Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 29, 2015

“Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring…”

Henri Frederic Amiel

Frederick is really good at that not-getting-all-behind-that-“ploughshare of self-examination” part….

Now he’s just waiting….

what a jolly good fallow LOL

Good morning BS’rs.I can dig this, fallow stuff. :) Peace.

Allison hopes Frederick will at least lie dormant until spring. Although she dislikes dusting around him, she enjoys having 6 weeks of “me time.”

azza pubic publik servus to teh BS cumunity an ta clear up enny misconsepshuns frum yestidys burning kwestchun…. teh followin is providid buy yer frenly BS Countey sHeriFF apartmint (me)…. (sory teh IT guy is runnin latte tuday so no vizuals)

http://youtu.be/YNHXFviVb8I

thank hew….. ~munky

Allison, starring in, “Me Time”

Once you get in that fallow period, it is hard to get out. -Beviek – love the raccoon picture. I can’t tell if the cat is happy or not. The lady at the gym was on Ellen – pretty amazing.

My fallow period sneaks up on m

I don’t know. He looks like he might be pining for the fjords.

Darn! If only his name had been Hal…

Fredrick Stanley, official group portrait at the Odd Fallows Hall in Ballard, MA…taken c. 1931, just before he entered into his last fallow period.

(Click on image for larger view.)

HI SUSAN!

Don’t you just hate when the internet goes out? Drives me crazy!

Hay SuSun…!!!ah lefta $5 spot whit a note frum a custmer in yer cigar box behine teh grinder…. it sed…“Thnaks!!! yer teh bestest footsrubber an ya nose wut ah laks!!!”sined, Anannymouse(ya gots a sekrit mirer huh…!!!)

Why Sheriff Monkey….I’m blushing…

BTW I never criticise other people’s spelling… or… um… other monkey’s… or any monkey’s…or dog’s….

You know what I mean.And yes, of course, I knew yesterday what you meant, too…about the …um… fox hat…. but I tried to …. you know,…. deflect it, instead of explaining.Sigh……

heddin fer teh fridgemater…. gnite!!!

Allison says to him at these times, “You’re fallow, deer.” Maybe that is how he got the idea.

Good Night, Ballard Deer.