infection is returning

INFECTION IS RETURNING
i read the stories about the ebola virus
and how it keeps growing in numbers in africa
wonder when it will jump continents

then the respiratory virus thats traveling across
the us affecting kids making some of them real sick

the other day i was sitting at my easy chair
peering out the window
staring i was just athinking
when
i realized as my mind was awhorling
you are getting that infection again
i was afraid this would happen
my wife she was concerned
she thought she had put a stop to its spread
but
no
she didnt
its infectious and contagious almost addictive it is

you see a friend is moving and is waiting on their new
house to be built so we are babysitting their plants they
have in pots and their shrubs and trees

well it looks like a garden store around here now
some he is allowing me to use at the habitat for humanity houses
save us $50  every time i plant one at at new site
so i dont mind

the problem is as i sit here
looking
he left me his rainwater tanks
to store here until they get moved in
i sit here watching them laying on their side
not being used

it was especially hard to look when we got rain
all i could think was i could be filling them up with rainwater

what if i sort of put back up straight
maybe if i set them on bricks
they would look better
heck if youre going to do that then you might as well
hook them up to the system
and hook them all together in a row
and
then hook a water hose to them

maybe use the water to water all those plants

yea thats what ill do

then i realized ive got reinfected
no runny nose or cough
ive be reinfected you see there is no immunity

to the rainwater collection virus

then he had these two small 50 gallon tanks
he said you want them i dont think well use them at
the new house

so i said yes
knowing that i would be giving them to the new habitat for
humanity homeowner
who wanted to collect rainwater

shes a nurse but i didnt dare tell her they were contagious
that rainwater collection virus
she was about to get infected

there is no cure

get infected

the organicgreen doctor

my things

MY THINGS
since i have retired i have my things that i like to
be involved in and promote
like
habitat for humanity volunteering
meals on wheels delivery
blogging
giving advise-doing this one is cheap-
on medicine
gardening
organic of course
rainwater collection
xeric gardening
solar power
setting up a small garden
recycling things
sports especially football and basketball
and
alzheimers diesease
anything that will promote awareness of this disease

so this weekend i get to do three of these things

this am if the ice doesnt cancel it
i will be representing the alzheimers association at a volunteers fair
at sun city in georgetown texas
i get to wear purple and talk about alzheimers research
alzheimers programs available in this area
the walks to end alzheimers and more

this is a subject i can talk on all day long if someone will listen


then on saturday morning my wife she and i go to an
annual conference luncheon in dallas at ut southwestern
for those of us who volunteer our bodies to be researched on
there we get to hear whats going on at the research center
and whats going on nationally

i usually know most of whats going on since i keep up
with all the alzheimers research nationally

one of the upcoming research studies involves giving one of
the new alzheimers vaccine that removes the bad gooey
beta amyloid from the brain
it starts soon
im one year too young but attempts are being made to
get me into this one

the secret in the future will be to start treatment as early as possible
even before symptoms start
those studies are going on now here in the us and elsewhere

i usually learn something since the researchers are all there
talking about their research studies

then
i go slightly south of dallas and meet with a professor at
a large university who is putting a rainwater collection
system on her barn
the water to be used in her garden and maybe to water her horses
and trees
she has access to water but its restricted because of
water restrictions in the area

i do look forward to infecting her with the rainwater
collection virus
she may not know how contagious it is even though she
is a biologist
there is no vaccine or cure known so far

she has 3 tanks to hook up
ive warned her that she needs to plan for more since
those tanks will fill up real fast

its hard for a rainwaterer to sit and watch the water
run over out of the tanks or over the gutters
for
you see
there is only one cure
more tanks

hopefully with these three events this weekend
i can spread the word
to
end alzheimers now
save the rain

the organicgreen doctor

rains needed

RAINS NEEDED

we here at the country n depend on a continued rain supply
in order to fill our 30,000 gallon tanks that we use for our
drinking water and for the irrigation of our gardens

many of the cities in this area including austin depends on
the water system called the highland lakes which are several
lakes along the colorado river that provide reservoirs for
the water

it is gradually or suddenly let out from lake to lake and
eventually if they are lucky to the rice farmers further
downstream

we have been in a drought off and on now for a few years
as we know here at the country n
there has been very little
rain here in the last 3-4 months

our personal supply of water in our tanks is at 50% capacity
which is good compared to people just west of here
some of them have had their rainwater tanks run out again like they
did two summers ago

this area west of here is the recharge zone for the highland lakes
which are not being recharged
lets just say they are like a dead battery

one lake is so low that old towns and farms are now visible
on the bed of the lake

the rice farmers down stream were just told that they probably
wouldnt get any water this year which means
their rice production will be zilch
which will affect the rice supply some

last night and today we are getting rain   finally
over that recharge zone
which should help fill the lakes some and fill those tanks of
those rainwater collectors who have run out of water

my hope is to completely fill my tanks up with this rain
which should keep me supplied with rainwater for months and months

one problem also is water conservation
we here at the country n practice it every day
we wish that those of you who depend on this recharge zone for
your water supply would do the same

it makes me sick to see all the green grass and landscaping in
the towns and watch the water sprinklers dump all that precious water
on to the ground and watch it run down the street into the gutters

it doesnt have to be that way
we xeriscaped our yard and do no supplemental irrigation except
to our veggie garden

but i know thats the way it works
its always crisis management when it comes to the water supply
like when the lakes get real low and everyone is  put on strict
strict water measures
then they loosen the restriction when some water gets back in the lakes

they do that all the time
back and forth

if we dont do something in this area for water conservation
we are going to be up the creek without a paddle
as the population is growing rapidly and no new sources of
water are being located rapidly enough
theres not any

conservation is the answer
and or infection with the rainwater collection virus


so 20 years from now when this area is out of water
i will still have my full tanks and will enjoy life as i know it now
keeping my organic garden green
enjoying drinking clean rainwater
taking rainwater showers
washing clothes in rainwater
while many of those around us will be having trouble
getting water

guess ill better build a fortress around my tanks

i see a reality show idea
the rainwater collectors or
the rainwater hoarders or

(as i was called dr duck by my pediatric patients since i
talked to them like donald duck)

the dr duck rainwater dynasty
starring

the organicgreen doctor

begetting rainwater collection

BEGETTING RAINWATER COLLECTION
at the country n we have been collecting rainwater for over
ten years and
have been using it as our sole source of drinking water for
8 years

the goal is to influence others to do the same
and i have tried over the last ten years to infect as many
people with the rainwater collection virus as possible

here are some of my victims

the first was my rainwater brother
i gave him a 300 gallon tank as a gift
his wife didnt know he had it as she was gone when it
was delivered
if you dont want it then just move it yourself she was told
he got the infection bad and ended up with multiple tanks

the infection spread even beyond this
if the hoa only knew

then the next victim was my nurses husband
heres where it started and it also spread
so now there are several tanks around the
house

my nurse she tried to vaccinate him against the
virus but it didnt take
am afraid the infection will just continue on
unabated

then my neighbor saw my system
doc he now calls me doc water
i want one of those systems
so he put in a gravity ran system of over
15000 gallons of collection to water his paint
horses he raises and to use in his garden
doc i need more tanks
see hes got the disease also

then my wife shes fellow teacher bought her a new house
and we infected her and her husband with this tank
(we also donated them a 4 ft square garden to go with it)

then we infected two local high schools
the first was a school of 2000+ students
a teacher and student helped us
hopefully this rainwater collection virus will
spread to some of these other students

then we donated a tank and put it in place at
the school where my wife she works
hope the infection continues
know the staff there is getting the infection
more tanks please

then theres the habitat house we just finished
the one where we donated the 4 ft square keyhole
garden and the tank which is in the background
it will soon be in place and will im sure make
her want more as it does everyone else

then finally theres this one
this is the one im the proudest of
its mr b
my walk to end alzheimers buddy

sorry mom but he got the infection
it started with he addition of 5 gallon buckets
under the gutter spouts and then i had an extra
tank at my house
i gave it to him
i know what will happen the virus will spread
and mom will be mad at me
mr b may be the next mayor of his own tank town

so  my original rainwater tanks have begetted a large number
of tanks that are collecting rainwater all over this area
i hope that the rainwater collection virus will continue to
spread and infect many more people
this is especially important if the drought continues here and
the water shortage worsens

i think mr b may be the hope for the future of rainwater collection
why dont you get infected and have your kids get involved

the organicgreen doctor