Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Abominable Bush - 9/22/9


Observe the small bush - abominable bush. (I realize that it’s actually a type of grass and not a bush, but I don’t know what kind, so I like to think of it as a bush!)

There is a little bush that Holly and I walk by several times a day. Now she is albeit an energized dog, but lady-like. But when she sees this bush, she jumps on it with a savageness of a warring pygmy. (She being short and dark!). She straddles that bush and lifts her leg like a boy dog! Even if she has done her “duty” 17 times along our walk, therefore should have nothing left to give, once she sees this bush she will ring at least a drop of disdain upon the bush. If we happen to walk by the bush at the beginning of the walk rather than the end – well, you can imagine! That poor, wretched bush!! I’ve contemplated Holly’s brutishness (obviously I need bigger things to contemplate!) and I’ve come to 2 conclusions.

1. The bush gives off some odor that kicks in Holly’s primitive pre-walking on all fours instinct.
2. The bush - in its youth or childhood, must have done something bad (in a Sound of Music-esque way). Holly’s natural internal moral code is incensed and she must mete out justice/punishment.

Then, of course, there is the 3rd answer, personally I find logical, therefore ho-hum and abhorrent.

3. Some dog previously/currently in residence happened to “let loose” on the bush, Holly is responding by y marking her territory - the bush. The only thing that would save this conclusion for me is that the dog still leaves a message in code on the bush and Holly replies. A kind of dog morose code. You know – dot, dash – we’re going over the wall at midnight!

Come to think of it, Holly would look pretty darn cute in a trench coat and Fedora!

100 Things - 9/22/9


21. Dancing with my uncles to 50’s music
22. Traveling with my sister
23. A room full of relatives – all with the same cheeks
24. Aunt & Uncle celebrating 50 years of marriage
25. Family reunion – “getting together when nobody died!”
26. Wacky, fun, special cousins
27. James Herriot books
28. Friends that celebrate you and you them
29. Dogs with no fleas (the 2nd verse for tuning the guitar!!)
30. Brand new perfect Vera Bradley pen from my kind hearted niece
31. Tea from Brazil
32. Ella Fitzgerald
33. Breeze through open windows while I’m sleeping
34. Homemade creamy tomato soup
35. Playing football until it’s too dark to see
36. Interrupting football to chase fireflies
37. Freezer full of homemade soups, chili and chicken pies
38. Holly barking & wagging her tail at a picture of herself
39. Holly barking at a plane
40. My oldest nephew wrangling horses
41. Swapping recipes
42. Football announcer calling my nephews name
43. Lifelong friends praying together
44. Big, white, fluffy, cozy robe
45. Daisy walking on my keyboard while I’m typing –in other words, “enough, not it’s time for me!”
46. Playing in the puddles, no matter how old I am