October 9, 2025

                A good morning to you from us and I do not need to get Alex and take him to school today or tomorrow.

                I just observed one of our neighbors leave her driveway I assume going to work. Something I have noticed every time I see her drive out of the driveway she stops at the end of the drive and turns her turn signal on then she leaves the driveway.

                Enough about that, let us review yesterday: after getting my free cup of coffee and dropping Alex off at school I came home and finished my post. Finished with the computer work I went to the vet and paid too much for heart worm medicine.

Then I headed out to go into downtown Waco to get the tag for the pickup. On the way I stopped at the cleaners and got my clean clothes, then I drove all the way into Waco.

Arriving at the tax office, I walked into the building and noticed that there were few people there, normally when I checked in, I would be given a number and told to sit down and wait. That did not happen. I went directly to the counter to pay my money, got the tag and left the building.  

                Leaving the tax office, I had decided to stop at the home store and get some wood for my favorite wife's manger replacement. After loading the wood onto the Ford's little pickup, I headed home where I was able to make my ole body unload the wood from the pickup. The wood is now on the driveway behind the truck and that is where I hope to bring a saw and some tools and manufacture a new manger.

                I was able to do my bible study homework and rest a while before washing the pot hound. Yes he needed to be washed and he seemed to like all the rubbing he gets during the washing.

                Everything was completed; we sat outside yesterday afternoon in the warm summer air (91 degrees). As we sat there, I saw our new neighbor cleaning his truck, so I went over and introduced myself.

                Today's events: I may pull weeds from the blackberry bed and after that who knows. I do have three photos I will share with you. One is another sun rise, another is the trees before the fall weather arrives and the leaves all turn brown, and the last is the fence at the ditch behind the house with the ole solar powered lights installed.

       Well, I guess that is enough for today, we hope you have a good day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Photographer Don the Ford

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

October 8, 2025

                Good morning to you, we hope your day is starting off as expected. No, we do not know what you expect.

                I have just returned from dropping Alex off at school. Yes, I did get him there safely and on time yes, we did have some lively discussions about things like the moon which we could see this morning even though the sun was shining. As I was going to pick up Alex I saw a really pretty sunrise I actually stopped on the side of the street and took a picture of it. The problem is I can't send an e-mail from my phone so I can't get the photo from my phone onto the computer to show you the very bright and pretty sunrise.

                Yesterday's events recorded by me: my favorite wife and I did go to town and on the way, I stopped at the bank and got a couple dollars.

At the store we wanted to see if they had the glass ready for us, we had ordered it about 10 days ago. They did have it. This glass is for a picture frame we have that was broken and my wife wanted to replace it.

                We then went to a different store where I purchased some air filters for the air conditioner and wasp spray. Alex had noted that we have wasp nests, that is two nests on the back patio, and we need to get rid of them.

                Back at home I did water the berry beds as we haven't had any rain, and I watered the flower pots too. That completed I did back the van out of the garage and set up a folding table. I used the table to take the picture frame apart and place the new glass into it. Then my favorite wife and I did install the picture into the frame. I should note that the picture is actually a puzzle that was put together by my favorite wife several years ago. We completed that work and I carried the picture (24 inches by 36 inches) into the front room, we have not positioned it on a wall yet.

                That work completed I did fill the garage refrigerator with bottled water as our yard man Alex drinks them during working hours. Then I installed the air filter and also put some bleach into the pipes that drain the water from the air conditioner.

                Finally, all the work was completed so we sat outside and enjoyed the quiet afternoon even though it was 93 degrees. Yes, there was a breeze, so we did not need the fan.

                Today possible events if I get done with this posting: go to the vet and get the heart worm pills for the dog, go into Waco and get the tag for the pickup truck, get some boards from the home center so I can attempt to build a manger scene for my favorite wife's Christmas decorations, stop at the cleaners and pick up some clothes, return home and unload the wood.

                I still need to do my bible study homework. When will I get some time to take a nap?

Well, I will attempt to stop for now, we hope you have a very good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

October 7, 2025

            We are starting another good morning here in Hewitt, and we hope it is a good morning where you are.

            I am attempting to remember anything that I or we done yesterday. I did have problems with my email so I hope that is solved. I did get my hair cut but since my gold card for the star coffee place is short on funding, I did not get a cup from the coffee place. My favorite wife and I did sit outside for a while before I headed off to Bible study, it was a very warm but breezy afternoon. Bible study was good we all shared our thoughts.

            When we left the Bible study last night the Moon was very bright, I guess we can say we had moonshine last night.

I am having a problem with the email on the phone so I will need to find the correct password or create a new one.

            I need to get Alex and take him to school this morning so I will say have a good day and be safe in all you do.

            Don the Ford

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

October 6, 2025

            We hope you are having a good morning; I am not.

            The day has started ok until I came to the computer, and it needs some type of sign in. I tried the sign in but got some odd responses so I decided to try the other email, yes I have two on this computer and in the past had others.

            The email I am attempting to use is the one with the bad address for the Blog. I will attempt to put the correct address on the email when I send it.

            All that said I don’t have any photos for the viewing public. My favorite wife and I did go out for lunch yesterday, the food was good but we did have to wait to be seated. After eating we headed for home and did almost nothing the rest of the day. we did sit outside a couple times yesterday as there was nothing interesting to do inside the house. Sundays are always quiet in the neighborhood; our neighbor had another fairly large limb break off a tree in the back yard as we were sitting outside.

            I have placed some of the old solar powered lights on the fence along the ditch and I wanted to get a photo after it got dark but I forgot.

            Different subject: I do not need to take Alex to school today, his parents are off work as they have been celebrating their 22^nd anniversary this weekend.

            I should go out back and pull more weeds from the number 2 berry bed before the sun begins to shine on it, and I should get my hair cut today. My favorite wife has me working on a plan to re-build the Manger seen for this Christmas. The old one was falling apart so I got rid of it and now I am working on a plan for a new one, never no rest for the ole people.  

            I will stop for now and see if I can get this to the blog sight and then get an email to you. Have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

 

October 5, 2025

                Looking outside it appears to be a good morning here in Hewitt, Texas.

                We had a very nice day yesterday; our Yard man Alex and I went to the star coffee place to get a cup before we started working yesterday morning. There was a very pretty flower along the drive through which I took a photo of. Yes, it is blooms on a cactus type plant.

Arriving at the Ford homestead Alex mowed and trimmed our front yard, and did a very good job of it. While he was trimming and mowing the front yard I got on my hands and knees out at number 2 BlackBerry bed and pulled a few weeds out. I also cut out some of the dead vines that are in there, but I did not get them all and in fact, I got very few of the weeds because I only worked at it for about 20 minutes. Early morning the sun is not shining there so I can do the work but when the sun starts shining on me, I simply stop working.

                My yard man Alex pointed out the 2 wasp nests on the back porch and also reminded me that we have not purchased a new spray can of wasp killer. Photo of one of the wasp nests to follow. It may be difficult to determine how large that nest is, but it is as large as my fist.

                After all the work was completed, I did take a quick shower due to crawling on the ground and then we headed into Waco for lunch. Our lunch was good as usual, then we headed over to the cheap store where my favorite wife purchased a couple boxes of batteries, which were on sale. We dropped Alex off at his home and we returned to our own home where I took a nap.

Later in the day we did sit outside on the front porch and for a while there was a nice breeze. We later moved to the swing set near the driveway and a friend joined us for some lively conversations. The conversations were not about politics, but they seemed to be about our families even back when we were kids (that is a long time ago).

We have no big plans for today, we will likely go out for lunch and after that who knows.

Well, I should stop for now, we wish you a good day and we hope everyone is safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

October 4, 2025

                I will attempt to make this another short post, and we wish you a good morning.

I know there is a problem with clicking on the blog and I will attempt to determine what it is and hopefully fix it. Me and the new computer do not always work together.

No photos for today, no big things happened yesterday. I will attempt to correct the problem connecting to the blog.

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

Don the Ford

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

October 3, 2025

                I am here again, and it will likely be another good morning. It is still dark outside as I attempt to enter this into the computer. I rolled out of bed this morning assuming it was 5:30am, but it was 4:30am. I let the dog out and I decided I would just stay up. What a way to start the day.

                What did we do yesterday: I did very little, but I did get a photo of the sunrise as I was going to get Alex for school. You may not like it, but I found it interesting.

I did do my bible study homework. After lunch and a short rest period we did go to the store looking for a couple items, of which we found one. I did get gas in the Ford's ole pickup and I did go to the teller machine to get our weekly stipend. Back at home we decided to sit on the front porch for a while. Later we ventured back into the homestead and got ready to go out to supper.

                Supper: our drinks and food cost $47.00 and that does not include an appropriate tip. Thinking about tips, I remember a time when I was still employed, there were at least 6 of us at a restaurant for supper. The meal was completed, and the bill came. I asked one of my supervisors to pay, he had a company credit card. The next day he brought the bill to me for approval, and I noticed the tip he gave; it was either $2.00 or $3.00. I could not believe he tipped that small.

                Big plan for the day: get Alex to school on time and then pick him up this afternoon after school. Dave and Claire will be celebrating their anniversary this weekend and will not have time to get their son from school. They have been married for 22 years.  

                Not sure what the rest of today will be, we will just wait and see.

                I am stopping for now. We hope you have a good day and please be safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

October 2, 2025

                It is another good morning here in Hewitt Texas, and we hope you all have a good day.

                Let us review yesterday: I did get a cup of coffee from the star coffee place, and I did get Alex to school on time. I took it easy after returning home, until my favorite wife decided to go to town get some groceries. When she left, I went into the garage and cleared the items off the table that covered our generator. I created this table several years ago to protect the generator from being hit or damaged. We now use it as a table to store items on plus that's where our cat eats her food.

                Once I had cleared the items off the table I moved the table away from the generator and then moved the generator out to the driveway under the car port. Yes, I had previously moved the truck out to the street. I had my stool that is on rollers so I could easily move all around the generator. I had the air hose and a couple rags along with a brush which was used to clean the dust and spider webs from the generator.

                I decided to check the air filter to be sure it was clean. I removed the metal cover and the filters, which were all clean, so I replaced them all. I checked the oil, and it was full. I then checked the gas tank, and it was not only empty, but it was dry. I always attempt to get all the gas out of the tank, gas lines and carburetor before storing it.

                I then put some gas into the gas tank and attempted to get it to run. Usually, the generator would start after a couple of pulls but this time it would not start. I checked the valve that turns the gas on and off. I got tired and stopped for a short time.

Back at the generator I started wondering why it would not start, and then I noticed that the metal cover on the air filter was upside down. Yep, I had installed it incorrectly. I then took it off and reinstalled it, now the air can flow into the carburetor. I pulled the rope, and the motor hit a couple of times, but it would not start. I then decided that I may have had the gas valve turned the wrong way. Valve turned the other way, and the rope pulled the generator came to life, it was running! I didn't think I had put much gas in the generator, but it ran for about 30 minutes.

After it stopped running, I used the air hose to dry out the inside of the gas tank. It is all put back in its location and the table is over the generator. Too much work for and ole person.

An event from last night: Tres came to my side of the bed and wanted to go outside. I assumed he had to go so I jumped out of bed (jumped in this means I crawled) and I let Tres outside. I then sat in the chair in the front room for about 15 minutes and Tres had not come back to the door wanting in. I went to the door to see what he was doing, and he seemed to be attempting to throw up, so I left him outside and went to bed. At about 4:30 this morning he was barking so I let him back into the house.

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

Don the Ford

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

October 1, 2025

            I would like to say good morning to all, we hope everybody has a good day.

            We are now starting a new month. October has come and it still isn't cool fall weather yet. This morning is nice in the low 60s but this afternoon we'll be warm in the low 90s fall has not came.

            Yesterday was a good day, got the boy to school on time and safely got back home in time to get my wife to the doctor for her MRI. That all went very well and we were told that there's really no change, so everything is good.

            No great big plans for today for some reason I keep thinking I want to get the generator out clean it and see if it runs. That's a lot of work and we'll see how things go. I have a smaller generator out in the shed that I probably ought to get it out and see if it runs. I wonder what we would find if we just went around and looked at everything that's lying around in the garage, the shed, here there and yonder, how much of that stuff we really don't need, or don't know is there.

            I don't have any new photos for today. I'm going to quit now and get ready to go get Alex and take him to school. We hope you have a good day, stay safe in all you do, and be nice to at least one person today.

Don the Ford

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

September 30, 2025

                We here at the Ford homestead say good morning to you all.

                Yesterday's events: Well, I did get on my hands and knees in the front yard and after praying a little bit I started pulling weeds. Yes, I did have my knee pads on and I did crawl all over the place. I did not get all the weeds, but I did get a bunch of them.

                After work I went in and took a shower and then my wife and I sat out on the front porch for a little while. We both noticed a smell of smoke in the air, and we thought somebody was BBQing or cooking something outside on a fire. A few minutes later as we sat there, I started hearing something popping. The sound continued and it came to me that what if that is a fire popping. I got up from my chair and went to the backyard to see if there was anything going on behind the house and there was. The ditch behind the house there was a fire. It was burning one of the neighbors' fence, on the other side of the ditch so I called 911. Fire department showed up put out the fire. No, I have no idea how it started.

                Today my favorite wife goes in for an MRI scan, so I need to drop Alex off at school and quickly get back home and get my wife and quickly get her over there for the scan. That being the case I will quit for now and get started going and getting the boy off to school.

                We hope everyone has a really good day and stays safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

September 29, 2025

            Good morning from us here in Hewitt to you elsewhere.

                Yesterday Was a day of rest for us here at the Ford homestead. We didn't even go out for lunch yesterday. We stayed here at the house and kind of kicked back and took it easy all day long. Yes, we did sit outside yesterday afternoon, in the nice weather and the neighborhood was just very quiet. The neighbor's grand kids came over and chatted with us for a while.

I do have a photo of a cloud that I observed while sitting outside yesterday, it seemed a little unusual to me.

Today I need to get Alex and take him to school, come back home and then decide on what I'm going to do. There are some projects that need to be done, and I will need to be on my knees to do them. You guessed it, pulling weeds from various flower bed and berry beds.

That's it for now, have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

September 28 2025

Good morning

Yesterday's events: We did get Alex over here to do our yard workout back he did trim the backyard and then mowed it. I did get out on the flower bed on my hands and knees and pulled weeds out of it. Once I finished pulling the weeds I took a weed eater in there and trimmed a few other things, it looks a lot better now although I did not get a before picture.

            Before anyone comments on the path and the fact that the blocks are not in a straight line, allow me to explain. When we started this flower bed, we quickly learned that the dog was running through it, and if it was wet, he would have dirt or mud on his feet when he came back into the house. So, I placed the blocks there which made him a dry, but not straight path.

After that work being completed we decided to wash the pickup truck. Alex got the hose and everything out and ready to go and we washed it down and it looks a whole lot better, Although the inside needs to be cleaned and we did not do that.

We drove into Waco for lunch, which was nice, we even stopped by the cheap store to see if we could find anything, but we did not find anything we needed so we dropped Alex off at his house and returned home and took it very easy for a large part of the afternoon.

At about 3:30pm my favorite wife and I decided to drive into Waco; we were looking for a picture frame. We went to three stores and did not find the frame we needed. At the last store my favorite wife decides to purchase a piece of glass that should fit the frame we have. It will take a few days before they get the glass cut to our size.  

Back at home we did sit outside for a while, no friends came over and I think we only had one neighbor drive by, yes, a very quiet afternoon.

Today's events: we may go out to lunch and then do nothing. I do have another photo of the moon, but you probably can't see the new moon which is to the left of the flagpole. Enlarge the photo.

 Well, I will stop for now, we hope you have a very nice day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

September 27, 2025

                Good Saturday morning to all, we hope you have a good and restful day.

                Yesterday's events: I did very little yesterday other than my bible study homework. I didn't even get a cup of coffee from the Star coffee place. I sat outside for a while yesterday afternoon and waved at some of the neighbors as they drove by.

                Today's possible actions: We plan on getting our yard man Alex over here this morning to mow the backyard and there's some weeds out there that we need to work on, I'll probably help him with that so today. Maybe there will be some things I will do. If all goes well, we will likely go into Waco for lunch and then the rest of the day will be a do-nothing afternoon, I hope.

                Wow, what an exciting Saturday. Again, we hope you have a good day and be safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

September 26, 2025

Good morning to all, I do not need to take Alex to school today, his mother has that task today.

Our largest Moon plant had 13 blooms on Thursday morning. I have a photo of the plant and blooms and a close up of a bloom that had three honeybees in it. 

I went to the shed and got the knee pads and cutter. I then got down on my knees and prayed, I mean I began to remove weeds and grass out of the flower bed. Then I crossed the driveway and got back on my knees again and removed more unwanted plants. I trimmed some Four O'clocks (they are flowers).

Then I trimmed two flowers in flowerpots, and I removed about two feet of growth from each plant. Then I blew the leaves and dust into a pile and swept them up. I also blew the debris from the sidewalk and front porch.

I then tightened the screws in the big wood rocking chair. I then proceeded to the chair on the front porch and rested my ole senior body.

            We went out to supper yesterday evening and upon returning home we sat down and waited for the time to go to the concert. The concert was good.

         Today, I am not sure what I will do. Heck, I have enough points for a free cup of coffee from the Star Coffee place, but will I get up out of this chair and fight the morning school traffic to get a free cup.

I guess I should stop for now and decide what to do about the coffee. We hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

 

Mooned again, Don the Ford

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

September 25, 2025

            Good morning to only you this morning, we hope you have a very good day.

            Let us see if anything happened yesterday. Nothing interesting that I can recall. We did get rain for a while, and it equaled almost ¼ inch. The wind was blowing, and the big Moon plant blew over, which I had to set back up after the wind stopped. There was a limb down in the back 40, which I had to put on the trailer, no rest for the ole people.

            The big event was, the recycle bin that I had placed at the curb was blown over. We had winds about 60 mph and there were recycled items blown from our bin into the neighbor yard. I had decided to pick up all the items after it stopped raining. Items consisted of plastic bottles, paper items and there were even some photos that had been tossed out. I removed everything I could see in the neighbor's yard and there were items in the next neighbor's yard.

            When work was completed, I decided to water the potted plants, even though it had rained. Less than a quarter of an inch is not a lot of rain, so I water the potted plants.

            Later in the afternoon when we were sitting outside, the neighbor lady had gone to the mailbox and then she started walking towards where we were sitting. We got up and walked over to meet her. She had a photo from our recycle trash that I had missed. She gave me the photo, and I explained about the recycle bin being blown over. Wow, an exciting day.

            Today I will attempt to get Alex to school on time and in a safe manner. I want to move some flowerpots around but other than that I have no big plans. The orchestra that Alex plays in will be having a concert tonight.

            I need to get going and get Alex, so I will say have a good day, and be safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

September 24, 2025

Good morning to all, I believe this will be one of the shortest post I have made.

Yesterday: we went out for breakfast, and it was good. Back at home I rested for a while then I did my bible study homework and then I sat around doing nothing until time to go to the skin doctor.

Back home from the skin doctor we did sit outside in the heat, the big fan helped.

Today: get Alex to school, then I have no idea what I will do after that. They are predicting rain today and there are several things I should do, but will I?

I will stop for now; you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Donnie the Ford

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

September 23, 2025

                Good morning again. I hope you had a good morning yesterday, and hopefully today will be even better.

Yesterday uncovered: we did get Alex over here and he did get the front yard mowed and trimmed. We then went to the large tree stump.

        In the first photo we see the large tree stump prior to the sawing and our supervisor Tres. Next, we have a photo of the sawyer with his saw standing near the tree.

        Then we see the supervisor Tres reviewing the stump after the work had been completed.

        In the following photo we see the trailer that is once again loaded and ready to go to the dump.

        Alex did a good job in cutting the stump and cleaning up the debris after the cutting. We picked up one of Alex's friends and dropped them off at Alex's homestead after all the work was completed. 

                Our friend Keith visited yesterday and he brough a new Plumeria (flower) it will have red blooms on it when it blooms.

                Yesterday being Monday, we did have a bible study meeting. The parking lot was crowded, but the class and lecture were both interesting.

                Today's possible events: drop Alex off at school and we may go to the post office for some stamps. We are considering having breakfast at George's restaurant this morning. I also have an appointment with the skin doctor today. A 3:30pm appointment will interfere with our time for relaxing sitting outside (aka happy time).

 Don the Ford

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

September 22, 2025

            Hello and good morning from me to you. I hope you have a wonderful day.

            Yesterday explained: We did go to the cracker store for lunch. The food was good, the service was so slow, even the table next to us was wondering where our wait staff was at. We have his name, and we will not sit at his table again. We returned home after lunch and took it easy for a while. Later in the afternoon I did go out and pack up the extra decorations, my wife has been placing fall decorations and there were some others that needed to be removed.

            We did wash the dog yesterday afternoon and since we were outside and I had the hose in hand, I watered the berry beds. We have a chance for rain this Wednesday, and we do need it.

            Today's plans: we plan to have our yard man Alex over this morning; we will have him mow the front yard and then we will allow him to cut down an old stump in the back 40. This stump is about 10 feet tall, and he has wanted to cut it down for some time. He will bring a chain saw with him this morning and we will see how good he is at removing a very large stump. I will attempt to get a photo of the stump before and after, for tomorrow's notes.

            That's it for now, have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.  

Don the Ford

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

September 21, 2025

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

                Yesterday's events: I got the trailer pulled out to the dumpsite and they quickly unloaded the trailer, that is after waiting in line for a long time. As I was waiting, I did get a photo of an interesting cloud in the sun.

I provide you with a very pretty photo and all you see is the sign with the word trash on it. I don't know why I even try to elevate your understanding.

                Alex came over after the ROTC training and we started transplanting an ole flower which we call "Mother-in-law's tong". It was difficult but we did get it removed from the old pot and placed it in two new pots.

                We then took a break and headed into town for lunch. After lunch we did not stop at the cheap store as the last few times we were there, we found nothing interesting. Back at home Alex and I address another potted plant that was overgrown and needed to be divided and replanted. It was a cactus plant, and we were also successful. I did get Alex returned to his house safely.

My favorite wife placed a bunch of fall decorations in the front yard yesterday.

                Later in the day Dave, Claire and Gabi came over to the house. My favorite wife had a bunch of cookbooks that she wanted to give Gabi and Claire; they took them all. Later in the afternoon I sat outside taking it easy while my favorite wife continued placing fall decorations.

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

Potter Don the Ford

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

September 20, 2025

                Good morning to all as we start this day. Big plans for today; haul the trailer loaded with limbs to the dumpsite, get Alex from his marching practice and attempt to repot some flowers.

                Marching practice is for the ROTC group, as they will be participating in the Homecoming event at school.

                News: I did get the top of the stump removed yesterday, the small saw allowed me to finish the needed cutting, photo to follow.

                I know it is difficult to see the remaining stump, but the good news is I got the top part off.

                I need to get started hooking up to the trailer and then waiting in line at the dump sight. I hope you have a good and safe day and be nice to everyone today.

Sawyer Don the Ford

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