Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for October 09, 2012

I’ve got a feeling that if Chico, the Chihuahua , ever realizes his dreams, there will be one less smug fauna in the forest !

Constance is free of allergies.

Ah yes, Flora and Fauna the co-joined twins from the Addams family.

Just look at the expression on that rotten cat. You know that there were two fish in that bowl, just a minute ago. Constance is too busy reading the police report in the paper to notice.

Bev …I dunno whether the Hood Ornament Club can really do TWO parades…

Maybe everybody’s gonna be all “been there done that” about having another one….

and I’d just found myself a costume at Stel’s while I was running my other errands….I’d hoped for some time to touch up the gold paint and add some glitter…

I was looking for the perfect hood ornament for my car, but I didn’t find it yet.

I did see a nice antique one for the Sheriff’s car….

Whatcha think, Monkey?

Well, I’m letting my fauna out for one last time then headed into the arms of sleep:**************************************************************

When You are Old

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,

And nodding by the fire, take down this book,

And slowly read, and dream of the soft look

Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,

And loved your beauty with love false or true,

But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,

And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,

Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled

And paced upon the mountains overhead

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

—W. B. Yeats

Actually, I see that’s a radiator cap one so I guess it won’t work on a modern car…

How about this?

So this where FlyKittyFly hangs out between missions.Just perfect for his cover legend – Thomas (Constance calls him Thomas You Lazy Kitty )

Linguist…Yeats is too sad…

I always prefer to think the future lies ahead.

Anyway Costance reminds me of half my friends…if not 82%

A legion of clutterbugs, potted plant afficionados…cat lovers, dog-owners, tchotchke collectors…and daydreamers.

Unlike me of course…. cough…Well… I am out of animals at present.

And Bev — I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the yak meat….

As I remarked last night, I’m sure it’s a song…

I think a little blues tune… about how the meat was delayed….being on a freight train that turned a car into an extra large hood ornament.

Ewww Dogsniff… But you’re right!

Glad to see you, Monkey…Got a blen grinderul of daiquiris right here!

I may have missed the parade but we’ll start the party!

That was grinderFUL, of course!

That is so cute.Even the dog is wearing reading glasses.Nose pinch kind.Looks like my house.Wife has herself surrounded by what she likes. There are usually two dogs in her lap. One beside her and one cuddled in the lap.Simple comforts.

Addams FamilyGomez.I would have loved to have his job.I would have climbed all over her too.And blowing up trains!What a life.

I take it Constance isn’t for the birds, then . . . ☻

Constance, from the look on your dog’s face it seems to me that there is an unhappiness in your house.

To StormObviously a survivalist.Cheese Whiz. Throw in some Twinkies. Good old C-ration crackers. Beany Weanies. Some spam (spam spam spam spam) and Vienna sausages you could out last the world.YUMMMMMM!Oh. And canned BEANS. Lots of BEANS.

Dog not unhappy.Studious dog. Into the story of the mysterious disappearence of the cat next door.Constance is ready Ballard Street.

I meant READINGBad speller. Laughing tooo hard.

Actually Constance was house sitting foe me while I went to visit my brother, the cockateals are in the opposit corner

Constance has quite a slice of heaven on earth. In her garden she is both Queen and Master. Every effort has been made to keep at least one foot firmly plant on the ground, but as of late, not so much. In these days, time has become something of the past, a mild inconvenience for today and less than a passing glance for tomorrow. All her questions have been answered, all her prayers transformed to preferences, all of her regrets are reconciled, all of her days are numbered. Somewhere on the horizon there is a full moon, the sun is always rising somewhere, the merry go round is slowing down, she will punch her ticket and ride again….life is good. Ballard Street Rules.

To StelBel.Love it. Sitting here now with progressives trying to ge the focus in laughing so hard and trying to type.And Number SixI think that ball has finally caught you.I too feel I have great shape. In the dark, she forgot to wear her glasses, and a few margaritas in her (and I mean a few), I look like a male model.Without. I look like the before shot.But she loves me anyway.

Hey pcolliI can guarantee I would vote for you.Shoot I may even write you in.Use to do Pat Paulsen but he passed. Heck I will put him down anyway. Congress is already dead.Been this way since first got to vote. Remember it well. They had just lowered the voting age to 18 from 21.I mean they were sending us to Nam but we could not vote?What was up with that?Ah Such Power. Nixon, NIXON,NIXON. Man we did not know any better did we.SERIOUSLY.But VOTE.People died for it. Be thankful you have it.AND VOTE FOR PCOLLI

Dance To The Music by Sly & The Family Stone

Tell Me Somethin’ Good by Chaka Khan/Rufus

Stel are you still up?

Had to leave … hope I didn’t miss the whole party…. naw…. this is too early for a party on Ballard St. to end.

Heading down to the Tiki … is that the place to be?

In a bit Constance will go to her plant wall to get the plants for tomorrow.

Perro rides!

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I guess Flora couldn’t make it today.

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