September 26, 2025

Good morning to all, I do not need to take Alex to school today, his mother has that task today.

Our largest Moon plant had 13 blooms on Thursday morning. I have a photo of the plant and blooms and a close up of a bloom that had three honeybees in it. 

I went to the shed and got the knee pads and cutter. I then got down on my knees and prayed, I mean I began to remove weeds and grass out of the flower bed. Then I crossed the driveway and got back on my knees again and removed more unwanted plants. I trimmed some Four O'clocks (they are flowers).

Then I trimmed two flowers in flowerpots, and I removed about two feet of growth from each plant. Then I blew the leaves and dust into a pile and swept them up. I also blew the debris from the sidewalk and front porch.

I then tightened the screws in the big wood rocking chair. I then proceeded to the chair on the front porch and rested my ole senior body.

            We went out to supper yesterday evening and upon returning home we sat down and waited for the time to go to the concert. The concert was good.

         Today, I am not sure what I will do. Heck, I have enough points for a free cup of coffee from the Star Coffee place, but will I get up out of this chair and fight the morning school traffic to get a free cup.

I guess I should stop for now and decide what to do about the coffee. We hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

 

Mooned again, Don the Ford

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

September 25, 2025

            Good morning to only you this morning, we hope you have a very good day.

            Let us see if anything happened yesterday. Nothing interesting that I can recall. We did get rain for a while, and it equaled almost ¼ inch. The wind was blowing, and the big Moon plant blew over, which I had to set back up after the wind stopped. There was a limb down in the back 40, which I had to put on the trailer, no rest for the ole people.

            The big event was, the recycle bin that I had placed at the curb was blown over. We had winds about 60 mph and there were recycled items blown from our bin into the neighbor yard. I had decided to pick up all the items after it stopped raining. Items consisted of plastic bottles, paper items and there were even some photos that had been tossed out. I removed everything I could see in the neighbor's yard and there were items in the next neighbor's yard.

            When work was completed, I decided to water the potted plants, even though it had rained. Less than a quarter of an inch is not a lot of rain, so I water the potted plants.

            Later in the afternoon when we were sitting outside, the neighbor lady had gone to the mailbox and then she started walking towards where we were sitting. We got up and walked over to meet her. She had a photo from our recycle trash that I had missed. She gave me the photo, and I explained about the recycle bin being blown over. Wow, an exciting day.

            Today I will attempt to get Alex to school on time and in a safe manner. I want to move some flowerpots around but other than that I have no big plans. The orchestra that Alex plays in will be having a concert tonight.

            I need to get going and get Alex, so I will say have a good day, and be safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

September 24, 2025

Good morning to all, I believe this will be one of the shortest post I have made.

Yesterday: we went out for breakfast, and it was good. Back at home I rested for a while then I did my bible study homework and then I sat around doing nothing until time to go to the skin doctor.

Back home from the skin doctor we did sit outside in the heat, the big fan helped.

Today: get Alex to school, then I have no idea what I will do after that. They are predicting rain today and there are several things I should do, but will I?

I will stop for now; you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Donnie the Ford

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

September 23, 2025

                Good morning again. I hope you had a good morning yesterday, and hopefully today will be even better.

Yesterday uncovered: we did get Alex over here and he did get the front yard mowed and trimmed. We then went to the large tree stump.

        In the first photo we see the large tree stump prior to the sawing and our supervisor Tres. Next, we have a photo of the sawyer with his saw standing near the tree.

        Then we see the supervisor Tres reviewing the stump after the work had been completed.

        In the following photo we see the trailer that is once again loaded and ready to go to the dump.

        Alex did a good job in cutting the stump and cleaning up the debris after the cutting. We picked up one of Alex's friends and dropped them off at Alex's homestead after all the work was completed. 

                Our friend Keith visited yesterday and he brough a new Plumeria (flower) it will have red blooms on it when it blooms.

                Yesterday being Monday, we did have a bible study meeting. The parking lot was crowded, but the class and lecture were both interesting.

                Today's possible events: drop Alex off at school and we may go to the post office for some stamps. We are considering having breakfast at George's restaurant this morning. I also have an appointment with the skin doctor today. A 3:30pm appointment will interfere with our time for relaxing sitting outside (aka happy time).

 Don the Ford

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

September 22, 2025

            Hello and good morning from me to you. I hope you have a wonderful day.

            Yesterday explained: We did go to the cracker store for lunch. The food was good, the service was so slow, even the table next to us was wondering where our wait staff was at. We have his name, and we will not sit at his table again. We returned home after lunch and took it easy for a while. Later in the afternoon I did go out and pack up the extra decorations, my wife has been placing fall decorations and there were some others that needed to be removed.

            We did wash the dog yesterday afternoon and since we were outside and I had the hose in hand, I watered the berry beds. We have a chance for rain this Wednesday, and we do need it.

            Today's plans: we plan to have our yard man Alex over this morning; we will have him mow the front yard and then we will allow him to cut down an old stump in the back 40. This stump is about 10 feet tall, and he has wanted to cut it down for some time. He will bring a chain saw with him this morning and we will see how good he is at removing a very large stump. I will attempt to get a photo of the stump before and after, for tomorrow's notes.

            That's it for now, have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.  

Don the Ford

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

September 21, 2025

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

                Yesterday's events: I got the trailer pulled out to the dumpsite and they quickly unloaded the trailer, that is after waiting in line for a long time. As I was waiting, I did get a photo of an interesting cloud in the sun.

I provide you with a very pretty photo and all you see is the sign with the word trash on it. I don't know why I even try to elevate your understanding.

                Alex came over after the ROTC training and we started transplanting an ole flower which we call "Mother-in-law's tong". It was difficult but we did get it removed from the old pot and placed it in two new pots.

                We then took a break and headed into town for lunch. After lunch we did not stop at the cheap store as the last few times we were there, we found nothing interesting. Back at home Alex and I address another potted plant that was overgrown and needed to be divided and replanted. It was a cactus plant, and we were also successful. I did get Alex returned to his house safely.

My favorite wife placed a bunch of fall decorations in the front yard yesterday.

                Later in the day Dave, Claire and Gabi came over to the house. My favorite wife had a bunch of cookbooks that she wanted to give Gabi and Claire; they took them all. Later in the afternoon I sat outside taking it easy while my favorite wife continued placing fall decorations.

                Well, I guess I will stop for now, we hope you have a good day and be safe in all you do.

Potter Don the Ford

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

September 20, 2025

                Good morning to all as we start this day. Big plans for today; haul the trailer loaded with limbs to the dumpsite, get Alex from his marching practice and attempt to repot some flowers.

                Marching practice is for the ROTC group, as they will be participating in the Homecoming event at school.

                News: I did get the top of the stump removed yesterday, the small saw allowed me to finish the needed cutting, photo to follow.

                I know it is difficult to see the remaining stump, but the good news is I got the top part off.

                I need to get started hooking up to the trailer and then waiting in line at the dump sight. I hope you have a good and safe day and be nice to everyone today.

Sawyer Don the Ford

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

September 19, 2025

                It is a good morning but a different morning for me, I do not need to get Alex and take him to school. That also means that I will not be getting my cup of coffee from the star coffee place. Alex's mother is on a new schedule, so she has Friday off, and we'll be taking him to school on Fridays.

                Yesterday's events revealed: I did go out to the shed remove a bunch of items out of the shed in order to get some fall decorations out of the shed and bring them up to the house. My favorite wife is putting the fall decorations out, so I needed to get those items up here. I also decided to bring the chainsaw which does not run from the shed.

                Would you believe I brought the chainsaw to the driveway, and I decided why not try one more time to make it run. I pulled on the starter rope a few times and the chainsaw started. I kept it running and I thought well why not go ahead and cut that stump off, so I walked over to the stump I got down on my knees chainsaw still running, and I cut it off nice and clean. Would you believe that? I wouldn't believe it either, that's a fib. I do plan on giving the chainsaw to David to see if he can get it to run.

                My favorite wife and I did go out for supper yesterday afternoon, the food was good service was good. Returning home we simply sat outside and rested, taking it easy. My favorite wife had put in a bunch of effort yesterday working on the fall decorations which I assume she will do more of that today.

                Today possible events: Thanking of saws, I plan on bringing a small saw up from the shed and seeing if I can get it to finish cutting that stump. There is a center spot in the stump that couldn't be reached by the electric pole saw, so I'm going to see if the small saw will get in there and finish cutting it.

                Also, I need to bring the trailer from the back 40 up to the gate today and have it available for tomorrow's limb haul off day.

                Wow, what do I do now? I am not going to get a cup of coffee from the star coffee place, should I just make a cup here at the house? Decisions are difficult for old senile, I mean senior people.

                The fellow and his dog that disappeared yesterday when they walked by, just walked by this morning and I watched him on the monitor. This time they did not disappear.

                I guess I should stop for now, we hope you have a very nice day, and that everyone stays safe in all we do.

Homemade coffee? Don the Ford

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