to trim hopefully today but these are small and I need to trim them this morning while the clouds are around, you know, stay out of the sun.

            I have no other plans for today and I need to get started to get ready to go to get the kids for school. We hope you have a very good day, please stay safe in all you do, and please be nice to at least one person. 

Burrito connoisseur.

Senior ole person who is not hungry right now, Don the Ford.

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

October 24, 2024

            We hope every one’s day starts out with a bright and cheerful good morning.

            Yesterday’s events were not too many: I did water the plants and I attempted to give some extra water to the berry beds as everything is too dry. The ground in the yard that the sprinklers do not cover is cracking open. We need a couple days of nice rain without any storms.

            My favorite wife and I did sit outside yesterday afternoon and a friend came over and wanted to look at our hot house. He is considering purchasing one and wanted to get an idea of how big ours is. I tried to explain how I put mine together so we hope he got some good ideas.

            Today’s events: we are hoping that after getting Alex to school on time and in a safe manner that we can go out to the voting place and vote. We are hoping the line of people waiting to vote will not be too long at 8:30 but I guess we will wait and see.

            We plan to go after voting and have breakfast. A nice big breakfast at a restaurant provides enough food so that we don’t need to have lunch.

            This evening, we are going to the high school where Alex will be playing music while we watch an ole movie that has no sound. An ole black and white movie and the orchestra will provide the music.

            I need to get going and get Alex to school, I will finish this later and let you know if we get to vote. 

            We are back: we did get to vote and it took about 45 minutes total that includes standing in line and voting. The voting was on a paper ballot and then we put it into a machine. 

We did go to the George’s restaurant for breakfast and my belly is full. I asked for a discount since we had voted, the answer was NO. I asked for a senior citizen discount, NO, I asked for a first responder discount, NO, I asked for a military discount, she said they had a military discount but it wasn’t much. Needless to say, we did not get a discount, the food was good and the service was good.

Now that my belly is full, I need a nap, so, we hope you have a good day, have fun in all you do and be safe.

We voted!

Senior ole retired person who wants to retired to his recliner, Don the Ford

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

October 23, 2024

 

            Good morning from me to you and the that other person too, we hope your day is starting well.

Yesterday work history: I did go out to the back 40 and trim the bushes that are along the wall. Now the parts that I was cutting off the bushes ranged from 2 feet to 4 feet long, mostly 4 feet long. Most of the branches came from the top of the bushes and some came from the base of the bushes. I had the Ford’s ole red wagon setting there and I would place the cuttings in the wagon. When the wagon was full, I would take it to the trailer where there were limbs from previous work days, and the nice thing was, I could gather the entire wagon load of cuttings in my arms at one time and place them on the trailer. I had three full wagon loads of cuttings. After wrestling with the cuttings, I decided to get a shower in hopes of removing any chiggers that were likely on me from the cuttings. 

Later in the day, having nothing to do, I decided to see if I could, using the leaf blower, blow leaves in to a pile. My thought was to have our yard man Alex over here Saturday and using the lawn mower he could pick up the leaves. The leaf blower worked but I think the lawn mower would do an equally good job of blowing the leaves.

I also having no real plans for the afternoon, decided to see if I could get some acorns from the new jasmine bed, the jasmine is not real thick there and I can see some acorns on the ground. I picked up a few acorns but the dirt was wet since the sprinkler had run that morning so I got more mud than acorns. 

I did drive out to where the early voting is and there were too many cars, so I did not even turn into the parking area, I proceeded on and came home on what I use to call the back road, it is Richey Road. I see that there are many new houses but the big surprise for me was, there is a grade school on that road and I had no idea it was there. Yes, it had been several years since I had been on the road.

Our son David and Claire did get to vote yesterday, they said it took about 45 minutes, and the voting was on paper ballots, no computers this time. We hope to get out there one day this week and get the voting done.

Today I do not know what I might do, I do need to water everything and I could remove some of the grass from the berry beds, but that requires me to be on my ole knees.

Well, I guess I will stop entering data, and get ready to get Alex and take him to school. we hope you have a very good day; stay productive in all you do and please be safe.

Bush cutter Don.

Senior ole person who encourages everyone to vote, Don the Ford

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

October 22, 2024

            Good morning to everyone we hope you have a very good day.

            Did nothing yesterday other than get a prescription filled, check to see if I could read the notes, I had written for bible study and go to the bible study. My hand writing isn’t very clear and sometimes I find it difficult to read my own writing.

            Tres and I did sit out on the front porch for a while and the weather was good but the mosquitos were hungry, so we did not linger outside too long.

            What do you think about the following: as some people might know I occasionally write short stories like The Beginning of Time, and Time Travel. I sometimes watch shows on TV about aliens. Now I am not talking about aliens coming across our borders illegally, I am talking about aliens from other worlds, aka outer space aliens. It is possible that we have aliens living among us, and this has been going on for many years. It may be also possible that they look like we do, they have jobs and are around some of us daily. These aliens may be trying to get into jobs or positions where they can influence us without us knowing.

Now what positions would they want to be in and why. They would like to be in positions where they have access to you and I daily, that would be TV, news people and other positions like those who might be interviewed by TV personnel. There most likely will be some in politics.

They might have originally come here as guides to influence people to do certain things and help earthlings to progress, learn and how to safely advance the human population. The population of these aliens has increased and they do cross breed with the human, both men and women.

It may be possible to identify these beings by looking at their eyes. Their eyes are slightly wider than most humans, their eyes open wide and appear slightly larger than a human. Their eyes look very nice and that is how you can tell an alien from a human.

Now I know that you think that the above is a totally crazy statement, but for the next couple days when you are watching anyone on TV, especially the news people, take the time to look at their eyes and see if you occasionally see the eyes of an alien.

I am just attempting to provide you with information that you can ignore or use.

            I need to get ready to go get Alex for school, today he will have his military uniform on for the ROTC class. No big plans for the day, my favorite wife could convince me to go out for breakfast. There is some work that needs to be done like trimming some bushes in the back 40, but I am not sure what I will due yet.

            We hope you have a good day and as always please stay safe in all you do.

Fiction or not?

Senior ole person who can present things to you but, are they true, Don the Ford

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

October 21, 2024

            It is dark thirty here in Hewitt, my pot hound Tres got me up about an hour earlier than normal, so I am starting the day with a good morning to all, yes that includes you too.

            We did very little yesterday here at the Fords Homestead, we did go to the cracker store for breakfast and that is about all we did. I would say it was a day of rest and doing very little. I did water the flower pots out in the front yard and I did sit on the front porch and read the notes for this week’s bible study.

My favorite wife and I did sit outside yesterday afternoon the neighborhood was quiet, the weather was good, and we enjoyed the peaceful time together away from distractions like the TV. We do keep an eye on any vehicles that pass by while we are outside and if they are not from the neighborhood, we try to guess why they are going down our street to the cul-de-sac.

Today’s plan: not a lot on the plan, I need to get Alex to school on time and in a safe manner, I need to call the vet to get the cat in for a checkup and see if I can get the Tres in as he itches all the time. I will need to double check my bible study homework in prep for to night’s meeting.

I need to cut some tree limbs that are hanging to low, and I wonder if my yard man Alex has ever been a tree trimmer. Alex working makes things much easier for me.

Nothing else to present at this time, we hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Work less rest more.

Senior ole person who needs to get going and do something, Don the Ford

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

October 20, 2024

            It is a dark good morning, yep, the sun isn’t up yet, so the darkness is here. I do believe the sun will be up in a few minutes, “all things are possible to him who believes”.

            We made it to Sunday again, and as usual, we here at the Ford homestead have no real plans for the day. I think we might go to the cracker store for breakfast but other than that no real plans.

            We did our normal routine yesterday going into Waco for lunch and the lady at the sandwich shop wanted to know where our grandson Alex was. We explained that the yard did not need to be mowed so he was home resting. We went to the cheap store; we did not purchase anything from the cheap store even though we had a 15% off coupon. The out of the ordinary thing we did yesterday was, we did stop at the booze emporium for a bottle of adult beverage. 

            A friend who normally comes over on Friday afternoon and sits with us, came over yesterday afternoon. We did get into a big bible discussion, heck I even got my bible and brought it outside to provide correct information.

            Different thought: I often hear people on the TV say the word, “important”, but they often pronounce it as, “impordent”. I often hear the word with a “d” instead of a “t”, maybe it is just me but I do hear it very often.  

            Yep, you are correct, that was not an interesting comment but I wanted to say it and I am the author of these uninteresting postings, so I will write what I want.

            I guess that is it for now, we hope you have a good day, and that you stay safe in all you due, along with being nice to at least one person. 

Uninteresting?

Senior ole person who is ready for bacon and eggs for breakfast, Don the Ford

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

October 19, 2024

            I would like to wish you a good morning but, instead, I will present you with a very good morning! Well, we are back to Saturday again and hopefully on a somewhat normal schedule.

            Yesterday was a fairly good day, the leftovers I had for lunch and supper were still good. We did get to wash the dog yesterday and I did water the black berries. Everything is so dry, and everything needs a good rain.

Odd subject: the crows are making an unusual amount of noise, it sounds as if they are having a riot outside, and I can’t see any of them on the security video. I wonder if a hawk has come into the area, or if it is a dispute between two flocks of crows. The noise went on for several minutes.

Our plans for the day are the normal Saturday schedule with the exception I might stop at the booze emporium to see if I can procure a bottle or two. In other words, our Saturday may be a normal ole person’s boring day.

Different subject: I had previously commented in another posting about how I get easily distracted when doing most anything. I was again distracted yesterday when I was attempting to do my homework for the bible study class. Our cat Molly has always been able to open the door to the office if it isn’t securely shut. Yesterday as I was sitting here at the Ford’s ole desk, there was a scratching sound and then the door came part way open, yep it was Molly. Now opening the door was not a big distraction but what followed was. I have a photo which is worth 1002 words.

             Now don’t try to tell me that is not a distraction.

            Ok, lets swap themes: my favorite wife and I did sit out yesterday afternoon, the weather was outstanding with a temp of about 80. A friend from down the street stopped by and we all had some good conversations. After about 30 minutes she headed for home and the neighbors from across the street came over, with their grandson and his daughter, Paisley. Now Paisley is a live wire, and she is a very smart young girl. She will convers with ole adults and she will tell you what she thinks. Our time with them was very interesting and fun.

            Well, I guess I should stop for now and see if I can rest up after all this data entering. We hope everyone has a good day filled with family and or friends, and as always be safe in all we do.

Normal Sat all day schedule.

Senior ole person explains, sat all day is a diversion of Saturday, Don the Ford

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

October 18, 2024

            It is another cool good morning here in the great town of Hewitt. It is said that we will get to a high of 80 today, I guess that is still fall weather for us in Texas.

            In just a few minutes I will leave the homestead and go to the Burrito emporium and attempt to purchase a couple burritos. Arriving back at home I will attempt to cut the burritos in half. I get half of one and my favorite wife gets half of one. The other two halves go to Alex and Gabi when I pick them up to go to school. Yep, they will need to eat theirs while I am driving.

            Ok I am back and have the two burritos, I cut them in half, and I have eaten my half, my favorite wife has her half, the other two haves are wrapped and ready to go.

            Let us move to yesterday’s events: I did attempt to rake a path through the front yard to see how many acorns I could retrieve. This path was about two feet wide and at least 30 feet long. I raked them to the street. I then got the leaf blower and blew away the dead grass. There was another small pile in the street that I had raked a week ago. I put both piles together and have a photo.

            Either I am not good at raking, but I am good, or there aren’t as many acorns on the ground yet. There are three oak trees in the front yard and the middle tree still has small acorns on it. I would like it if we did not get any acorns off these trees.

            During the raking process I had visitors from both homes across the street from us. We discussed the recent 2-week vacation that the first neighbor took. He and his wife got on a ship and went to Hawaii, and the second neighbor commented on the fact that he and his wife had gone to Hawaii in the past also, then the first neighbor noted that this was their second trip to Hawaii. Now me and my wife have not even been outside of the state of Texas together for probably 8 years. Rich retired people can go on all those nice trips and ole retired people on a fixed income get to stay at home.  

            Changing the topic, we did go out to supper yesterday afternoon and the food and service was very good. After supper I stopped by Daves house and dropped off a couple shirts for Alex. Both shirts have the name FORD on them and Alex likes caps and shirts that has Ford on them. He had one of them on when I took them to school this morning.

            Back at home yesterday afternoon we did sit outside for a while, it was cool but not cold, and we enjoyed the neighbors’ grandkids visiting. The boy is the youngest and he is learning how to ride a bike and the girl who is a little older was being a big sister to the boy, you know annoying him. They were both afraid of Tres.

            I need to get going to get our grandkids off to school.

            I am back and I gave them their half a burrito with hot sauce, and this hot sauce is hot! I did get them to school on time and in a safe mode. 

            Well, I guess I should rest for a while before I start my daily reading and homework, we hope you all have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Plan not, do not.

Senior ole person who hasn’t been to Hawaii or out of the state lately, Don the Ford

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

October 17, 2024

            Well, we have started another day and as the Tres and I was outside this morning reviewing the front yard, Tres pointed out that the full moon appeared larger than usual, and it did. Tres also wanted me to wish you a good morning. I should note that the air temp was 46 this morning, yes, a cool start to the day. Tomorrow we will be back in the 80s.

            I have started this a little later than usual, so I will need to stop at some point and go get Alex for school. today is Thursday and we usually have football games on Thursday, but not today, so we get to go out for supper this evening. No other plans for today, and I will explain why in the next few statements.

            Yesterday’s events: since the weather was cool yesterday, I decided to go to the hot house and clear out some stuff, organize what is there, and sweep the floor all in prep for the cool weather that might come in few weeks. In front of the hot house there was a limb hanging down and it would rub my ole head, so I decide to cut it down before working on the hot house. I went to the shed and got the pole saw and cut the small limb down, then I cut another and another…

            At some point I stopped the cutting of the limbs, and I completed the work on the hot house. Did I say that I also trimmed some low hanging limbs from the live oak tree, well I did. I have a photo as a review of my work. The trailer was empty before I started on the hot house.

             Attention deficit disorder is often used to explain why kids do not stay focused or don’t pay attention. I have always been a person who goes to do one thing and then gets distracted and does something else. So, cleaning and organizing the hot house ended with a trailer load of limbs. 

I did put the big cooler that was used during the refrigerator work back in the shed yesterday and I have a photo which is not interesting, but you might want to know that the big ole cooler is under and behind the items you see in this photo.

            No one asked but I have used everything in that shed in the past except for the two kerosene heaters, which I bought a couple years ago. My son Dave did use one of them. Yes, there is a security light on the shed and two security cameras covers the shed.

            We did sit outside yesterday, and it was cool outside. How do I know it was cool; the following photo will provide the necessary image of my favorite cool person.

            I assume a hot cup of coffee might have been better than the cold water she had.

            OK, that will be it for now, please have a good day, stay busy and also stay safe.

Easily distracted.

Senior ole person who may start to do something, but do something else, Don the Ford

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

October 16, 2024

            It is cool and yet a good morning here in Hewitt. This morning the temp is reported to be in the high 50s, that is after yesterday's high temp of 100 degrees. We had to have the big ole fan on as we sat outside yesterday afternoon.

            I want to start this morning with a photo which I took yesterday when I was going to get Alex. This photo I found interesting.

            Sun was coming up, should I have taken a photo when I was driving?

            Allow me to discuss the work on the refrigerator yesterday. We did everything we needed to do, we were able to get the ice cleared out and the inside of the freezer box cleaned and dried. We also were able to put everything back into the refrigerator and in the freezer. The lady did come and get the items we had to remove from the freezer in the garage. Everything went well yesterday, and I will need to put the big cooler and the fan back in the shed today, ole peoples work never ends.

            No plans for the day other than taking Alex to school and stopping at the teller machine. With a predicted high today of 72 degrees, should I have a long-sleeved shirt on, and should I have jeans instead of shorts? Wow, so many decisions for an ole person to make. 

            I have another photo, and it is of a blooming Boggabilla. These have been doing good even in the extreme heat. 

            Well, I need to stop and get started to Alex's house. We hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Alert driver? 😐

Senior ole person who hopes for a restful and safe day for all, Don the Ford

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

October 15, 2024

We hope you are having a good morning, and ours seems to be looking good. I will splain later, Lucy.

Did the Don do anything yesterday: well, he did take advantage of the cool morning air and put the new tarp on the riding mower. Finishing that project, I decided to water the remaining potted plants that were not watered the day before. Obviously, since I had the hose in hand I watered the berry beds.

Completing those “strenuous tasks”, we decide to do what the repairman told us to do, and that is defrost the freezer portion of the refrigerator. Defrost meant there was a hunk of ice on the back of the unit, not just frost. Now to do this we were told it would take about 12 hours with the freezer open and the doors of the refrigerator should not be opened, keeping the items in the refrigerator cool.

We needed to move the frozen items from the freezer, to the freezer in the garage. The garage freezer was full due to us allowing a friend to put some items in our freezer as hers was full. We called her and told her that we needed her to get her items as we now need the room.

I went to the shed and moved several items around which enabled me to get to the Ford’s ole cooler, and I placed it in the garage. I moved her items into the cooler. She was supposed to come yesterday to get them she did not, her items are still in the cooler. I also recovered a fan from the shed to be placed at the open freezer to help warm and remove the ice and dry the area. 

We moved the items from the indoor freezer to the freezer in the garage. We also moved any items that we thought we would need today from the refrigerator in the house to the fridge in the garage.

Different subject: I did review the questions and answers for the bible study and I read the notes for last night’s bible study, which we are supposed to do that after the lecture. The notes are a lot like the lecture. I did not have supper last night and I did not get an adult beverage, maybe I will get both tonight.

Today: This morning, we unplugged the refrigerator and opened the freezer drawer, place the fan blowing into the unit and now we are waiting.

There wasn’t as much ice in the freezer unit as we were led to believe, and most of the ice has now fell off. I believe we will be finished with the project in about half the time the maintenance person told us.

I did get Alex to school safe and on time. Well you know all about us now so I will say have a good day and be safe in all you do.

Ice removal. 

Senior person who is defrosting today even though it may be 97 today, Don the Ford

 

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

October 14, 2024

            We had a good day yesterday and we hope we all have a good morning along with another good day, but we hope it is a little cooler today than yesterday. We learned this morning that the high yesterday was a record setter, 104 degrees. It was the hottest day ever on record for October. Today's high is said to be mid 80s, and later this week we are expected to cool down to the 50s at night and high 70s to low 80 in the day.

            Yesterday in review: we did very little yesterday, after I completed my daily reading and homework, my favorite wife and I decided to go to the cracker store for lunch. The wait was about 25 minutes to be seated and it seemed that long between the time we ordered to the time we were served. Food eaten my favorite wife shopped a little while, which turned into a conversation with someone she knew. 

            Leaving the cracker store we decided to go to the cheap store and review their inventory. We purchased one thing that cost about $2.00 and then we headed to the Harbor store. At the Harbor store I purchased a tarp which will be use to cover the ole riding mower.

            Arriving back at home a friend had dropped off a couple tubs that can be used for acorns as we collect them. Then another friend arrived at our homestead and he updates us on some of the Plumeria plants we have and how to get them ready for winter.

            Next, we washed the pot hound Tres, and then I watered the flowers out back of the house, I guess I should water those near the driveway and out in the front of the house this morning.

            Sitting outside yesterday, I looked at the kind of smart phone and it indicated that it was 101 while we were sitting there. It felt hot but I did not believe the 101 until this morning when the weather guy said it was 104 yesterday.

            Today's plan: I have no real plans for today, we will wait and see what happens.

Record high? 😐

Senior ole person who wished he could, but may not be able too, Don the Ford

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

October 13, 2024

            Today is the 13^th, but not Friday the 13^th. We want to wish everyone a good day.

            Let’s see what happened yesterday: we picked Alex up Saturday morning about 11:00 when he had finished the ROTC training. They were preparing for the upcoming Homecoming for Mid Way High School. We then headed into Waco for a quick lunch at the sandwich shop. Food ate, we headed for home where we turned Alex loose getting ready to mow.

            I headed out back to pick up the Poopa-Loopa when I remembered, we needed to dig up a black berry before the mowing started. Alex got the shovel and I got the flower pot to put the berry in. Alex dug the berry plant up and potted it. I then finished the Poopa-Loopa pick up as Alex checked the riding mower.

            Alex was mowing the back 40 as I decided to pull some weeds from a rose bush. I went to the ole hot house to get a flower pot and as I removed the pot from the wooden bench there was a swarm of wasps, and yes one of them stung me above my left eye. I did get the wasp spray and sprayed the nest killing many of the wasps. When I was pulling the weeds from the rose bush, I was on my knees again.

            Back yard completed Alex went to the front yard and mowed and trimmed it. Alex does good work and you only have to tell him how to do something one time. The mowing complete he procured the leaf blower and cleared the neighbors drive and along the street.

            All that done, I dropped Alex off at home, I needed a nap.  Later in the afternoon we were able to sit outside for a while watching the neighbor ladies as they were trimming a tree and cutting up the trimmings into small easy to handle pieces, then piling them up. I did take a photo of the Boggabilla’s as we were sitting outside yesterday.

            These flowers are blooming all the time, and it may be due to the amount of BS, aka fertilizer, where we sit every afternoon.

            Well, I guess that is it for now, I hope we all have a good Sunday and please stay safe in all we do.

Yard work supervisor.

Senior ole person who got the yard mowed and did little work, Don the Ford

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