Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 05, 2010

What did the tree do to Mike?

Poor tree.

Lookout God! I’m in a bad mood and NOBODY better get in my way.

Reminds me of John Cleese in Fawlty Towers when he got furious with God and was jumping up and down swinging wildly in the air trying to give God a right cross……….(I miss that series).

The tree’s not to happy either.

You have a gift for understatement.

If Cleo were on Gilligan’s Island, she would be Mrs. Howl.

Cleo must have observed Mike.

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But, first things first.

That’s some nice howling there, Cleo.

Aaah… the age-old questions….

Friendships between canines and homo sapiens have existed for millennia.

No, not any one such friendship… but in general…

unless maybe Sirius has been tagging along after Orion that long, across the sky.

I like to think Claude is older than you or I…. but AFAIK, he’s not a thousand… yet.

However long he’s known Cleo, and however long any of us have had dogs of our own…

There will still be things about each other we don’t understand…

a longer list, even, than the questions raised

in the August 5th  2020 “CLEO and COMPANY”

We want to know how they can stand those hot fur coats on summer days…

why they try so hard to find a way stink like a rotten snail as soon as we bathe them…

and search for horrible “treasures” in the cat box…

and much much more… including what they can possibly see in us that makes them so devoted.

Surely a bowl of kibble doesn’t deserve all that adulation… though frankly, I’m glad they think it does.

And likewise… they must think we’re pretty dumb.

Not only for the reasons Cleo listed…

but just think.

We must be incredible hunters… but they never see us kill all the prey we bring home.

We eat a big plate of leaves and other garbage even if we have perfectly good steak and dead birds in that cold box thingy.

Some humans don’t even eat steak… they only eat things that grow in the ground, in spite of their hunting prowess and alpha status.

And why do we share our food with them?

They don’t understand why chasing a ball gets them a bowl of Alpo….

but they’re glad it does.

Mike just took out a growing doggie bathroom. Cranky indeed!

Nighthawks, I hope you are not going the route of Pastis, who expresses his angst day after day through his characters.

Good Morning Ballardeers and Nighthawks! Q-date 145.98194.36 and another beauty of a weather day.

I defer to Susan’s post.

Y’all give out extra treats. (((((HUGS!)))))

Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.

Good news / bad news yesterday…

Good – Great grand little Ariya (are-EYE-ya) May arrived at 10:13AM EDT, 19", 7lbs 4.3oz. She and mom are doing well.

Bad – My eldest has tested positive for COVID-19. Couple of prayers for Shannon, please?

WAY back when me wife’s brother was but a lad, he would work all week at the sawmill, and go out drinking on Friday night. Since he had to be sober coming in the front door, he would walk the couple miles home. When he passed a road sign, he would pull it up out of the ground and lay it gently down beside the hole. He was a Large Lad.

♪ Why oh why oh, why oh,

Did I ever leave Ohio? ♫

Arrooooooooo……..

Getting there.

Why do people even ask dogs if they are hungry??

I’ll never be without a dog.

Cleo has just proven that humans are far more dangerous than dogs will ever be.