May 31, 2026

                Good morning on this last day of the month. Someone said the year seems to be going by fast. I think the older you get the faster it seems to go.

                Yesterday’s actions: we started the day with going to get Alex. I always call him when I am on my way just to make sure he is ready. This time I called his phone about 5 times and got no response. I made it to his house when I called his father, and Dave went in and woke Alex. I knew it was going to take a few minutes for him to get ready so I told them I would go to the Star coffee place and get a cup of coffee.

                I had not intended on getting a cup of star coffee from the Star coffee place, as I want to attempt to break my addiction to going there and wasting my money. Since I had some time to waste, I went ahead and got a cup. Arriving back at Alex's house about 20 minutes later he was ready to go so we headed over to the Ford homestead.

                Alex went in and said hello to Granny and then I showed him a couple of things that I wanted him to do in addition to what he normally does. He then went to mow the front yard, and I went to the back yard to pick up the dog droppings.

                While in the backyard I did take a picture of the mushroom which is basically weathering.

                I also have a photo of the first bloom on our plumerias this year, photo to follow.

                Alex Had completed the front yard and was in the back 40 mowing when his mother and father showed up to pick the blackberries. They brought their little dog “April” with them and she and Tres got along real good playing in the backyard. Dave and Claire got quite a few blackberries and then they headed for home. Alex had completed his work so he and my favorite wife and I headed to the sandwich shop in Waco for lunch.

                After lunch we dropped Alex off at home then we headed for home, where my favorite wife continued working on some items and I took a nap.

About 3:15pm we went outside to sit, and we sat outside for a couple hours. We have new baby birds in some of the bird houses and other than that, the neighborhood was very quiet. I did get a call from Alex as he was in the pickup truck and had connected his phone to the truck. He made a call to me to see if it was working and we hung up and I called him back so he could see how it worked when he received a call.

                Back in the house I prepared supper for both of us and that is the day that we had.

                Plans for today: other than going out to lunch at the cracker barrel like normal, no big plans. Maybe kick back take it easy try to have a restful day.

                I will attempt to stop for now, we hope everyone has a good day, be safe and all you do and be nice to others.

                Mr. Donnie the Ford

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

NARBNL