July 21, 2026

    Good morning and good day…

Yesterday started out early and for some reason my favorite wife also got up early. I did go to the star coffee place in preparation for picking up our grandson and yard man Alex. On the way I took a photo of the rising sun.

We made it to the homestead and Alex started in the backyard as I started to remove the Poopa-Loopa. During the process of Poopa-Loopa removal, I noticed some blooming flowers we call “Four O’clocks”. I was told by an ole friend that they only bloomed at 4:00. It was 7:30, not 4:00 when I took the photo.

I had decided to cut off or reposition some of the black berry limbs as they were hanging out into the yard and that made it difficult to get close enough to mow, in this process I also started removing some trees from the number three bed.

I knew there were trees that were growing in the bed but until I began to remove them, I was unaware of how many there were. As this removal activity continued, I was also more aware of some dead black berry vines which I also removed. There is very little work around or in black berry beds that do not cause injury. I did have some cuts on the ole arms and I was sweating almost as much as the yard man Alex.

I had a trash container filled with cuttings and the larger cuttings were on the Ford’s ole red wagon. I finally discontinued the cutting and removal process and took the trash container and the wagon to the trash cart that was at the curb. Our neighbor lady was mowing in her front yard, and she came over to talk with me. I now know she was sweating as much as me, she is going to have her house foundation leveled again, and she wants to go back to work (she has not had a job since her husband passed away a year ago).

As our conversation was completed, I then put the cutting from the blackberries into the large trash cart. I then went to the back yard where Alex had started cutting the weeds in the ditch. We had decided to remove the weeds from the close side of the ditch for now and do the difficult side later. The difficult side has trenches in it from the city employees when they got their vehicles stuck in the mud about two or three years ago. I also got the other string trimmer out and started trimming. The battery went dead on the trimmer Alex was using so he came and took the gas-powered trimmer from me and finished the job.

Tools were put away and the gate to the ditch locked we decided to wash the dog Tres. I have a photo of him all wet from the washing, and he had rolled in the cut grass.

All the work completed I compensated Alex for his work and took him to his house. I then returned to the homestead and was able to take a highly needed shower. I was allowed to have a little time on the Fords ole worn-out recliner. When my eyes again opened, I warmed up in the microwave some lunch for my favorite wife.

Lunch eaten I was then able to get the bible out and begin my daily bible study. I no longer read just to be reading; I now read to learn and consider what is being said. I do enjoy reading the bible.

Even though it was extremely hot yesterday we did go outside to relax. We sat on the driveway near the garage door, and we did have the big ole fan blowing air on us. As usual it was a quiet afternoon and there was almost no traffic on the street.

I heard one drone going over so I looked up to see it and there was something that looked like a bird flying at the same speed, same direction, to the left of the drone but it was higher than the drone. If it was a bird, why would it be going the same direction and same speed as the drone?

Today’s big plan: take and get Alex to and from school ROTC meeting. Go into town for some groceries, my favorite wife wants to go to a couple stores.  

Please allow me to stop and you can do something interesting. We hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. Keep all your friends and family along with us in your prayers.  

Donnie the Ford

July 20, 2026

                Good morning to you and the others too.

                Sunday was a day of many things. I did get out of bed early due to the Dog wanting to go outside. I did have a cup of homemade coffee as I attempted to watch the so-called news. I then kicked back and did nothing for a while also known as a nap in preparation for my morning bible reading.

                The reading was interesting as usual and when that was completed, I did take a shower and got dressed for our trip to the Cracker store for lunch. The store was crowded and we had to wait for a while before we got a table. Our wait staff must have been about 6 foot 6 inches tall, and he was a good waiter. We enjoyed our food and the fact that we had a gift card that would cover part of the bill.

                Back at home we just sat around for a while allowing our full bellies to get comfortable. About 3:00 we decided to go outside and sit and that is when I learned that we need a new storm door. For some reason it doesn’t want to shut all the way. I have messed with it and I believe we need a new door, yep, we will need to spend some money.

                I watered the flowers in the flowerpots out front and then I removed a bunch of small sticks from a flower bed. I decided to start washing the clothes as my favorite wife did continue to set outside. I checked with her occasionally to see if she wanted to come inside.

                The whites are all washed and stored away first then colored went into the washer. When my favorite wife came back into the house, she decided it was time for supper which I prepared for her. I did need to wash the dishes but there weren’t many.

                I checked with our yard man Alex, and he is willing to come over today and do yard work. I asked him if he wanted to try to beat the heat and start early and he said yes. I let him pick the time to start, and I will pick him up at 7:00am.

                We need to get the back yard mowed and trimmed and we need to weed eat the ditch behind the house. Wow, I need to get started early and my favorite wife will need to get up early too.

                That is all for now, we hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. Please keep all your friends along with me and my favorite wife in your prayers.

                Don the Ford

July 19, 2026

                As usual the morning is starting as a good morning, and we hope it becomes a good day for you.

                Yesterday was a good day for us. Our son Patrick and his wife Karla drove up from Austin to celebrate my favorite wife’s birthday. Our son David, his wife Claire and their daughter Gabi met us at the restaurant for lunch. Our grandson Alex could not come to lunch as he was working with the ROTC at school.

The food and service were good, but the conversations were even better. We always have interesting discussions when we get together. Lunch over we headed back to our house where we caught up on what was happening in our lives. Ole people do not have much to reveal in their lives, but younger people have many things to share. Age was discussed and Patrick noted that he and David are both over 50 years old, yes that made me feel even older. I did get some help from Patrick with my ole computer, it seems to be working correctly again.

My favorite wife and I did sit outside as usual yesterday afternoon, but it was hot.

Today we have no big plans, we will likely go to the cracker store for lunch as we have a gift card to help pay for the meals.

I will need to decide if I will mow the back yard myself or if I will try to get Alex to come over Monday and mow. The ditch behind the house needs to be cut down again and that is a lot of work.

Well, I am stopping now, we hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

                 Donnie the Ford

July 18, 2026

                Good morning, well I guess it is. Tres was outside and I was in bed when he decides to start barking at something. Yep, I had to get up and let him in. I had wanted to stay in bed longer than usual this morning but…

                Yesterday morning started off rough, I got up late, I did not get to do my normal morning activities like getting a cup of homemade coffee and drinking it and working on my posting before my favorite wife got up. Since things weren’t normal, I went for a Star coffee.

I wanted to beat the heat, so I started mowing the front yard. I took two hours to do the work, and it looks as good as if Alex had done the work. Now Alex can do that same work in one hour and it took me two hours. Ole man be slow! I have a photo showing I mowed and trimmed well.

Work completed and shower taken, I was allowed to fix lunch for my favorite wife and me. Then I was able to do my bible reading. We jumped in the Fords new Chevy and went to get a couple Ice teas at the chicken place and then went on into town where we bought one item.

We got a call from a friend wanting to come and visit but we were in town. We like friends to come and visit, so we were kind of sad that we were not at home.  

Back home we sat outside, and a friend came by and brough a birthday card for my favorite wife. She has received some very nice cards from friends. Another friend came over and she had a bottle of wine. It was a very nice afternoon.

Today our plans are to go out to lunch with our sons and their families to celebrate my favorite wife’s birthday.

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

Don the Ford

July 17, 2026

                Good morning to all who looked at this in the morning, those of you who didn’t look at the post until later in the day we say good day to you, and to that person who don’t want to see these emails, send me a STOP and I will take you name off the list.

                How did yesterday go? It was a good day. We went into Waco at lunch time and stopped at the sandwich shop for lunch. We then returned home where we did almost nothing. Now we consider sitting outside doing something and that something is, getting out of the house and away from the TV. As usual the neighborhood was quiet, one neighbor drove by and waved at us.

                It was a little before 4:00 when we ventured back into the house to start getting ready for our trip to the restaurant for supper. As we were getting ready my favorite received a call from a friend wishing her a happy birthday. When the call was over, we again started getting ready to go to supper and that is when two friends arrived with birthday cards for my favorite wife. Some conversations followed.

                We eventually made it to the restaurant and were allowed to have supper. Food was good and our wait-staff was good, but the service was slow as they were crowded.

                Back at home we again sat outside for a while enjoying a nice breeze. We talked by phone to both sons attempting to make plans for a Saturday lunch to celebrate my favorite wife’s birthday.

                Speaking of birthdays, I should post a photo of my favorite wife with some flowers she received.

                Different subject: There was a boy riding what we assume to be a new electric bike up and down the street for the last two days. He has a helmet and a yellow vest on for safety. We waved at him and I thought I would show him our electric trike. I got our trike out and parked it on the driveway and wouldn’t you know it; he did not ride by again yesterday afternoon.

                Today being Friday, my big plan is to mow the front yard and then after some washing this ole body in the shower, we might go into town for a couple items that my favorite wife wants.

                Note: I am having problem with my computer, so if you do not hear from me, it will likely be the computer.

I will attempt to stop for now, we hope everyone has a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Donnie the Ford

July 16, 2026

                Good morning to all and we hope you have a blessed day.

Happy Birthday to my favorite wife Donna.

Plans for the day are to celebrate all day with my favorite wife and also enjoy supper later this evening. I thought that women after a certain age stopped counting birthdays.

I did go to the grocery store yesterday morning where I was able to get a few needed items. Now when I left the store going to my car it was raining, and yes me and the groceries got a little wet. Back at home with the groceries put away I then created lunch for me and the birthday girl.

Lunch over I went out to the front porch as it had rained a little. There was a drone flying over and almost at the same time it began to rain. I didn’t think they flew the drones in bad weather, and the lite rain had stopped when the drone came back over.     

Back in the house I was able to get my bible reading done and a little time of rest then we went back out on the front porch. The neighborhood was quiet except for the occasional bird making noise because we were on the porch too close to their bird houses.

Back in the house I created supper using the microwave and later I was allowed to wash a few dishes.

            If the rain stops and the grass gets dry, I will likely need to mow the front yard Friday. Our yard man Alex has been at an ROTC meeting in Dallas all week and I am not sure when he will be back. I think Patrick and Karla will be coming up Sunday and we will likely go out to lunch Sunday with the family to celebrate Donna’s birthday. That means I might have the time Saturday to mow the back yard.

            I guess I should stop for now and wish you a blessed day and pray that we all stay safe in everything we do.

            Don the Ford

July 15, 2026

                Good morning to you we hope your day is starting off well.

Yesterday’s events; the day started off cloudy and there was even some Fog in the area, so I decided to start pulling weeds. I took a photo of one area where I would be attempting to remove weeds from the Jasmin bed, but I decided to not post it as it was only interesting to me and not to you. Now that I think of it all my post are interesting to me alone.

I went through the Jasmin bed removing small trees that the squirrels had planted, you know acorns that the squirrels hide in the ground and never come back to get. I have commented before that the weeds are mostly ST. Augustine grass that has gotten into the flower beds. Some of the grass that I removed was from 3 to 5 feet in length and I will post a photo of one small weed.

About 1.5 hours of work and I was allowed to have a shower and then rest. A 92-year-old man should not need to be pulling weeds, and I should not need to either.

After my ole body was rested, I then sat out on the front porch with a cup of homemade coffee and watched the nice rain. This rain was what I call a Missouri rain, as it was steady, not too hard and it did not seem to have an ending. Two days of rain and we had ¾ inch of rain.

After my daily reading of the bible, I ordered a book for this year’s bible study.

Supper was chicken salad for the two of us which I was allowed to go and pick up, and it was good.

                Big plans for today; I need to go to the store for some groceries. Wow that will be a tough day’s work. I guess I should stop for now and wish you a blessed day and encourage us all to stay safe in all we do.    

                Don the Ford

July 14, 2026

                Good morning to all, we are not seeing the rain yet but may see it again this afternoon.

                Let’s start with a photo or two. From the number 3 berry bed I have a recent photo and I am surprised in what I saw. Green, black berries when the berries usually at this time of the year have finished production.

                Then I observed another bud on the rose bush, and I thought that it was very small, but when it blooms it is large. My hand was in the photo to provide size for the small bloom.

                Let’s see what else was accomplished yesterday by me. I did start reading from the bible earlier than usual and after some reading, I did leave the homestead and go to the hair stylists for a hair cutting. When I accomplished that I returned to the homestead where I continued my bible reading.

                I did take a break and went out front and puffed on the cigar, that was the last as it was getting too little. I am now out of cigars and I guess I will wait until someone goes on another cruise before I get another cigar.

                I did go to the chicken place and purchased some food for my favorite wife and I for lunch.

                Well, it was 12:15 Monday as I was entering this data and it had started raining. Tres and I went out to the front porch and watch it rain for a while. We enjoyed the rain until the thunder started sounding and the Tres insisted that we return to the inside of the house where he would not get away from me. Molly the cat was also staying close but not as close as the dog.

                When the cleaning lady finished her work, I kicked back and took a short nap. Rest period was completed I then began the washing of the clothes.   

                How much rain did we receive Monday, almost ½ inch in the Fords rain gage. I shut the lawn sprinklers off for today due to the rain and the high possibility of more rain today. Wow, I might save a couple dollars on the water bill.

                I have thought about the possibility of attempting to remove some weeds from the front flower bed. It needs to be done and I don’t really like doing that type of work so we will see if I find an excuse to not pull weeds.

I will attempt to stop and let you get back to doing something interesting, we hope all have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. 

                Donnie the Ford