August 21, 2026

                As usual we are starting with a good morning here at the Fords homestead and we hope your morning is also starting off as a good morning.

                What were the events for the Don yesterday? We all know he took Alex to school and that he rested for a while before starting his bible reading. After the bible reading was completed and lunch served, the Don decided to go out in the back forty (aka back yard) and remove the dead vines from the number 3 bed. Yes, it was hot (103) as the Don ventured forth to work in the heat, I should note he was working in the shade of the tree.

                Now for some reason the Don went to a flower bed and started removing weeds and dead flowers from the bed. This took a while and the Don did take a break to get a glass of cold water to sustain his ole body in the heat.

                When he finished the flower bed he then headed to the number 3 berry bed and proceeded to remove dead vines. I should note that there were more small trees and odd plants than there were dead vines, but there were plenty of dead vines too. I was able to clear maybe a fourth of the berry bed before heading into the house to cool down.

                I was allowed to take a shower and get dressed so we could go to our early supper. We go early on Thursday to beat the crowds. Food was good and our server was even better.

                Back at home we sat outside for a while before walking down to one of our neighbors and good friend’s house. We visited for a while and then we returned to the Ford homestead where a delivery driver from Amazon delivered a package to us that we had not ordered. We sat outside and we opened the surprise package. It was for our dog Tres, and it was natural dog chews, I call them chew sticks. Tres took one and found a place to lay in the grass and chewed away. Tres says thank you for the chew sticks.

                Let us see what our plans for today may be. We have a check that came to us and it needs to be cashed; we could use part of that money for breakfast or lunch out. As usual we have no definite plans so we will just wait and see what happens.

                I should stop and get started, we hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. Let us pray for our friends and families.

                Don the Ford