Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for April 11, 2017

Gary’s acting out his western dreams. Dance, pardner!

Gary is now recuperating from second degree burns to his ankles.

Like most of his “great ideas” this one wasn’t well thought out, or thought out at all.

Gary is one of those shirt-sighted men.

Short! Short-sighted , his shirt has regular length sides.

Yeah, but what a workout!

Well, they used to tell him, long ago, that he was quite the firecracker on the dance floor…..

This is the way he tries to get that old feeling back… but … sigh …. it’s not really the same.

He never used to get burnt when he didn’t require actual firecrackers.

Rose… I really thought you meant “shirt-sighted.”

So many of the men on Ballard Street focus attention of their fancy shirts, and ignore their baggy, too-short, ugly pants.

Well, not the ones who take the Origami Pants Class, I guess….

They still have ugly, too short pants… but neatly folded.

And not Gary.

Besides using firecrackers with wild abandon….

Gary likes to take chances with pants and shirts…..

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Gary is a fan of Dancing with the stars. However, since he didn’t have any stars handy, he figured a few firecrackers would be the next best thing.You don’t even want to think about his version of the "mirror ball trophy. Just consider if you will, that it is Gary…from Ballard St……and he goes to the Tiki….often.

He best hot foot it to the Firehouse. I think that his cuffs are smoking.

I have been getting more opportunity to use the van lately.

Today I’m going to take a client that is a self imposed shut in to Goodwill to do a little shopping.

Friday i am going to take one of my pair of nice little old ladies to another visit with her bank to do some paperwork.

Last week i took her friend to a Dr. appointment.

I am happy to report that i am still getting a little thrill every time i use it.

That dancer’s going to be seeing stars.

Well, I suppose that’s one way to improve your dancing.

All fired up!

But it was Agnes who lit them…

Gary has always been a little light in the loafers. He’s never been considered to be the sharpest knife in the drawer.

He hairbrained schemes, and whacked out ideas have earned him a platinum Gold Card to use at Ballard Memorial Hospital & Car Clinic.

Awrite…. everbuddy seams ta be missin the oBVius hear… BCC Code 42.33.(F)2g clearly statES thet “NO FirewORkS alloWed aCCeptin on teh WeEK prioR too and Followin 4th of Jeweleye an SuSuns Birtday..” (an as PERMITted in righTing be teh SheRRF….)

Holiday Inn tonight for movie night.