October 22, 2025

                Here we are starting another good morning. There is one part that may not be considered as good and that is the local so-called news programs. As I understand it, they start at 4:00am and go to 7:30am. Now they usually have very little news, so the weather guy is in front of the camera about 50% of the time. At the beginning of each half hour, they basically start over, so if you are an ole person who isn't in a hurry to do anything, you might watch one 30-minute session and start the next when you get aggravated and shut the TV off or change channels.

Let's review yesterday: I was sitting around doing nothing when I decided to pick up debris from the front yard. It has been windy for the last couple days and there was plenty to pick up. I also retrieved a couple piles of Poopa-Loopa which our pot hound Tres had left there.

The work completed I did not want to return to the Ford's ole recliner and do nothing, so, I decided to see if I could put a bird house together. I used the ole pieces that had been in the garage for at least a year for my project. I wanted to see what I would need to do before I started with the newly cut wood. I did get it put together but there was one small problem, the two sides were about 1/8 inch too long. Now the two ends are first attached to the bottom then the two sides. Even though this is scrap wood I still like to make it look as good as possible, so I then had to move the sander out of the garage onto a bench and stand 1/8 inch off each of the two sides. Photo of the completed house to follow.

Yes, I also drilled a 1 3/8in hole for the door, and I also installed a dowel for the birds to stand on. Wow, a lot of work for a senior person.

Later that day my favorite wife and I sat outside. It was windy and only 83 degrees, what a nice happy time.

Well, I need to get going and take Alex to school. I often stop at the Star coffee place and get a cup of coffee before getting Alex. I may go there too often, yesterday I pulled up in the drive through wanting to place my order. The person said, "is this Don", I said "yes", and he asked, "do you want a Tall coffee with cream", and I said "yes", he said "see you at the window". For that one person, a tall coffee means a small coffee.

I need to stop so I will wish you a good and safe day.

Don the Ford

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