bouncer and the bee

BOUNCER AND THE BEE
this is a story about a city dog comes to the country

now this dogs name is bouncer
you can imagine why he has that name right
he lives in the city
lives closely with his human owners
well he has lived like a lot of city dogs a sheltered life
but
you know
what we have found is that in those dogs that have grown up
that way
there deep down is a lot of country in them
they just need to be able to release the country inner self

sometimes the learning can be painful

now
when bouncer first arrives he dont like the other dogs being
around him much
you see he is top dog where he lives
but
here
we got an alpha dog named maverick
a true alpha dog
he displays his alpha until the other new dog submits
then he totally ignores him
once he thinks he wins

then there is our dog marley
a golden retriever who is what i called a licker
he will lick you to death
pet him good and you have a friend for life

he doesnt care about the alpha stuff
he just wants to play with bouncer
run and play
thats all he wants

now when the bouncer owners delivered bouncer to us
for his week stay
they understand that he will be a country dog while here
he will i repeat he will be real dirty and smelly when they pick
him up
they have done this before so they know to bring a tarp for him
to lie on in the back of the car
i recommend that take him right to the car wash
do the supreme wash and rinse is what i said

now mr bouncer has two pleasures while here

he likes to immerse himself in marleys water trough
one i keep filled so marley wont use my ponds and destroy all the plants
a compromise he and i made several years ago

the other pleasure is going to the river

here i put on my mud boots
got my walking stick
they knew exactly what i said
they ran to the gate with tails awagging

now the trip down there is a fun
they seem to like the crooked route
visiting the neighbors paint horses
chasing field mice
trailing smells down the paths that the deer make
and
yes they like to roll all over the deer doo
why do they do that
now bouncer he added deer doo to his smell

then now bouncer he minds well like marley does
maverick he is independent and just goes at his own speed
and his own path
bouncer he stays close by looking back to make sure im close
no leash needed

then as we approach the river
all three are gone
they know where to go

i arrive to the banks of the river
bouncer his genes have kicked in
is in the river swimming and biting at the water
he doesnt know chase the stick yet
but
marley sure does
hell track that stick you throw downstream until he can get it
in his mouth
then swims back with it
gives it to me so i can do it again and again
until he finally tires
then i know its time to go

now
one good thing with all this fresh air is that
bouncer gets cleaned up some
so he wont smell so bad
maybe ill take him down to the river right before his owners
come pick him up
hell like that bath better than the car wash

then
i decided to check my bees this week
donning my white garb
now when marley and maverick see me do this
they go to the opposite end of the property
they forgot to tell bouncer though
they done made the mistake once
it only took once for them
to be curious about me messing with the bees

its amazing what one bee sting can imprint on your memory
permanently i may add

well
poor bouncer
he didnt know about bees
he was just curious and wanted to be near humans
now he was 60 ft away from me
but
when those bees get ticked off
thats a little too close

so it wasnt long when those bees were aswarming around and around
me
one took off looking for a nose or eye or face to avenge this attack
on his hive
now my wife she was all garbed up
marley and maverick they were safely tucked away in our garage
not moving or even blinking

poor bouncer
he didnt have a clue
then
zzzbang
that bee attack
sacrificing himself for the hive
ending his life embedded somewhere on bouncers face

oh my bouncer
i thought he must have been attacked by the whole hive
the way he rocked and rolled and whined and rubbed his face
and body in the grass
he looked like a bronc or riding bull that had a cowboy on his back
all around the property he went
until finally he got that bronco bee off his face

bouncer 0 bee 1

lesson learned
that city dog
bouncer will sure have a lot to tell his family
when he gets home

although
what happens in the country
stays in the country
thats ranch rules

the organicgreen doctor

dear ms b-thrill ride

DEAR MS B-THRILL RIDE

now ms b
i know you will start to school in a few years
then next thing you will be driving
yes mom and dad that time will come real soon
real quick
youll be real surprised how fast that will be

now this is confession time
this is really why i run my meals on wheels route each week

as i run my meals on wheels route each friday
i drive from the pickup building where the meals on wheels is located
north along this road into a smaller town

now i drive slow on this road
since i got an expensive speeding ticket once

officer i said
i was speeding because i had to get these meals to these old folks
before they got cold
the meals not the old folks

it didnt work

in the small town i drive around it seems in circles like being on a
merry go round
then
i get spun out north like i fell off the merry go round onto this
long country road to my last three deliveries miles away
from where i started

lucky for me
when i finish i am only a few miles away
as the crow flies
from the country n

i have to or should i say i get to drive
like a race car driver
i drive
around sharp curves
up and down hills
over the river more than once
onto a smaller country road
where the curves are tighter and the hills
well when you go over the hills
if you go fast enough
you can become airborne

honking along the away as i zoom by
a former patient now much older who occasionally is out there
outside
i always honk at him
give him the country wave
i know i must be a grey blur as i zoom by

im sure he says
those dam teenagers
they need to slow down

heck ive even stopped a few times to visit him
as he walks around his yard with his oxygen tank in tow
you shouldnt be out in the heat of the day i always tell him

usually though hes not outside
he is a country singer who still sings some with his band
in the area

past his house
its a sudden drop over a creek that floods sometimes
that keeps me from my joy ride
down over the creek i go
it seems like when i go over that bridge
my car hugs the ground
then
i seem to get propelled up like someone launched my car
like a rocket up the hill
to a sudden sharp curve to the right

man this must be what it like to be a formula one driver
then
a long half mile straight away
ok so i do speed on this
really too much speed
but
when i reach the 90 year old ladies house i always slow
down
im afraid she might be slowly backing out of her driveway
into my path
she would never ever see me
i dont wont to be the one that ends her living around here
then
as ive slowed there
i slow down even more to the speed limit
then
come to a stop at the highway we live on

i then return to reality
having had a thrill ride
of my youth

now ms b
dont you ever drive like this
maybe you shouldnt read this one

mama delete this one

the organicgreen doctor

cuban

CUBAN
no not the cigar
no not the country
but
the mavericks owner

entrepreneur.com

thats who would make an interesting presidential candidate
he i think
has the good qualities of donald trump well he does have a few
without all the trappings of those bad things trumps says
against women
against hispanics
against muslims
against american indians
things he just makes up or lies about
heck he just called elizabeth warren pocahontas
id be careful on that one donald
you may have met your match with her
remember she is on our side us common folks

now mark cuban
he is a conservative who doesnt have all the social baggage stuff
that donald has
in fact he lives in a world dominated by minorities
ie
the nba
his well part of his livelihood is dependent on his relations with
the black dominated nba

i have listened to him for years
i dont ever recall his making disparaging remarks on these minorities women
gays etc like donald has
but
he is brash and independent

just yesterday i was sitting reading and thinking
i thought
you know mark cuban would be a good presidential candidate this year
he has the uncanny ability to cut through all the garbage
to what is important
then
he fixes it

this is what we want this year
someone who thinks outside the box
outside of washington politics
who can and would get things done
making enemies of the establishment in washington
as he would go along fixing things here
in the usa

yes
even though he is conservative
i think i could vote for him
he seems to have some of the conservative ideas that i could go along with

he has been in the real world
worked with all the groups that trump is trashing
many of them would vote for cuban

i read today he was approached as a third party candidate
but
sadly its too late for that
he should have jumped on board months ago
and done battle with trump and the others

now i havent watched any of the things they call presidential debates
but
i would definitely watch one that mark cuban was in

heres hoping
this will stimulate an interest a challenge for cuban
he always likes challenges
to start running for 2020

he could go from mavericks president to our usa president

i sure would give him consideration

the organicgreen doctor