March 31, 2025

            This it the last day in March, I use to march when I was in the National Guards. Those two Marchs might be different, so I will stop with that and say, “Good Morning to all”.

            Let’s see if anything happened yesterday: Nope, nothing happened yesterday except, we did go out for lunch and after filling our bodies with good food, we went to make sure we knew where to go for my next doctor’s appointment. We found the building where we remembered it being. I will go there on Wednesday to be checked out and my favorite wife goes to a different doctor at the same building the next day.

            After locating the building, we headed to the cheap store where my favorite wife purchased a couple things. Returning home the weather was nice so we stayed outside. My favorite wife took it easy in the ole swing while I worked on a project in the garage. As time passed, I also relaxed but, in the shade, while she sat in the sun. Eventually I had to get up and water the plants, but I failed to water those out front, I will do that today.

            While we were out there the neighbor girl, and her little brother came over to visit. They both gave Tres a couple treats, and they both went out into the back 40. They like the back yard for some reason.

            I do have a photo of the new pecan trees starting to produce some leaves. This tree we believe, was planted by the squirrels in our flower bed, so we left it there. It will take a while for this tree to produce pecans, I assume the new owner will appreciate the tree.

            Speaking of trees, the front yard was filled with new red oak trees before Alex mowed. These get planted by the squirrels and by us stepping on them and pushing them into the ground.

            Speaking of today, I don’t need to get Alex and take him to school, they have the day off. No, I don’t know why they have the day off, I just know they are off. I do need to double check my bible study homework as we have a meeting tonight. We are getting close to spring break in our studies, yes, we get a spring break like the school kids do.

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

Squirrels be bad!

Senior ole person who don’t need to do anything today, Don the Ford

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

March 30, 2025

            Well, here we are back at Sunday again. It may be sun day, but it isn’t starting off sunny, there is thunder and lightning off in the distance and there is some lite rain showing up on the driveway.

            Now that I think about it, I may have made a good decision yesterday. What was the good decision that the Don may have made, let’s look into that later in this article, but for now we will get started with, “what events may have occurred yesterday”, by Don the Ford.

            The day started with me going to get our yard man Alex and after visiting the Star coffee place we arrived at the Ford Homestead where we actually did some work.

            First, we headed to the hot house where we, I mean Alex began removing the flowers. Some of the flowers went to the front yard while others were located in the back 40 and still others were located near the ole swing where we sit in the afternoon. We did leave a couple flower near the hot house as some were not in good condition and one nice flower with blooms all over it had fire ants in it. We did spray it a couple times with bug killer, and we will check it later today. Alex did notice a bug that we have a photo of.

             That work completed, Alex started the weed trimming in both the front and back yards while I removed debris from the back 40. There were again small limbs and Poopa-Loopa in areas of the back 40. With the weed trimming completed, the flowers move, and the debris removed, we considered the work done. Now we would normally head out to Waco to get a sandwich for lunch but since someone needed to stay at the homestead to sign for an expected delivery, my favorite wife volunteered to go in to Waco, get the sandwiches and bring them to the homestead where we had our lunch.

            The grass in the yard was still wet from the rain, and I do not like to mow in wet grass, so after eating I took Alex back to his house. We had agreed that he would come over Monday an do the mowing.

            Arriving back at the homestead I noticed the delivery truck was on our street. As he drove toward our house, I motioned to the driver to stop at our driveway, and he did. We unloaded the carton and I signed for the delivery. The carton was kind of large and I do have a photo of me next to the carton.

             Why are you looking at all the stuff in the garage around me when you are supposed to look at the large carton.

            Now let’s return to the good decision that the Don made yesterday afternoon. It was about 3:00pm when I noticed that the grass was dry and ready to be manicured. I decided to call the Alex and see if he would be willing to return to the homestead and mow the grass. He was working with his dad in the yard when I called so he decided to finish working with his dad and then he would come over and mow. I must say he did an excellent job of mowing, and I did not get involved at all. Why I say it was a good decision to get him to come back and mow, it is raining again today, and it might tomorrow.

            As for today events, we may be able to afford lunch out and we might drop by the cheap store to see if they have anything we might need. It the weather allows us to get outside later today we will probably be relaxing outside this afternoon, all are welcome to visit with us.

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

Rain be good!

Senior ole person who needs to stop and then get going, Don the Ford

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

March 29, 2025

            It is a good Saturday morning here in Hewitt TX. We did get more than ½ inch of rain yesterday but not quite ¾ inch. Every plant is saying thanks for the rain.

            Speaking of rain, I have a photo I took yesterday morning prior to going to get Alex for school. This bloom was standing big and bright even though it was cloudy and raining.

       

            I was not sure which photo you would like, so I posted both.

            The big plan for today was to do the yard work, but due to the rain and wet grass, we will only do a couple things. First, we will get the flowers out of the hot house, and properly position them, then we will use the string trimmers to trim the front yard and the back 40. Our yard man Alex does not have school on Monday, so we will probably have the grass mowed then.

            Speaking of Alex, I need to go get him and bring him here so he can do all my work.

            I have ordered an item for my favorite wife, and it is supposed to be here today. They say we must sign for this item, and it will be delivered by FedEx. The item will be in a large carton, and I have the two-wheeler in the garage for easy handling. Since we must be here to sign for the item, that might delay us from going into Waco for our usual sandwich lunch.

            Topic change: when Tres and I went out front this morning I could feel some mist in the air. I hope the rain holds off for a little while, so we can do our yard work today. We need more rain, but maybe it will hold off for a couple hours.

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

Spring blooms are starting.

Senior ole yard man who needs to work some but not too much, Don the Ford

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

March 28, 2025

            I would like to say good morning to all, and I hope it is, but I am using the new computer, and I must think about what I am doing to make anything happen. Hay, we did get some rain yesterday and overnight, I do not know how much but there was one eighth inch at 5:30 yesterday. It does correct my grammar mistakes, so I guess that is good.

            Yesterday was another do-nothing day for me. After doing my daily reading of the bible and my bible study homework, I did go out to the front porch to read from my chronological bible, but the wind was blowing a lite mist, and it was getting on the pages of the bible. The paper is very thin, and a drop of mist would show up, so I returned to the house.

            My favorite wife and I did go out for supper last evening and the food was good as usual.

            This morning, I did break a habit, I did not go out to the front yard with the Tres. We have been in the habit of going to the front yard every morning since he was a puppy. In the olden days we would get the newspaper and Tres would get it and bring it into the house after he checked the yard and watered the grass. We continued going out even though we no longer get the paper, and this morning I decided to stay inside, Tres looked at me like I had forgotten what I was doing. He even went to the front door, but we did not go out. Ole habits are hard to break.

            Nothing planned for today, we hope the rain continues as we do need it. I hope it is dry enough tomorrow for the yard man Alex to do some yard work s I want to get all the flowers out of the hot house and the back 40 needs to be mowed.

            I put the photo in just to see if I could do it on this new computer.

            Well, I guess that is it for now, we hope you have a good day and that everyone stays safe in all we do.

Learn new stuff?

Senior Ole person who knows everything and don't need to learn new stuff, Don the Ford

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

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March 27, 2025

            It is still dark outside, and we hope you have a good morning. It is said to be cooler today than recent days with a temp of about 70 degrees.

            I am writing this with the old computer even though the new computer is working. I haven’t been able to make a mailing list with the names and email address for each of you, so it is easier to use the old computer until I can create the list.

            Yesterday was another do-nothing day for me, but even though I did nothing, I do have a few photos to provide for the non-reader in this group.

            The first photo is of the first bloom I have seen this year on the black berries.

             The next photo is of the rose bush which has several white blooms. 

            The last photo is of a new tree that is attempting to start next to the dog’s water bowl.

            Yes, you must look closely to see the tree, and we will have many of them in the yard due to the Red Oak trees.

            My favorite wife and I did sit outside yesterday afternoon, and the neighborhood was very quiet. There is a good chance we will go out for supper this evening, you know, date night.

            The prognosticators started saying we would have rain today and tomorrow, but now they are reducing the amount that we might have, and I would bet that we get almost nothing, but we do need the rain.  

            Well, I need to get the Alex and take him to school so I guess I will say have a good day and be safe in all you do.

Come on rain!

Senior ole person who thinks the back 40 needs to be mowed, Don the Ford

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

March 26, 2025

Good morning to all and Happy birthday to my sister in Missouri, I think she is 21 years old, “again”?

I did very little yesterday, but my favorite wife did a lot of work. I did move a couple items from the garage to the shed, I did move things around in the garage, heck I even swept some of the leaves and dust out of the garage. My favorite wife went through some cabinets in the garage and was able to toss out some items. One item she found is a heat gun, still in the original box, and it looks like brand new. I would like to give it to someone, but I guess I will put it in the trash as I don’t know anyone who needs a heat gun.

Everything put back in place in the garage we did rest outside for a while in the warm afternoon heat. I was able to get the plants in the hot house watered and as usual I did water the black berry plants. I think I had said there was 2 new berry bushes growing outside the #1 bed, and yesterday I found 5 new black berries starting outside the #2 bed. 

Big plan for today, put the recycle bin out for the trash truck. 

Photo of the day…      Molly has a tendency to get comfortable anyplace I am. I can take a nap in the Ford’s ole recliner and she will often jump up on the chair and lay on my lap.

            Well, I need to get my mind focused on getting Alex to school on time and in a safe manner. We hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Cat in the way.

Senior ole person whose cat likes to be in his way while resting, Don the Ford

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

March 25, 2025

            We will start off with a good morning to one and all, we hope everyone has a good day.

            I did very little yesterday, I did remove the small limbs that were left over from the tree limb removal Sunday. And I did get one flower out of the hot house. I will need to water all the flowers in the hot house today, and I hope to get them all out of the hot house this Saturday, if I can get Alex over here to help (aka do all the work).

            We are supposed to have a record high for today of 92, and the record as I understand it for this date is 91.

 

          Politician’s verses leaders.

          I understand that politics is how these people get into office, but once they are in the office, politics should go away and leadership should take over.

          Leaders should do what’s right for the country and the people, not for their own “political power”. True Leaders, would not make decisions based on helping their supporters so they can stay in office.

          We have the two main parties and they stay divided on most things. We need them to stop the divisional politics after the elections and get to work as a team to make things better for the country. There should be term limits on all elected positions.

 

            Wow, I got that off my chest. Oh, I should note, the clock that I showed a photo of in yesterday post, just began to speak at 7:00am saying, “Make America Great Again, Make America Great Again”.

            I guess I have presented enough this morning so I will say, “have a good day and please stay safe in all you do”.

Politicians no, Leaders yes!

Senior ole person who don’t like politics but does like leaders, Don the Ford

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

March 24, 2025

            We made it through the weekend, and we wish you a happy and good morning.

            We had a good day yesterday; we did have lunch at the cracker store and after we went to the cheap store in Waco. At the cheap store we purchased several items one of which I have a photo for your enjoyment.

            It is a 10-inch clock with the president's photo on it, and he says “Make America Great Again” twice, every hour. I have is set up to not say anything after 10:00pm through 5:00am.

            Back at home I changed clothes as I needed to work in the back 40. Yes, I was wearing shorts and a T-shirt as it was hot. We have a tree that I had cut most of the way down, several years ago. Yes, I have a photo of the tree, but I had already removed some of the limbs before I took the photo.

             When I had originally cut the tree down, I left about 8 feet of it standing, and even though the stump appears to be dead, limbs grow on it.

            The other morning during one of our windy sessions I heard a sound which sound like a tree limb rubbing against another limb, so I started looking to see what was happening. I learned that this tall stump with limbs growing on it was cracked in the middle. I was afraid that it would break and fall on the #3 berry bed, so I decided to cut the limbs off.

            After I had cut the limbs off, I pulled them to the trailer one at a time and cut them into pieces to put on the trailer, saving the heavier pieces to top load. The trailer appeared to be very full until I strapped it down which compressed the limbs.

                                         
            There doesn’t appear to be much on the trailer with it all compress down.

            Well, I have no real plans for today, maybe attempt to learn more about how to use the new computer, there are several things that are somewhat different from this ole unit, yes, I am using the old unit.

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

Wood butcher.

Senior ole person who still can do some things but not all things, Don the Ford

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

March 23, 2025

            Good morning to one and all, it is Sunday, and we hope you have a good day filled with love and kindness.

            We had a good day yesterday, I don’t remember doing any work so it may have been an excellent day. Our son Patrick and his wife Karla came up for a visit yesterday, so we went out to lunch together. As a group we had decide to go to a Mexican restaurant, so I directed Patrick to a restaurant that my favorite wife and I use to go to when we first moved here some 40 plus years ago. Now my favorite wife and I drive past this restaurant almost every week and we often say we should come for a meal. Well yesterday we did go there. The lunch was good, and the service was good.

            Returning home I was too full of food, and I wanted to take a nap, but with family there I did stay awake. I think I had explained that I have a new computer, and I allowed my son to get it set up for me. Now I could have probably set it up ok, but it would have taken me a lot longer than it took Pete (Pete is short for Patrick and a nick name). Oh, I am using the ole computer for this posting, and I will go to the new computer in a little while.

            It is now a little while and I have turned the new computer on, photo of the desk to follow.

            Yep, there is a bunch of stuff at, and on my desk.

            Our son Dave and the family did not go to lunch with us yesterday as they had planned to do some work in their garage. As I understand it, they cleaned and reorganized the garage, they will be painting it soon and then installing some shelves.

            We did sit outside for a while yesterday the weather was nice and warm, but it was still windy. I did remember I needed to water about five plants that are now sitting close to the ole swing, so I had to stop enjoying my adult beverage and get the hose to water the flowers. Wow, little rest for the ole people. 

            Today my favorite wife and I will probably go to the Cracker store for lunch and then do a lot of nothing the rest of the day, although I do need to take a couple items out of our garage to the ole shed.

            Well, wish me good luck with the new computer as you have a good day, and please stay safe in all you do.

Too old to learn?

Senile ole person who might be to ole to learn but he can try, Don the Ford

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

March 22, 2025

            “Sat all day is here”, he said, as he sat all day the day before Saturday. Yesterday was a good day and we hope this is a good morning for you and that you and I have a good day.

            I am sitting here attempting to remember what if anything, I did yesterday. I gave the birds out back some water, I did get my new computer, yep, they delivered it, and it isn’t broken. My neck and shoulder have been hurting some, and I think that is due to me being on my hands and knees pulling weeds at the #2 berry bed the day before. When I get on my hands and knees I should be praying and not pulling weeds.

            My favorite wife and I did sit outside yesterday afternoon with a friend, we had some good discussion about the bible. The weather was good, and I thought the neighbors with the new convertible would have come over to tell us about the vehicle, maybe they will come over this afternoon.

            Today's possible events: I did remove the ring doorbell, and it is being charged as I attempt to enter this data into the Ford’s ole computer. Noticed I mentioned the ole computer, but I did not say new computer. More about that in a minute or two.

            Patrick and his lovely wife Karla are scheduled to come up today and we will likely have lunch together. It just happens that I have the new computer, and I have not yet attempted to use it. Possibly I will be able to get some help in getting the new unit working from our son Patrick.

            Changing the topic a little; we do not know if Dave and his lovely wife along with their children will join us for lunch today, as he had noted that they were planning on cleaning and organizing their garage today.

            I have a photo of the pot hound Tres; this time he is on his own bed.

            Well, I guess I should stop for now and allow you to have some time doing something interesting. We hope you have a good day and that you stay safe in all you do.

Old or new which is best?

Senior ole person who would be better if he was a new person, Don the Ford

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

March 21, 2025

            It is a cool 43 degrees this morning but we still wish you a good morning. Plans for today, do nothing other than get the grandkid to school on time and safely.

            Did I do anything yesterday, yes but even though I needed to, I didn’t want to, that is pull some weeds from the #2 berry bed. Now I did not get them all, and yes, I was on my knees attempting to remove these weeds, and I did fill the trash can I had with me with these weeds. Why did I pull these weeds, because my favorite wife was pulling weeds from a flower bed so I did not want her to feel as if she had to work alone.

            We did go out for supper and later we did sit outside for about one hour enjoying the quiet neighborhood. Since you did not ask what I had for supper, I will inform you anyway. I had the chicken fajitas and they were good as usual. There is a thing that happens when I have the fajitas, as one may know, they are delivered to the table very hot and they have steam coming off them they are so hot. Well, the smell of the fajitas gets into my shirt and when I get home, I can smell the fajitas, so does Tres.  

            Different topic, our neighbors all seem to be wealthy as they do things like cruses several times each year, and most have really nice vehicles to drive. One neighbor had a camping trailer that he can pull behind his really nice big pickup, but he has plans to sell the trailer now that he has purchased a convertible. Wow neighbors who can do and have all these really nice things, I am glad I live in this neighborhood.

            Well, I need to stop for now and get started over to the grandkids house, so I will say, “have a good day and please stay safe in all you do”.

Interesting neighbors.

Senior ole person who is happy for his neighbors, Don the Ford

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

March 20, 2025

            It seems to be a good morning here in Hewitt, and we assume the sun will be coming up soon. I am making a late start this morning as I woke up later than usual. I will stop soon and then restart this soon to be boring, I mean interesting posting. 

Did the Don do anything yesterday; he did take a short nap before heading out to get gas in the Ford’s ole Chevy, and while out he got a free cup of coffee from the star coffee place. Yes, he had enough points for a free cup.

When he returned home, cup in hand, he did his daily reading from the bible. When that was completed, he decided to water the plants in the hot house. You probably know, after watering the things in the hot house he started watering the berry beds and the flower beds. He even brought the plants out of the garage where they have been stored all winter in hibernation, and he also watered them.

As usual, there was debris in the back 40 from all the crazy winds we have been having, so he picked up as much as he could find, and he also trimmed some dead from the #3 berry bed. Mr. Ford also distributed bird food to some locations in the back 40, the birds seemed to appreciate that. The Don also went to the front yard where he filled the two bird baths with water and watered a few flowers. Speaking of flowers, we had one blooming and I have a photo.

            We did sit outside for a while even though it was very windy, and it was a little cooler than usual. When we decided to return to the house, I was allowed to bring the flowers back into the garage as the temp last night was going to be down into the upper 30s.

Well now you know, the Don did nothing interesting again yesterday.

Different topic: allow me to define the word “Habits”, as I see it a habit is, “doing the same thing, the same way, at the same time, every day”. Now some of us don’t think that we are habitual creatures, but we are. For that person who does not believe, try eating a meal one hour earlier or one hour later, or don’t watch the TV show that you usually watch, or just turn the TV off for a couple hours and read something at a time when you normally watch TV.

I was thinking about how changing my daily routine is very difficult so I thought I would comment in this posting.

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

IS Spring springing?

Senior ole person who might take a break from normal activities or not, Don the Ford

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

March 19, 2025

            It is a good but dark morning here in Hewitt, aka, the sun isn’t up yet.

            My story for the day is about how wild our neighborhood is. Now wild does not refer to the neighbors and their actions during the evening hours, as most of the neighbors are retired and they do not usually go out at night. I should note that some of the retired neighbors have cameras recording the events outside their home’s day and night.

            In this soon to be wonder filled and informative story, you will learn of the reason a couple of my neighbors have contacted me and informed me of some late-night events. They have suggested that I might want to review our videos looking for something they found as interesting. These neighbors have cameras that alert them of activity outside their home’s day and night.

            Now in my latest notification a neighbor suggested I might want to review video from Tuesday morning at 3:26am. I followed the suggestion and found nothing in the video which looked over my front yard, the street in front of our home and in the direction of the neighbor’s home. I sat there watching the monitor for possibly 20 minutes and saw nothing. Then it came to me, daylight saving time, my video was probably on regular time, which meant I needed to watch at 2:26 instead of 3:26, and I also needed to change the time on our security cameras.  

            I then reviewed the video at 2:26am and there it was, a coyote in the front yards of our neighbors’ homes. The coyote went through there yards up the street and out of the site of my cameras. My neighbors have been seeing this wild coyote the last few nights. I wonder where the coyote stays during the day.

            I guess I need to think about getting the grand kid to school this morning and not about the coyote. I did learn that the last average freeze in the Hewitt area is the last week of this month. Now that don’t mean there will not be any late freezes, just the normal last freeze is the last week of the month. I want to get the flowers out but I am reluctant to get them out yet.

            Well, I guess that is it for today, we hope everyone has a good day and that we are all safe in all we do.

Coyote neighbor.

Senior ole person who needs to do lots of things but is kinda lazy, Don the Ford

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

March 18, 2025

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

            I did nothing yesterday and may do very little today. I need to get the Alex and take him to school this morning, and other then that I have no plans for the day. I will need to do my bible study homework and I may ask my favorite wife if she wants to go out for breakfast.

            Lately as we sat outside, we have seen a woodpecker pecking on a neighbor’s tree. I have two photos, one of the bird and one of the hole. Yes, we have an exciting life here at the Fords home.

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

Birds in area.

Senior ole person who has been doing nothing but should do something, Don the Ford

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

March 17, 2025

            We wish each of you a good morning and hope you have a productive and safe day. It is St. Patrick’s Day, but it has nothing to do with our son, “Patrick Ford”, at least I don’t think it has anything to do with him. 

            We had a good day yesterday; we did venture forth for lunch out and returning home my favorite wife did make a Cherry Cheesecake, which I enjoyed later in the afternoon. My favorite wife and I did put some easter type decorations out in the yard yesterday. I did water the black berry beds and a couple, flower beds yesterday.

            We did sit outside yesterday afternoon during happy hour as we enjoyed the nice weather. I did bring a flower from the so-called hot house and sat it near the swing where we sit in the afternoons. The flower had several blooms on it while in the hot house and it has several more budding out, so I brought it to our resting area so we may see the blooms when they open. If the cold weather returns, I will bring the flower into the garage.

            I have a photo to share with you and it is of our first grasshopper this year. We have not named him yet; suggestions will be accepted.

            School is back in session starting today, so I will be picking up Alex and maybe Gabi to take to school in a few minutes. I guess we are back on regular schedule with school and bible study all starting today.

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

Is spring here?

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

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

March 16, 2025

            It is a bright and clear good morning here In Hewitt, and the wind is not blowing at this time. The wind was very difficult yesterday but we have made it through the day without too many problems. Speaking of the wind, there was a dust storm that came with the winds and everything that was outside is covered in the dust. All the vehicles had a thick coat of dust on them and every car wash had lines of vehicles waiting to get in and get washed.

Yesterday I did get to speak to the lady next door and told her I had removed three large limbs from her yard. She seemed surprised as she looked at the yard, I assume she had not noticed the big limbs were missing. I suggested that her boys could break the small limbs, which I did not take, into small pieces and put them in the trash. She did thank me.

            My favorite wife and I did go into town yesterday for lunch and we did stop at the cheap store where she purchased one item, that I think cost a couple dollars.

            Back at home I did nothing for a while, aka nap time, and my favorite wife was out front changing some decorations. Later I did go out and reposition the big heavy bird bath (about 100 pounds) I put water in it and another bird bath, which I leveled, for the residences of the bird houses.

A friend came over and brought some sausage rolls and cheese sticks which we enjoyed as we sat outside even though the wind was blowing like crazy.

We have no plans for today other then maybe have lunch at the cracker store.

Next week we are back on schedule which means school will be back in session and bible study will also be back in session. I think I have my homework for bible study finished, maybe I should check.

Well, I guess you now know everything I know, so I will say have a good day, be nice to old people, and stay safe in all we do. 

Naps be good!

Senior ole person who knows how to enjoy a good nap after eating, Don the Ford

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

March 15, 2025

            I think it is a good morning; the sun isn’t up yet but it is warm outside. I need to get out and connect the trailer to the Ford’s ole Chevy and then take the tree limbs to the Hewitt recycle site.

            Yesterday was a good day, Alex came over and mowed the back 40 and then we decided he should mow the front yard even though there was no grass growing in it. We lowered the mower a couple notches and he was basically cutting the dead grass from last year.

In the olden days, when I was a “children”, back in Missouri, in the spring just before the grass started turning green people would burn the dead grass and in a few days the yard would be green. I know, we aren’t allowed to do that now days, I was just telling you an ole memory.

I used the string trimmer to remove a few weeds that the riding mower missed. I should say, the yards look good and all the work was done without any injuries.

We did go into Waco after all that work for a sandwich and then Alex returned home. It was a good day.

My favorite wife and I did sit outside in the heat yesterday, and no friends dropped by so we were lonely until the neighbor’s granddaughter came over. She wanted to give Tres some treats. She likes to see him sit for the treat.

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

Yard work done.

Senior ole person who is heading for the tree limb recycling site, Don the Ford 

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

March 14, 2025

            The day has started off good, and we hope you have a good morning or good afternoon, depending on when you read this.

            Yesterday was an uneventful day, I did water the flowers in the hot house, and I wish we could get them out of the hot house. I do have a photo of a blooming flower in the hot house.

             After I water the plants in the hot house, I watered other flowers and the 3 berry beds. I did strap the limbs down on the trailer and checked the tire pressure in both the trailer and the truck. 

            My favorite wife and I did go out for supper and it was good, I have leftovers for a meal here at the homestead.

            Today my plan is to bring our yard man Alex over and let him mow and trim the back 40. We do have grass and weeds grown back there. I want to pull the trailer up to the gate as tomorrow is the day to haul the limbs off and it will be easier to hook up to it in the morning when it is at the gate.

            I have no other big Friday plans so I will say have a good day and be safe in all you do.

Is spring here?

Senior ole person who is glad to have a yard man, Don the Ford

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