Four Wheeler

In today’s world a young man isn’t a real man without a motorcycle of some type, Alex has a 4 wheeler.

Alex is the owner of a 4 wheeler; it isn’t gas power due to a restriction put in place by, “his mother”.  Alex’s 4-wheeler is battery powered, and will do about 3 mph on a flat cement surface.

Speaking of battery powered, I was at the Honda shop getting my motorcycle inspected last week when I saw a bicycle sitting on the show room floor.  I asked if they were now selling bikes and the answer was yes.  I was told the bike sold for $2,100.00.  They look like a regular bike but they have an electric motor and I am told, will run at a speed of 20 mph. You can peddle the bike like normal or you can use the battery to assist you to go faster or up hills.  Speaking of hills, the price was a little steep for me.

This morning Gabi, Alex and I went to the back yard where we took on the task of washing Tejas.  Truthfully it isn’t much of a task as Tejas likes to get a bath. We wet him down and then soaped him up. I allow him to run around the yard for a couple minutes with the soap still on him. He usually rolls in the grass a couple times before I rinse him off.  We then  called him back to us for the rinse. Once he is clean and rinsed he again rolls in the yard collecting as much grass on his back as possible. It takes about 3 hours for him to dry completely. Then I brush him to remove the lose hair.

Gabi and Alex were both excellent helpers and their reward was to get sprayed with the hose. I should note that they had their swim suites on so it was part of the plan from the beginning.

After all the work I got a cup of coffee and sat in my favorite chair while the kids played in the front yard. Alex was riding the 4 wheeler and Gabi was just goofing around. Gabi found a mushroom or toadstool. I found it hard to believe that a fungus would be growing in my manicured front yard.

I went to investigate and Gabi was correct.

There it was, standing tall in direct defiance of me.

It was so unbelievable, I took a photo.

What could have caused this mold to be in my yard? Then I remember, we had received about 1.25 inches of rain over a 4 day period. Thank goodness it was not my failing that allowed this toadstool in my yard; it was strictly nature showing it’s defiance toward me.

Alex at times likes to test the grownups. Today as he was riding the 4 wheeler in the front yard he ran into the barrier that is around the flowers. He started to whine and wanted someone to come and get the 4 wheeler away from the barrier.

I got up from my favorite rocker to see what he needed. I then sat back down and watched him.  He got off the 4 wheeler and back on, about 3 times.  Finally when he decided that no adult was coming to his rescue he got back on, put it in reverse and backed away from the barrier. He then proceeded to ride around the yard.

From the almost fungus free mind of                       Don Ford

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