August 2, 2025

                Good morning from me to you but not to that other person, wait a minute, let's be good and say good morning to everyone, even that other person. Is there another person?

                I guess we'll start off with "what did I do yesterday". Well, I did go out and trim the areas in the backyard which did take about 45 minutes and even though the sun was not up shining down on me at that time my shirt was sweaty so since I was already soaking wet with sweat, that is soaked, I'd go ahead and ride the riding mower and mow the backyard. Yep, I got it mowed and trimmed, and it looks pretty much as good as if Alex would have done it, it's nice work.

                I then entered the house and went in and got in the shower where I cooled down and cleaned up. After finishing the shower, I thought to myself what time is it, it was 10:00am so I said do I want to go get a cup of coffee. I always want to go get a cup of coffee, but I decided this time to make a cup at the house and not go anywhere.

                Coffee made I sat down and started reading from the Bible and I'm into Revelation again which for some of you know that's the last book in the bible. I was reading and started getting sleepy even though I had my cup of coffee, so I stopped reading, went into the front room got on the old recliner and zonked out for about 30 minutes.

                Awake I went back and finished my reading and about that time my favorite wife came home from town, and I helped her carry a few things out of the van into the house that she had purchased. The rest of the day was pretty much take it easy and do nothing but kick back rest from all that morning work.

                We did sit outside yesterday afternoon with the big fan blowing on us, no friends came over it was a nice quiet afternoon other than one phone call that my wife received while we were sitting out there. It was a pleasant afternoon until we heard Thunder and then we decided that we're going to go get on the front porch, we thought it might be going to rain, but it did not rain.

                Big plans for today are we'll probably go into Waco at the sandwich shop and have a sandwich for lunch. On the way home we'll stop at the cheap store and go in and see if there's anything that we need or want and then return home and kick back and take it easy the rest of the day.

                One of our neighbors is on Hospice and is not doing very well at all, we are keeping him in our prayers.

                Well, I will stop for now, hope you have a good day try to be safe in everything you do and be nice to old people, we need it.

Sat-all-Day Don the Ford

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

August 1, 2025

                Good morning to you our day is starting off nice and warm we hit 102 yesterday supposed to get pretty warm this afternoon with the possibility of some rain.

                I'm not sure what I'm going to do today, I'm considering going out back and doing the weed eating in the backyard. I don't know if I'll mow the backyard today or if I'll wait and mow it tomorrow. I have learned that Alex will not be able to come over today and work as he's going hiking with a friend, and tomorrow he and the family are going to a water park for a day of fun and relaxation. It looks like I get to do all the work myself and that means I save a few dollars wow.

                If I am going to go trim the weeds in the backyard I should get started now before it starts getting hot. It usually takes about a half hour to 45 minutes to get around everything back there then I'll have to decide if I want to wait and mow tomorrow or mow today.

                Yesterday afternoon I decided to go to the big home store in Waco and see if I could get an air filter for my walk behind lawn mower, they had none, so then I went to the farm store, they had none, then I went to a Do it Best store, they had none, then I came back to Hewitt and went to the Ace store and they had one. Why didn't I go to the Ace store before I went all the way into Waco to all those other stores and found nothing?

                We sat outside yesterday afternoon after we got home from our evening meal, and it was nice with the big fan running, we had no friends come over and visit, all alone by ourselves enjoying the quietness of the afternoon.

                I will stop for now and try to get started outside if my old body will let me, we hope you have a good day we hope everyone has a safe day. Please be nice to everybody you're around.

Weed trimmer Don the Ford

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

July 31, 2025

                Well, it is the last day of the month and even though it's the last day of the month we hope you have an excellent day today filled with kindness and good friends.

                Well, it's going on 9:00 and I've been outside trimming the number 2 BlackBerry bed. Yes, I had blood on my arms and stickers. Did I get done, nope did I get a bunch of it, yes, I got a pretty good start, but it's got a lot more to go. When I get done with the trimming I will need to get on my hands and knees and get the weeds out of it. Yep, and that's just the first one there's two more after that. I have a photo of the results of my work.

                No big plans for today. After I get done with this I'm going to head over to the bank and get my $8 stipend for the week they go by the pharmacy and pick up my prescription and then I might also go by the star coffee place and get a free cup of coffee. I was supposed to have got a free cup the other day and I told the lady this one's free and she went ahead and charged me for it and I didn't know that until I checked my online card amount, and I found out I still have a free 1 coming so today I'm going to get me a free one and I'll make sure it's free I'll ask for a receipt.

                This is Thursday which is our go out for supper night so also known as date night, so we'll do that later this afternoon and then come back in the 100° temperature and sit outside and talk about nothing as usual. It was 101° here yesterday and we had a big fan on us when we sat outside which sure helped.

                Well, I will stop for now. I hope that you have a good day filled with kindness and be safe in everything we do.

Black Berry stickers, Don the Ford

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

July 30, 2025

                Good afternoon to one and all, and yes, it is almost afternoon, as I did not work on this posting this morning, I needed to go to the doctor for my annual checkup and so I'm trying to post it now, which is after lunch.

                The doctor said that I was in "excellent health" which surprised me. Excellent health wow, old people can be in excellent health? I didn't know that old people could be in excellent health, but I'll accept her diagnosis.

                Absolutely no plans for today, I may kick back take it easy doing whatever I'm forced to do, or, allowed to do. I may try to be nice to my wife and to anybody that I'm around, if I'm around anybody. I do need to start working on the BlackBerry vines, you know trimming them and getting them more in order for the coming year. I did notice that the number 3 bed is in the shade at noon so I could work on it at noon and then try to do the others early morning before the sun gets up because the other two stay in the sun all day long.

                I do not have any photos or anything exciting to say so I'm going to get off of here kick back and do a whole lot of nothing.  We hope you have a good day and a safe day while being nice to others.

In good health, Don the Ford.

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

July 29, 2025

                I am here talking to my computer again since I don't seem to have any friends, I just have to talk to my computer all the time but it's not that bad. I guess I should say good morning to all, we hope you have a really nice day.

                It is a Tuesday morning here at the Ford homestead I have went outside early and watered the blackberries first off because it's been hot and dry so I figured I'd water them and after reviewing them I see that I need to put in a bunch of work trimming them back and yes there are still a couple berries showing up on it. After watering the blackberries, I went and watered some of the flowerpots that are not covered by the sprinkler system although the sprinkler system did run this morning and watered a big portion of them.

The above done, I went and cleaned out the cat's litter box as I do daily then I washed my hands good and headed off to get me a cup of coffee at the Star coffee place. They did not have my particular coffee so I got a different kind, it's not bad but it's not good either.

My big plans for today would be to get Alex and get him over to school at about 12:30 today as they will be issuing football gear for this football season. After that, there are no really big plans but tomorrow I get to go to the doctor for my annual checkup.

My favorite wife and I did sit outside yesterday afternoon and again no friends drop by we just simply sat there and kind of watched the neighborhood. It's a little more boring now that the ladies that lived on the corner have moved away because we always kind of commented on them, they did a really good job of keeping the yard nice and clean and checking the oil and other areas of their vehicles. They seemed to be good people but without them to talk about we just talk about the birds now.

I mowed the front yard yesterday afternoon seeing that it was nice and shady out there, so I went out to mow. My mower wouldn't start and after checking the spark plug, cleaning it and putting it back I pull the air filter off and for some reason it was soaked with oil so that means I have to go into town and buy a new air filter for that mower. It did finally start after I cleaned the air filter but it sure needs a new one and I think as old as that mower is I might need a new mower but where would I get the money? You know old senior people we just don't have all that money.

I guess I will try to stop for now and try to drink this different coffee. We hope you have a good day, stay safe in all you do and be nice to at least one old person today.

Don the Ford.

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

July 28, 2025

                Good morning from me to you, it's a nice morning, not too awfully hot and yes, I have already been outside working. I went out into the front yard, and I got on my knees and yes, I prayed, and I also pulled weeds out of the Jasmine bed. It wasn't easy as I crawled around knowing that the chiggers were probably crawling all over me, but I did clean a bunch of the weeds out. One problem is that a lot of them broke off and didn't get pulled out by their roots. Maybe half of them got the roots pulled out. I should have ran the sprinklers yesterday and got the ground nice and wet so it could pull the roots out of the ground, but I didn't do it.

                I have had my shower got nice and clean jumped in the truck drove over got a cup of coffee and I'm sitting here in front of the computer talking to it as it writes all the things down as I say them, and it also corrects my English.

                I would like to comment on something.

"I ordered a book from BSF which is Bible Study Fellowship, and the book itself costs $9.50. The book is over 350 pages, and it will be for this year's Bible study. The freight to get it here via FedEx was a little over $12.50.

Now here's the funny part, if there is a funny part. The book was given to FedEx in San Antonio TX, it then went from San Antonio to Memphis TN, Memphis is one of the big FedEx distribution centers where a lot of stuff goes and then gets redistributed.

From Memphis it came to Austin TX. I just checked and it has now come from Austin TX to Hewitt Texas and is out for delivery."

                I didn't do a lot yesterday, we set outside yesterday afternoon, the weather was nice, we didn't have any friends to come over and visit with us. We sat out there and talked about pots and flowers and stuff and we're still kind of considering repotting a couple plants, I just got to figure out what pot we're going to put them in, evidently my favorite wife and I don't agree on the pots.

                No big plans for today, after I get done with this, I will take a break and then I will get my Bible out and do some reading, AKA Bible study on my own.

                I will attempt to stop for now. We hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do and be nice to at least one person today.

Weed puller, Don the Ford.

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

July 27, 2025

                It is a Sunday morning here at the Ford Homestead, and we wish you a good morning or good day depending on when you look at this post.

                Yesterday was a kickback day, we did go out for breakfast and after breakfast we went on into Waco to the cheap store where I purchased a couple small boxes of decaf coffee. Returning home we didn't do much outside. We looked at some of the flower plots to see what we had, but we didn't replant anything. Later in the day we did sit out on the front porch for a while until I realized it was time to feed our dog so I went and fed him and after feeding the dog we decided we'd go out and set in our other outside place which is near the driveway.

We did start the big fan to get a little breeze. As we were sitting outside a friend came over and we started talking with her and learned that she had been moving furniture and getting moved into a new apartment all day. She noted that she was thirsty and had nothing to eat today. We were able to provide her with water and some food.

Speaking of moving, the family that lived on the corner across from us has evidently moved completely out as we have not seen any of them over there lately.

Today being Sunday, we will likely go out for lunch at the cracker store and after that no real plans. They say it's going to be cloudy today so that might make it a little bit cooler and if so, my favorite wife might want to try to repot a plant.

Well, I guess that's it for now, we hope you have an excellent day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Ole people be lazy, Don the Ford

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

July 26, 2025

                We made it to Saturday, and we have a nice good morning starting here in Hewitt, we hope we all have a safe good day.

                Yesterday we did get our yard man Alex over and we got the backyard mowed and trimmed; we got about 85% of the ditch weeds removed. We ran out of power on the battery powered weed trimmer and we didn't want to put gas in the other trimmer we decided 85% was OK. After we finished the workout in the yard, Alex and I headed into town and got us a sandwich and eventually got him back home safe and sound.

                When I got back home, I got in the shower and cleaned up. I was getting ready to take a nice little rest in my chair when my wife arrived home from town where she had been shopping. So naturally I helped carry a few items before I was able to go to my chair and relax.

                My wife and I sat outside yesterday afternoon. When we went outside it was cloudy, so the sun wasn't shining on us, and it was comfortable although there was no breeze, so we did have a big fan running to provide the breeze that we needed. We sat there and watched one of our neighbors on the corner as they were moving out. No friends came over yesterday we just sat outside and enjoyed our quiet afternoon.

                No big plans for today.  think we're going to go out and have breakfast at George's restaurant. A breakfast out means no lunch needed.

                I guess I will stop for now. We hope you have an excellent day filled with a lot of friends and family and happiness and please be safe in all you do.    

Breakfast no lunch Don the Ford

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

July 25, 2025

                Allow me to get started with a good morning to you we hope you have a really good day. We had a real good day yesterday didn't do a lot of work or anything but enjoyed the day good supper last night with my favorite wife and we did sit outside for a little while with a big fan blowing on us with no visitors. The neighborhood was very quiet yesterday afternoon and the bird house that was being used seems to not be used so we assume the babies have left the bird house and mom and dad are out somewhere having fun.

                I have a couple photos 1 taken yesterday when I was picking up the dog Poopa-Loopa from the backyard in an effort to get ready for our mowing today and yes, I'm going to have Alex come over this morning and do a bunch of mowing and weed eating for me.  The photo from yesterday is of blackberries on bed number two.

The second photo was taken this morning as Tres, and I walked out front to check the front yard out. It's of an interesting sunrise at least I thought it was interesting.

                That's about it for now. I need to get started, I have got to get Alex early, get our coffee drinks, and then get out there and do the mowing and all before it gets too hot. I'm going to stop for now and wish you all a very good day and hope that we all stay safe in all we do today.

Yard work, Alex and Don the Fords.

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

July 24, 2025

                It is Thursday July the 24th, is it a good morning for you? It is a good morning for me as I have already been outside watering the plants, adding some dirt, AKA fertilizer, to some of the plants. I also watered the BlackBerry beds and now I'm back in the house looking at this new computer.

                Yesterday I did call the air conditioner people and had him come out and check our air conditioner out. The outside unit was making some noise, and we wanted to know what could be wrong with it. There was a vibration, and he was able to basically tighten everything up and the vibration went away. The air conditioning unit is under warranty and the part that he put on didn't cost us anything, but his time here did. Now it's quiet. He also checked the inside air conditioner and then went on his way.

                No real plans for today . I will likely go by the bank and get our $8.00 stipend and if I do that, I might also get a cup of coffee from the star coffee place. I do need to go into Waco and see about getting a bottle of adult beverage. Later this afternoon my wife and I will likely go out for supper AKA date night.

                As we sat outside yesterday afternoon, we both noticed that there was not a cloud in the sky. Everywhere we looked it was a beautiful clear blue sky, no clouds until a little later and there came a cloud attempting to ruin our day so I took a photograph so you can see how ugly this cloud was that was trying to ruin our blue sky. (lower left side)

                Well, I guess that's it for now. I will wish you all a good day and we hope everybody stays safe in all we do.

Blue skies…  Don the Ford

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

July 23, 2025

                Good morning to everyone. I'm starting a little later than usual, as I've already been over to the doctor's office for my blood test for my annual health review. Do old people have health, I guess we do, and we must be reviewed.

                To review some of yesterday's events I did get to water all the pots that have plants in them, and I started mowing the front yard at about 2:00 PM. I had looked outside and saw that the front yard was 87% covered in shade and there was a light breeze, so I thought that might be a good time to mow. I went to the shed and got the lawn mower and the string trimmer and came up and I mowed the front yard.

Then I reviewed the mowing and realized that it did not look good so, I decided instead of mowing I would manicure. Manicure means you mow it twice. Yes, I mowed the front yard twice and yes, it does look a whole lot better.

                It took a while after all that work to cool down enough so that we could go outside and sit and see if anything was happening in the neighborhood. It was hot so I set up the big fan. Using the big fan, I can blow air on myself and my wife and make it feel like a nice breeze.

As we sat out there yesterday afternoon, we noticed that the birds "Mama and Papa bird" were not flying up to that bird house as they normally did. We watched for a long time and we came to the conclusion that the baby / babies had left the bird house and Mama and Papa were out teaching them how to survive on their own.

The neighborhood was very quiet yesterday afternoon with no traffic and no friends came by; we just sat outside and enjoy it ourselves.

                Well, I have no real plans for the day, I may call the air conditioner guy and have them to come out and check the air conditioner. It's working fine, I just want to get it checked to make sure everything is going good on it.

                I'm going to stop for now, so we hope that everybody has a real good day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Yard man; Don the Ford.

May to day be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow.

July 22, 2025

                Good morning to all from us here in Hewitt TX, the day seems to be starting out nice, we hope everyone has a good day.

                Allow me to start out with politics, something I don't particularly like.

                Politics and political parties should be very aggressive prior to and during elections. They should tell all the good things that they think they can do, and all the bad things about the other political party. During the political process you're going to hear bad things, good things, and all kinds of things. Many do not listen to the political exchanges.

When the election is over there should be about a two-week period where the winners celebrate and the losers feel sorry for themselves. Once that two-week period is over, the politicians should stop being politicians, get away from politics and become leaders working together with all the other leaders to make this nation better again.

All the leaders should work together until a few months before the next election then they can become politicians again.

                And that's how I think politics and leadership should be! Thank you for reading this.

                What happened yesterday, we did sit outside for a while taking it easy, I did turn the big fan on to give us a breeze because it was hot, we enjoyed the nice quiet neighborhood.

                Today I have no big plans, I do need to take the dog to the vet this morning about 9:00. Tres and I neither one like going to the vet. No big plans for the rest of the day maybe take it easy kick back maybe find something to do; actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I need to mow the front yard this afternoon once the shade gets to the yard. Yes, it will be hot and yes, I will be sweaty.

                One of our many bird houses which has baby birds in it, is in an area where we can see it as we set outside in the afternoon. Mama or daddy fly up there with a bug or something, the baby sticks his head out to eat. In the photo we see that baby sticking his head out, hopefully you can see the baby in the photograph.

                Well as I see it, that's all for today, we hope you have a good day stay safe in all you do.

Hungry baby birds. Don the Ford

Donald Ford

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

July 21, 2025

                I would like to wish you a good morning but it's almost afternoon as it is 11:40 AM. Yes, I guess you could say I got a late start at my blog today and why is that no one asked well I will tell you. I decided earlier this morning that I would go outside and do some work before it gets hot and that's exactly what I did.

                First let me show you a picture of the work I had to do to remove the excess grass that Alex left, that he didn't get mowed the other day. I also have a photo of the mower that I had to use, yes, physically use.

                That was the first job I did. Then I went over to a round flower bed and started removing some sunflowers that the birds are squirrels had planted. I removed three of them and then decided I'd get a photograph of the final one so you could see the work I was doing. I also took a photo after the last sunflower was removed, and weeds pulled out of the bed. My supervisor was checking things out to see if I had done the work properly.

                Work completed debris discarded into the trash can, I took my old sweaty body into the house and took a nice shower. Once I was cleaned up, I had a sandwich for breakfast even though it was 8:30 in the morning and then I went to get my haircut which now costs a senior citizen $19.00 to get his haircut.

                Leaving the hair stylist, I went to the star coffee place and received a cup of coffee. Heading home, I thought when I get to the house, I need to do some work here on this blog but instead I was tired, so I took a nap and now you know how my entire morning has gone.

                I have no other real plans for the rest of the day, I will need to sit here and read front the Bible in a little while, I have looked at the front yard and it needs to be mowed but I'm not sure that I will do that maybe, maybe not.

                I will stop for now and wish you all a good day and hope that we all stay safe in all we do.

Senior yard worker, Don the Ford

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

July 20, 2025

                Good morning to all, we seem to be having a good start to the day here at the Ford homestead.

                We had a very good day yesterday, our granddaughter Gabi gave us a BlackBerry cobbler that she had made, and it was really good. We went out to lunch with the family, all were there except for David, and he wasn't feeling well. He had a fever and decided to stay home. Lunch was good, a lot of interesting discussions during lunch and then we returned back to the house and sat around and talked about things.

                The only real work I did yesterday, if you want to call that work, was to water the potted flowers. I do have a couple of photos 1 is of some flowers that are blooming, and the other is of a place where my grandson who mowed my yard missed an area that he didn't mow.

        I had shown him the place that he missed, and I asked him if he would reimburse some of the money because he missed it, and he thought that was kind of funny.

                My favorite wife and I sat outside yesterday afternoon even though it was very hot. I had a fan blowing on us to try to help keep us cool. While we were sitting outside a fellow mowed our neighbor's yard and our neighbors out of town. We kind of watched to see what he was doing, he did a really good job.

                I guess that's all for now. We hope you all have a good day and everybody stays safe and all we do.

Blooms are big.           Don the Ford

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

July 19, 2025

                It appears to be a good morning here in Hewitt TX. We hope you're having a good morning or a good day whichever time you read this.

                Allow me to explain a few other things that occurred yesterday. Alex did consent to mow our yard, so I went and picked him up. He and I stopped at the star coffee place, and both procured a drink and then headed for the Ford homestead.

                Arriving home we immediately went out and started work, I picked up the dog droppings out of the yard while Alex was starting to trim with the string trimmer. When I finished my part of the work I went into the house and as I was sitting at my desk, I noticed that Alex was getting the riding lawn mower out. I saw him looking at it and walking around examining it, so I thought there must be something wrong and I went out to see what was happening. The riding lawn mower would not start. Alex assumed that maybe a squirrel had gotten under it and chewed on one of the wires. We looked at it but could not find the problem, so Alex took the walk behind mower and mowed the entire backyard.

                Alex got some exercise from walking and mowing the backyard, it only took a little while longer using the walk behind than riding more and the yard really looks nice. All the work completed I paid Alex, and we started for home, but we decided that he might want to get something to eat so we went by the chicken place and got him a chicken meal to take home with him.

                Back at home I was trying to rest but for some reason I wasn't restful. I decided to go out and see if I could do anything with that mower. I had earlier checked the voltage on the battery, and it seemed to be OK, so I assumed the battery was OK. I got down on the ground and looked close for wires and then I decided to jump start the battery. I got my Halo, connected it to it and it started right up, so, yep it was the battery. I removed the battery from the mower and after checking it I found that the water in the battery was almost completely gone. I will add some distilled water to the battery today and then see if it will recharge. If not, I will have to buy a new battery.

                My favorite wife and I sat outside yesterday afternoon. It was hot but we had the fans on to keep us a little cooler. No neighbors came by to visit us so it was just a quiet restful time.

                Plans for today our son Patrick and his wife Karla are supposed to come to our house, and David Claire Alex and Gabi are supposed to come over, we'll all go out to lunch and hopefully have some interesting conversations. This will be a celebration for my favorite wife's birthday.

                I'm going to stop for now. We hope you have a good day. Please stay safe and all you do and be nice to somebody.

Check the battery?                 

Don the Ford

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

July 18, 2025

                Good morning to all from us here in Hewitt, we hope you are having a really nice day.

                Yesterday Was an odd day for me, my voice had basically failed me, I was so hoarse that I could hardly talk, and I don't know why. I did get out and drive around to get some gas in the truck and I got me a cup of coffee. I wasn't feeling bad, I was just hoarse. I'm a little bit hoarse right now although I'm talking to this machine and it's typing my words.

                I plan to call Alex in a little while to see if he can come over and mow our backyard if he doesn't have any other plans for the day. If Alex is willing to come over and do the mowing that gives me a reason to get a cup of coffee from the star coffee place because he likes to get a cup, not coffee, but a special drink from the star coffee place before we start work.

                I have a bunch of brown dead leaves on the ground and on my sidewalk, and I think they came from an old squirrel's nest that was up in the tree. I will need to remove the dead leaves this morning, never any rest for old people.

                I don't have anything else to present this morning, we hope you have a wonder filled day and stay safe in all we do.

Yard man Alex.         Don the Ford

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

July 17, 2025

            We hope you are having a good morning and that your day will be even better.

            Yesterday was my favorite wife's birthday, and she had a good day and lunch with friends. I did not get to go with my favorite wife for lunch yesterday as I was having some vertigo problems. We also had an early birthday breakfast with friends on Tuesday. I did very little yesterday due to the dizziness, but I did water the flowers in flowerpots yesterday afternoon and we replanted a couple flowers.

            We did sit out on the front porch yesterday afternoon and it was hot, along with the humidity which was very high. My favorite wife did get a couple calls from friends as we sat outside and one couple who are our neighbors, stopped and wished her a happy birthday. I did put some fire ant killer out on a couple beds of ants. I have a photo of a flower so I will insert it in this post.

             Today is Thursday and it is supposed to be hot again. I guess summer is actually here and we will be hitting the 100s before long. I did leave the homestead this morning and went to the bank to get our weekly stipend, we use to get $5.00 weekly, now, with the price increases, we get $8.00 weekly.

            When I returned home this morning, I did sweep up the grass clippings from the street. When I mowed the other day there was some water running down the street and the grass clipping were in the water, so I did not try to clean them up, but it was dry this morning, so I swept the street. I also have two more flower photos from this morning. The first is of blooming flowers, and the other seems to be of a blooming weed. I think it was Johnson grass, but I have never seen it bloom. Yes, I pulled it up. 

            I will stop for now and let you take a break. We hope everyone has a good day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Street sweeper. ☹😊                Don the Ford

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

July 15, 2025

                We have another good morning, and we hope for a good day.

                Plans for today we plan to go out for breakfast with some friends. It is a birthday breakfast for my dearest wife whose birthday is tomorrow the 16th. Hopefully when we get back from breakfast it will still be dry with no rain and then I will attempt to mow the front yard which is very tall and hopefully dry enough to be mowed. The backyard is still very wet and will take several days before it's ready to be mowed.

                We did very little yesterday, just kind of goofed around and took it easy sitting outside for a while. The neighborhood was nice and quiet. I didn't do much of anything, it was just too wet to go out and work in the yard and just hot.

                Wow this is one of the shortest posts I've ever done but I am done. We hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do and be nice to somebody.

Mow the yard?

                Don the Ford

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

July 14, 2025

                It is a very wet Monday morning. I have checked the rain gage, and we have close to 3 inches of rain in it now. That 3 inches occurred over the last three days. Even though it is a wet Monday morning I would like to wish you a good morning and we hope you have a good day.

                Yesterday was pretty much a do-nothing day since it's too wet to go outside and do anything, heck I'm sitting here looking at the security cameras over the backyard and there's water everywhere, much more than usual, but we did go out for lunch, and it was good. Returning home we set out on the front porch a lot doing nothing just kind of hoping that something nice would happen.

                Today, no big plans for the day, uh I need to mow the front yard but that's going to be a couple days for that to dry out enough to be mowed. My favorite wife does need to go to the store and get a couple items so maybe she will allow me to drive her so I get out of the house and have something to do.

                Speaking of getting out of the house I did leave the house this morning and go get a cup of coffee at the Star Coffee place. Yes I think that's kind of odd when I could make a cup of coffee here at the house for almost nothing and I go over there and spend almost 3 bucks for a cup of coffee, but there's something about just getting out of the house for a few minutes and getting the coffee, then setting here and sipping on it while I'm doing this post or reading my Bible.

                Well I wish I had something else to talk about I really don't, With all this rain those poor people down there that are trying to find the bodies of those dead people where the flood occurred, this rain is just terrible, We hope you keep them all in their your prayers that they will stay safe and all they're doing and find all those bodies.

                I guess I will stop for now. We hope you have a good day and that we all stay safe in everything we do.

Real coffee be good!

                                Don the Ford

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

July 13, 2025

            Good Sunday morning to everyone.

            This will be a short post, as I want some rest.

            Yesterday was a slow boring day, we sat out on the front porch for a while during the early afternoon, and later we went out to our usual resting place but didn’t stay out there too long. It started sprinkling and it stopped then it started again, so we went inside. Just a few minutes after going inside, it began to rain hard. It poured rain for a while then it stopped so I checked the rain gage, we got one inch or rain yesterday afternoon.

Why do I want rest, because last night’s sleep was not that good. At some where about 2:30 I was woken up by the thunder. Now Tres does not like thunder so he was beside the bed looking at me. I got up and we walked toward the back door thinking he might need to go outside for a minute. He would not go to the door so I knew he was afraid and we headed back into the bed room. Tres beat me to the bed and he was laying on my side of the bed. I tried to get him to move over and he was acting like he was dead. I had a little room but not enough to get comfortable. The thunder continued all night and I got very little comfortable sleep.

This morning the back 40 is partially standing in water, and when I checked the rain gage, we have another inch of rain last night, yep, two inches of rain and they are calling for more today.

I will stop for now, we hope you have a good Sunday and please stay safe in all you do.

Wet Sunday!

                        Don the Ford

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