Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 23, 2014

So, of course, he always chooses “Tea on a Lamp”….

The poor man’s coffee warmer.

This wouldn’t work with one of those new-fangled corkscrew bulbs.

Bev…. the Sheriff doesn’t work nights…But Fenton and I are here…and I just made a big grinderful of banana daks..

Oh…. the Sheriff left some little monkeys working, too…What’s that, Fenton…. I see…. cos Sid can’t come in tonight.

I hear Nelson likes to cook with light bulbs. He has blueberry muffins baking inside in his vintage Easy Bake.

My “tea lamp” doesn’t actually contain tea, so it isn’t likely to electricute anyone if jostled….

Poor Nelson, he doesn’t even get to pick out his own clothes. Margaret is particularly fond of Ballard Check, and makes sure he wears some form of it every day. He has checked shirts, checked shorts, checked socks etc. Nelson is too timid to tell her that he hates checks. He thinks it reminds him of a picnic tablecloth, and we all know about that time when he was ten at the annual town picnic. People still whisper about it.

I’m still concerned that Nelson is going to do himself an injury and tip that cup over into the socket…perhaps if I drop off my extra tea pot with warming stand, he’ll use that instead of the lamp.I’ve got to get some sleep now, so nighty-night to anyone who wanders by…

Hey I awake!

Tried it on the light house lamp once….ONCE!

Why am I bored with everything? Maybe I look at comics too much.

Hottie is Nelson’s pleasure.

Nelson’s moment of time is over when Mildred pulls the plug.

I love all the tea lights, BEV and HAPPY. The last cup and saucer with a bunny is the cutest though.

Welcome back, TWINKLYLIGHTS. I hope your mother recovers soon.

BEV, that ‘marine animal’ looks like an “army” or “air-force” animal.

Munky says he thinks he missed me the other night. Good thing he doesn’t remember that he caught me once! But since it was his birthday, I won’t say anything about that….:-D

@ ShikamooThanks! She ate better today so I’m hoping she gets her strength back soon.

@ HappyI love the “Tea Lights” & and the wee bunny in a tea cup!

@ BevThat’s the way I always react to coffee…I’m mesmerized!

Looks as if Nelson has dropped a bit of weight since I saw him last in June. That dinosaur incident on Brian’s B-day must have convinced him to start jogging again in case he ever needs to make a quick get-away.

And speaking of Birthdays…I seem to have missed quite a lot of them! I started reading past comments and only got as far back as Susan Sunshine’s Birthday in April… so,

big>A Belated Happy Birthday to Susan,X_Tech,Veteran, Shikamoo, Storm, pcolli,& most recently Sheriff Munky Bluz! Sorry I missed ALL your parties. My apologies to anyone else I missed!

I brought a tray of pastries for those whose B-days I missed!

Seems as if people on Ballard Street use cups and saucers in random and reckless ways. I suppose they have to buy new ones fairly often…

Those desserts look fabulous, TWINKLY.

Ah yes. Nancy with her china and glass ensemble. I suppose the Ballard Street ‘Bull Pen, China and Crystal Boutique’ does a brisk business with folks like Nelson and Nancy about.

I think everyone is worn out from Munky’s party! I can still hear Munky snoring somewhere, although I thought he had left.

Thank you for you birthday wishes, TWINKLY. You were away far too long.

Good Night, Ballard Dears. Beddy-bye time for me..

It is so nice to hear that you and your mom do devotionals together. So so my mom and I when I visit her.

Good night, all. Sweet dreams!

Zzzzzzz…… Snik*……Hmmmphhhh…. Pffffttt…Oh… Hay Shikoomoo…. Sari ah mist ya…. Zzzzzzzzzz….

A shot from Napa CA. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

After a quake, just shake it off.Not!This video came on following clips of the NAPA CA. quake.

Hey, thanks, Annette, and anyone else who wondered….or called…. or wrote…and to Bev for reporting.

I was very sleepy last night…didn’t even comment here, and tried to go to bed early… for me… which is still pretty late.

So of course…. I get awakened by an elephant rummaging under the house… no….. a bear?

What? We don’t have elephants, or even bears, but for a looong half a minute or so, my bed was shaking hard in all directions…. whee….

Oh…. I see… it’s just an earthquake… OK…..yawn….

So, I’m fine.We’re a bit too blasé about earthquakes here in N. Cal….been there, done that…

Damage to property is common in a fairly wide area in a quake of this magnitude (6.1), but few people this far away (30 miles) actually get hurt.

Luckily, only a few things fell down and AFAIK, only one broke.

And I’m back on Ballard St…no Bandaids. LOL

Happy to see you back Twinkly

Thanks, Annette!

Meanwhile…..

Great to see you back, Twinkly Lights!

And Thank you!As for the not-so-secret birthday list….We try to keep the birthdays a surprise, which obviously can’t work too well, as anybody we surprised two years in a row probably has a few small suspicions….. Still, as they take a lot of planning, we can’t promise to do every birthday….so far it has usually worked out…but as the invitation, the cake, the food and some of the greetings can take hours or even days, we don’t publicize a list of who should expect birthdays.NO one should!We may not know when it is, or even if we’ve celebrated it before, it _could_fall at a time when everybody is too busy.Or if someone has been away, isn’t a Ballard Street “regular” any more, or simply never answers any e-mail, or never wishes other people a “happy birthday” even when notified, we may consider dropping their celebration.Several of us do keep a list, though, of the birthdays we know of….gathered from those who’ve mentioned their birthdays here, e-mailed us, or found another way to tell us.What we do is email those who seem interested in knowing when a party is about to happen.If you’d like to be on the e-mail list, or want to write me, and possibly connect with others, with their permission, you can find my address posted on the “Agnes” comic strip forum for June 6th 2006. (6-6-06)That applies to anyone else here who wants my address.

No!

Good morning Balladeers! Where’s Tigressy?

A quick hello to you all.

Polka or Dalmatian?

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Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!

Polka or Dalmatian?

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