March 9, 2025

Good morning to all, it is Sunday again and I hope we all have a good morning and a good day.

Let’s review yesterday quickly; We met Alex and the family at a restaurant for Alex’s birthday lunch. He got one card with some money from his parents, we had given him his present a couple days before his birthday, he is now 15 years old. The food was good, and the service was good. It was sprinkling when we arrived at the restaurant, but it had ended before we left. Arriving back at home the Alex fertilized the front yard and part of the back 40.  

He got the ladder from the shed and decided where to set it so he could cut a couple small limbs that were holding the broken limb. Alex had never used a long fiberglass pole-saw before, and it took some time for him to get use to the extreme length (18 foot). He got the broken limb down and several other limbs and we were able to get them placed on the ole trailer. Photo to follow.

            After all the work (about 2 hours) we headed for Alex’ house, but we stopped at the dollar store on the way home to get a couple batteries for the Tres’ shock collar. The collar keeps him in control when he has it on and we don’t need to shock him we just push the button that makes the collar have a high-pitched sound, that gets his attention, and he knows if he doesn’t listen, he could be shocked.

Leaving the dollar store we did stop at the coffee shop where we both got a cup, mine was coffee and his was a drink of some kind. We dropped him off at home and returned to our house.

A note from Friday: a neighbor girl who might be 10 or 11 years old came over and she was afraid of Tres. I got some treats and gave them to her and told her to tell him to sit. He sat down and she tossed him the treat. Then I told her to tell him to lay down and he did, so she gave him a couple more treats, she was able to pet him and now she isn’t afraid of Tres, and he likes her. She went out into our back 40 so I followed her at a distance, she said our back yard is nicer than her grandparents back yard, theirs has dog Poopa-Loopa in it. She saw something and asked what is an outhouse. Photo to follow.

            I said you don’t know what an outhouse is, and she said no. I showed her that this outhouse was a bird feeder, and I showed her how to open the top to put feed in it. Kids now days don’t know what an ole time outhouse was.

Broken limb down.

Senior ole person who plans to have breakfast at the cracker store, Don the Ford

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