April 30. 2026

                Good morning to all, it has not started raining yet but they say it will rain today and tomorrow.

                Well, we did not do a lot yesterday, we did go for breakfast, and it was very good, then we went to the rehab where my favorite wife did very good. Back at home I rested for a while then I went to the store to get some items. Back at home I put the items away and then got the bible out and began to read. Now we have no bible study class so I can read what I want, and I do try to study. As we all know, I have never been good at learning from books. I learn more from hearing and seeing and less from reading.  

                It did not rain which I am aware of yesterday, but there was enough moisture in the air that the windshield wipers needed to be on any time I was driving. I walked out back to see the flower blooms, and I looked at the #2 berry bed. Yes, there are three photos. Even though it did not rain, the grass was so wet my shoes were soaked when I returned to the house.

               We did not sit outside yesterday as it was kind of cold. I did create a supper for my favorite wife and myself, and she created the salad for us. I need to wash some clothes but that is not fun, I vacuumed the floors yesterday, wow, never any rest for old people.

                I need to get started so I can get my morning real coffee as I head to Alex’s home and take him to school. I have learned that I need to go to the store today, my favorite wife needs her vitamin C.

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

                Mr. Donnie the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 29, 2026

                Good Tuesday morning to all, we hope all is well at your home.

                Let's review what occurred yesterday.  I did not do a lot, and if you take a look at yesterday's post which was posted later than normal, it informed you of half of what I had done. Later in the day (Tuesday) I went to the store and bought some stuff that my dearest wife wanted and some things that I wanted. We do now have a new rain gauge which I purchased at Wally World yesterday.

                This coming Friday is supposed to be a day of solid rain, with the possibility of one to three inches of rain, so I now have the rain gauge, and I'll be able to go out and say, “oh we had 1/4 inch of rain”. They were calling for the possibility of storms yesterday, luckily enough it did not occur here, and we feel sorry for those people where they've had all the Tornadoes.

                Today, I was able to get Alex to work I mean school, and yes, I did get a cup of real coffee from the Star coffee place. It was not raining but the mist was heavy enough to require the use of windshield wipers. I learned how the defroster on the outside mirrors works, heck I seem to learn something every time I drive the vehicle.

                My favorite wife is allowing me to take her out for breakfast at the Georges this morning before we must go to Rehab. We have a few blooming flowers, but our neighbor has a large number of blooming flowers of various colors, he puts a lot of effort into his flower beds.

                We are supposed to have some bad weather this morning; we hope that everyone stays safe from the bad weather. I will stop for now so I can get started on breakfast. Have a good day, be nice to at least one person and stay safe in all you do.               

Donnie the Ford

                   Do you like the name Donnie?

Both my favorite wife and I as

children had the nick name of Donnie.

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

NARBNL

April 28, 2026

                Morning is over as I start this article, I will say good day to you.

Today I have procured a cup of real coffee as I was going to get Alex and take him to school. Back at home I did nothing for a few minutes and then I captured the cat Molley and took her to the vet. After the vet visit, I went to the gas station and fill the Fords ole Chevy with gas and the 5-gallon gas can. Back at home I released the Cat and she went and hid from me.

                I did take some time to watch the last lecture from bible study for this year. Yep, the bible study is over for the summer break, and a new study will start in September.

                Plans for the rest of the day are to go to the store and get a couple items.

                I do have a photo or two for the nonreaders in our group.

                                                              

                The rose bush tries to scratch you when you walk by on the sidewalk.

              

                Tres is working on the flowers in the bed.

                That’s it for now. Have a good day and stay safe in all you do while being nice to ole people.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 27, 2026

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

Let's look at yesterday to see if there were any events: yesterday being Sunday we did go to the cracker store for lunch we took our favorite grandson and yard man Alex with us. Lunch was good, returning back home we allowed Alex to mow the yards, and he did a really good job.

We really didn't do much the rest of the day other than sit around and take it easy, I did wash some clothes and then later in the afternoon we sat outside for a while. The birds were having a lot of fun feeding the little birds and making noise, so we had a quiet neighborhood except for the birds.

Our son David brought us some supper last night and it was very good, our bellies were full and we didn’t have to do any work to prepare our own supper, “nice”. Second time we receive food this week.

Today we need to go to the rehab at 11:00 and other than that, no real plans. Tonight we have Bible study which will be our last one for this year, they have pizza tonight, so I'll try to make it to that. I just received a call from my skin doctor wanting to see if I could come out today, I have an appointment later this week but she's not going to be there so they want me to come out today for my appointment, I don't know if I can do that.

I guess I'll stop for now we hope you all have an excellent day, stay safe in all you do be nice to others.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 26, 2026

Good morning to you and no one else. You are special and that is why you get the one and only good morning.

With nothing else to do, my favorite wife and I went into town for lunch at the sandwich shop yesterday. After eating we went to the cheap store to get a couple items that Donna wanted and one item that I wanted. Back at home I took a break and rested before the following work.

Yesterday I did water the flowers in the pots. I also remove the dog Poopa-Loopa from the yard in prep for today possible mowing. As I was working in the back yard, I observed the black berries having green berries.

                We sat outside and watched the birds as they were feeding the babies in the bird houses. There was a lot of noise made by both the adults and baby birds. This photo shows the babies with his or her heads sticking out of the house.

                At supper time yesterday a good friend brought us some smoked ribs beans and potato salad for supper, and the ribs were outstanding. My wife and I both enjoyed the ribs and we have a couple of ribs left over for a snack today.    

                I picked up Alex from school yesterday evening after the trip the orchestra group took to Fort Worth. Well, that is yesterday’s activities now let’s get to today.

Today Alex may mow the yards after lunch with us at the cracker store. The grass is very deep.

I guess I should stop for now and get started on the day. We hope you have a good 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.

NARBNL

April 25, 2026

                It is a good morning here in Hewitt. How good is it? Well the following photo should show you.

                This is the first bloom from this plant this year. It is a good morning.

My favorite wife and I did sit outside, and a friend was also with us yesterday afternoon. The main topic of discussion was, “the baby birds in the bird house and the number of times the mother and father were bringing them food”.  There was no pause in the flying or chirping. The photo isn’t good, but the baby bird had his head sticking out waiting for mom to feed him.

                Our yard needs to be mowed but our yard man Alex is on a school project in Fort Worth Texas today, we might get him to work tomorrow if the weather is cooperative. I removed the debris from the front yard yesterday and the dog Poopa-Loopa needs to be removed from the back yard today.

                My knee is much better, but I do not plan to mow until it has been feeling good for a week or more.

                We have some of the best friends around, a friend is going to make some ribs today and they are going to bring us some for our supper. The ribs are so good I may not have anything for lunch so I will be hungrier when the ribs arrive at supper.  

                Well, I guess I should stop and do nothing for a while. We hope you have a good 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.

NARBNL

April 24, 2026

    Good morning, it seems to be starting off nice here in Hewitt and I did get Alex to school safe and on time. A group from the school orchestra are going to Fort Worth today and spending the night, they will be learning more about music and Alex is going. That means we will not have our yard man here on Saturday, darn it.  

                There was a news thing on the TV about people being injured in crosswalks and that the vehicle drivers should pay more attention when near crosswalks. I do agree with that comment, we as drivers should always be attentive, but, the person walking should also pay more attention! I have observed people in the crosswalks never looking to see if the vehicle is coming, they seem to assume the person driving will stop.

                People driving need to watch for and stop for pedestrians in crosswalks, people walking in the crosswalks need to look for vehicles and assume they do not see them. Be safe in all we do.

                My favorite wife and I sat outside yesterday and the birds in the bird houses were very active. There are 7 bird houses hanging on our car port and there were a couple birds fighting over one of the houses. There are babies in a couple houses.  

My knee is feeling better and I can walk a lot better but there is some pain, the prayers from friends and the medicine is working. I need to go to the grocery store today and get a couple items like ice cream, so my favorite wife doesn’t starve.

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

Don the Ford  

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

NARBNL

April 23, 2026

                Good morning

I woke up with hurting in my right knee yesterday morning. The pain was there when I stood up, when I sat down there was no pain. It got worse as the morning progressed. I tried to use a cane to help me walk and it did not help very much.

We went to rehab and I used the cane to get into and out of the building but once we were back at home, I got the spare walker, and it made a difference in my ability to walk. I called the doctor’s office, and they were able to get me an appointment yesterday afternoon. Using the walker, I was able to get around at the doctor’s office. They checked me over and said they think there is a Bakers Cyst on the back of my right knee. They took x-rays and gave me a prescription. If the prescription doesn’t take care of the pain they will consider a Steroid shot to my knee. They also say I have osteoarthritis in the right knee.

I was still allowed to wash the clothes, and there was a bunch of them. Another house cleaning was vacuuming the floor in the front room several times as Tres is sheading a lot of hair.

We are both using walkers to get around in the house. My knee is felling better but not back to normal yet.

We sat outside yesterday afternoon, and I got a photo of a bird feeding its babies.

I will stop 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.

NARBNL

April 22, 2026

It is a good foggy morning in Hewitt.

                Yesterday was another normal do-everything day and at the same time a do-nothing day. Everything is the housework and paying bills and doing nothing is the things I normally do. I drove into Waco in the afternoon to the cheap store to see if they had a short HDMI wire, but they did not have one. They use to have a lot of computer type accessories but not anymore. They had something I wished I had purchased but I didn’t. It was a set of two lights that you hang around your neck which I could have used right now as I am entering info on this computer. I need a little more light to see the keyboard when I am in the ole recliner. I did order the cable on line and it should be here tomorrow.  

                We have a rehab for my favorite wife this morning and I think it should be for me as the back of my knee is hurting like crazy this morning.

                I need to wash the dirty clothes today, wow that will be fun. I have no idea when we will be able to mow again, all the rain makes everything grow and the wet grass makes it difficult to mow.

                Well, I have nothing else to tell you, 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.

NARBNL

April 21, 2026

                It is a rainy good morning here in Texas. This rain is like what I refer to as Missouri rain, slow and all-day long rain.

                Well, that is all for now we hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

What? You want more information. We didn’t do anything yesterday, at least I do not remember doing anything. My favorite wife did go to the rehab, we did not go out to lunch, we were at home doing little.

                One thing which did occur was interesting to me. I wanted to find the title to the Fords ole Chevy. I could not find the title to the Fords ole van when we were getting rid of it, so I wondered if I would find the title to the Ford’s ole Chevy. As I was going to the safe, I looked down and there was a penny on the floor, and it was heads up. Many years ago, when we were first married, any time we found a penny heads up something good would happen. The penny heads up gave me confidence that I would find the title.

                It took a couple of tries to get the safe open and I started looking through the paperwork. We do not have money or valuable stored in the safe but there are a bunch of papers even some ole tax forms. Let me make this a little shorter, I found the title to the fords ole van and I found the title to the fords ole chevy. As you can now see, when you find a penny heads up it can mean good luck, “if you believe”.  

                Now I will wish you another good day and that you stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 20, 2026

We are having a cool good morning here in Hewitt.

We here at the Fords homestead did very little yesterday. Were we able to have lunch at the cracker store, heck we were even able to get a handicap parking space at the store. The food was good and the service was also good.

Leaving cracker store we drove to the gas station and purchased 7 gallons of fuel for the Fords new chevy. Do any of you remember in the olden days when a gas station was called a service station. In those days they would put the gas in your vehicle for you, yes, you did not need to get out of your vehicle, and they would clean your windshield. I also remember gas at 30 cents per gallon.

Back at home we did very little, I did finish my bible study homework, and we did sit outside later in the afternoon. Our son Dave brought us some homemade Chicken Pot Pie which is much appreciated.

Today, we took Alex to school safely and on time and my favorite wife has a rehab today. I have no other plans currently; I might wash the clothes but that is a lot of work for an ole person.

Thanks for reading these comments, we hope you have a good day and that we all stay safe in all we do. Love your neighbor as yourself.    

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 19, 2026

Good morning, the sun is shining but it is cool outside this Sunday morning.

                Well Saturday seemed like Sunday to me, and all day I kept reminding myself that it is Saturday. This Saturday was unusual as we did not leave the house at all, not even for a sandwich for lunch as our yard man Alex did not come over and we usually take him into town for lunch on Saturday.

                It had been cool all Saturday and it even became cooler in the afternoon. We did get some rain about 5:00pm. Speaking of cool weather, I decided to attempt to create some chili for myself and my favorite wife due to the cool weather. This time the chili was good, maybe not as good as if my favorite wife would have made it, but it was good enough for both of our meals.   

I did work on my Bible study and got some of it done. I also set around doing nothing and taking a nap or two. My favorite wife received two packages yesterday, one from Patrick and Karla, the other something she had ordered. I did not get anything.

Plans for Sunday are most likely having lunch at the cracker store and then who knows. We hope you have a good 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.

NARBNL

April 18, 2026

                We have a good morning starting here in Hewitt and we are supposed to have a cool rainy day.

                I did almost nothing yesterday: I did get a photo of the sun as I was heading to the coffee shop yesterday.

                Yes, the sun was behind a cloud.

I decide to try to do my bible study one more time as I was having a problem. I had read the bible verses and then could not answer the questions. I was about to give up when I discovered I was reading from Micah when I should have been reading from Malachi. Yep, I am not that good at studying.      

                Later I did get the new mower out and trimmed the front yard using the grass catcher. Basically, I was just clipping the top of the grass to see how the mower worked with the grass catcher.

                We had some good friends drop by yesterday and we talked about many things and we enjoyed the visit.  Later in the afternoon as we sat outside another friend came over and visited us.

                Well, the yards are all mowed and ready for the rain that is supposed to be here today. I should stop for now and let you have some time for yourself. 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.

NARBNL

April 17, 2026

                We are starting with a good morning here at the Ford’s house, we hope your morning is also good.

                Due to all the comments, I received from yesterday’s post, I have learned that short posts with less information are not needed.      There were no comments about small posts.  

                I will comment on some of the things I did yesterday other than taking Alex to school. Speaking of Alex, he will be going to a ROTC competition tomorrow. No, I do not know what the competition is, but I am sure it is something physical.

                Yesterday I decided to start the new item I had purchased (aka mower) and see how it mows. I started mowing around a flower bed and then alone the fence then around everything in the back yard. It took about 35 minutes to do all that trimming. I then decided to get on the riding mower and mow the rest of the yard. The grass was very tall and still a little wet, the clippings were piling up everywhere. I also mowed over some of the areas a second time attempting to mulch them, but they are still there. When the grass is that tall you have piles of clippings. There are some areas that need to be trimmed with the string trimmer but that can wait.

                While I was mowing, the neighbor’s yard was being mowed by a 6 year old boy. He was using an electric mower, and he was about as tall as the handles of the mower, he was actually doing a good job. The electric mower was self-propelled and would stop as soon as he let go of the handle.

                After all that work, I decided to change the oil in the riding mower, so I set it up draining the oil and I went into the house. I needed to get an oil filter for the mower, so I went to the store and spent too much money on the filter ($14.00). I installed the oil filter and almost 2 quarts of oil. Now this mower has new oil, new oil filter, and a new battery but the mower is old. Wow it is like an ole senior citizen who has some new clothes on.

                My favorite wife and I went to the restaurant for our supper on date night last night. Food was good and when we returned home, we did sit outside for a while.

                Today, we have rehabilitation this morning and there are no other plans for the day. I might get the new mower and mow the front yard with the bagger just to see how that works. The front yard does not need to be mowed but I can consider that as a learning experience.  

                I will attempt to stop for now, we hope you have a very 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.

NARBNL

April 16, 2026

Is it morning again? Is it also a good morning? I guess we will not know until it is finished.

 Yesterday’s few events: Alex got to school, I saw a new bloom in the backyard, 

My favorite wife went to the doctor, then we went to the sandwich shop and had a sandwich, we went to a store and bought one thing, went to another store and purchased one thing, went home and I rested for a while. I went to the store and bought something.

I came home and we sat outside, we looked at the thing I bought and Tres, we had supper and I again rested.

                Wow I am tired and I think I should stop and rest some more. We hope you have a good day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

            How do you like these short and brief messages?

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

NARBNL

April 15, 2026

I would like to say good morning, but it is Tax Day so…

                Let us try a quick review of yesterday’s events; I did get Alex to school in a safe manner, and I did get the old walk behind lawn mower out and mowed the front yard even though it almost did not start, I have a photo for my enjoyment.

                You should look at that photo and consider how it looks almost as good as if our yard man Alex did the work.

                I did check on the price of mowers yesterday and found two that I might be interested in. I might need to take out a lone to pay for the lawn mower as they do cost a lot.

Our good friend brought us a cake yesterday and it is very good, my favorite wife and I both like it.

Now this is real news: yesterday evening after dark I was sitting here in the Ford’s ole worn out recliner when Tres and I both heard a sound coming from the backyard. I had not heard this sound since I was a kid, probably 65 years ago. Back then we lived in Missouri out in the country. The sound caught both my attention and Tres. I turned the sound off on the TV and the sound kept coming. It was a whippoorwill which is a bird and it does its hunting at night. Tres and I went out on the back porch, and I saw a bird fly out of the tree and the was no more sounds.

Today’s event will be a doctor’s visit, and we want to go to a store in Waco after the visit, possibly lunch in town. I might attempt to get a loan to buy a new lawn mower.

We hope you have a good 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.

NARBNL

April 15, 2026

                Good morning…

Yesterday was a day of not doing a lot, but we did do some things. When I was heading over to get a cup of coffee, I looked in the rearview mirror and saw a police vehicle following me. I activated the turn signal and made a safe left turn, the police was still behind me. At the end of that street, I made a right turn and the cop continued to be on my tail. At the next corner I turned left, and he stayed right behind me. I had been making sure I did not exceed the speed limit. I turned right which put me on the Star coffee place parking lot. I continued to the drive through and the officer was still right behind me. I got my coffee and drove away, but the police officer stayed at the drive through waiting on his cup of coffee.

I did get Alex to school on time, and I made it back home safely.

I picked up the debris from the front yard which was put there by the storm the night before. I did a lot of relaxing after the yard work. We did go to the rehab in the afternoon, and all went well, they told her she is doing good.

I sat outside for a while and as I was out there, I observed a lizard, photo to follow.

                This little green guy hangs around a lot, and we do have several lizards living outside the homestead. In the photo he is hanging on a bell that is hung on the bush.

                I was walking with our dog when I noticed a friend drove into their driveway and they had a new SUV, and they still had their pickup truck. I learned they had just purchased the vehicle, and it is like our SUV except that it is not white like ours.

                We had a very nice Bible study meeting last night. Well, I should stop and get started so I will wish you a good day and hope 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.

NARBNL

Apri 13, 2026

                We are having a good morning here in Hewitt and we have had a bunch of rain recently. I can’t tell you how much rain we received as I do not have a rain gage.

It stormed last night and our dog Tres does not like thunder, so he jumped on the bed and got between us. He was there until the storm passed.  

                I do have a photo to provide which shows we have received enough rain to have water standing in our backyard. This photo is taken from our security cameras so you will see more than one area at our homestead.

                The lower right-side view is the back yard with standing water. There is much more water standing in the back 40 now due to the heavy rain last night.

                Sunday, we went to the cracker store for lunch, and it was good. We returned home and my favorite wife had several projects that she worked on, mostly moving and placing decorations. I did get my bible study homework completed during all the rainy weather. I was allowed to wash the clothes yesterday, but we did not get to sit outside in the afternoon.

                Today: I took Alex to school, and my favorite wife has a rehab session today. I will need to go to the grocery store today and get a few items.

                The storm and heavy rain last night caused some problems. There are many trash cans that were blown over or washed down the street due to the rain. I have a photo of a trash can that was washed down the street until it hit a mailbox. 

                If the mailbox was properly positioned, that trash can would not have hit it. Who knows how far it might have gone without the mail box. 

        I will stop for now and hope you have a good day as 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.

NARBNL