Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for June 29, 2015

Just a reminder: The fourth is Sunday and Generous Jim is having a blow-out sale. Hopefully not a real blow-out like that unfortunate thing last year.

You know, when Myst tried to light a purple fountain out front and tripped and the lighter rolled in the Fireworks tent and…..well you can refresh your memory at the Ballard Daily News and Canary cage Paper’s archives.

Has Fred not finally figured out that a more frequent form of fun could be found by flinging his own feet forward?

Good morning all of you BS’rs out there.beviek,2old,SS,Dogsniff,Gaijinrabbit,Mist and any other BS resident. Have a great day all. :) Peace.

Morning to all.Beviek love pic of the Great Dane and Scarlet Macaw and others. besides the colors of the critters it’s just like going to mom and dad’s house. Except the Great Dane really doesn’t like the Scarlett Macaw at their house, she makes him jealous.Hope everyone has a great day.

Good day, good day, GOOOOOOOOOD DAY!Life is good….woke up today.Even have a smile on my face…..wait…..just gas.All better now…….a Smoothie King and off to work.Now my question is this on today’s presentation.Is Sparky heading down or on the rebound?Either way fun is had by everyone.

I heard via my usually unreliable sources on BS that you did indeed ignite more than sparkling conversation last year and detonated some explosive behavior on the part of Flash Gordon, the photographer for Ballard’s finest newspaper – Free and worth every penny of it ! I won’t go into whether or not you were tripping ( I am never too sure of what Susan says after 3 in the morning ) but I do know that you are becoming an urbane ( or is that urban ? ) legend, and not just a legend in your own mind.See you later at the Tiki.

Now see what you made me do, I typed an erudite and hilarious riposte and it vanished!anywayIn my defence (or is it on my defence, the fence in question is rather rickety) it was midnight and I had had a few (!) glasses of wine.’I know what I know, just not what day it is,

Mrs. Higglepooder doesn’t associate with women who drink wine, and she never gets her days mixed up. Hmmmph

Now THAT is a man with a lot on his mind.Don’t give me that look. Someone was going to say it.

Monkey! — if you see this… Hope you’re doing well! We miss you!

Ling, glad we’re not missing you any more….and good timing on your offer, what with the Monkey probably still being laid up on the 4th.

Along with whatever you’re barbecuing, rest assured, I’ll also be manning… er…. womanning (?) … the smoker at the Tiki, so there’ll be plenty of yak ribs, too, with the Monkey’s patented rub, and I’ll be throwing some of those on the grill, afterward, with my own special barbecue sauce as well.

And Bev… now really,how could Fred fling Fern’s feet? Or even Sparky’s.

I hope you don’t fancy flinging your friend’s feet and forcing them to fall!

No fireworks I’m my part of the country, Perkeycat.I guess, with Washington on fire, they don’t want Oregon burning either.

Im working on the 4th so them best i will be able to do is stop in for a moment or two, a couple of times during the party.Im going to be escorting a client to the parade at Gleneden Beach after having pancake breakfast at the Gleneden Community Center. Its not *The Tiki, but it’ll do…

You should see it when they bring out the nice tables…

…with scrambled eggs!