Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for July 04, 2018

Is that black currant or grape?

Harold! Are you wearing your wife’s blouse? That is not a fit pattern for a man’s outerwear in Ballard!

Gosh….

I’m so confused.

I would love to worry about those poor birds, but I have no idea what’s going on.

Maybe that statement applies to me in general….

sigh…..

it’s been one of those weeks… er… years…. or lives.

I do think I know, though, that Harold’s…. (or is it Lance’s?) shirt buttons on the man’s side, not the woman’s.

The top layer has the button holes.

On the right for a woman, and the left for a man….

The old story was that they were moved so a man could unbutton (or rip open) his doublet with his left hand,

while wielding his sword in his right.

As Dennis noted, the buttons are on the right.

Harold has the lollipop in his left hand… with his button holes on that side, too…..

leaving his right hand free to grab his sword.

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It took Harold three hours to get the wrapper off his sucker, hence his look of satisfied contentment.

O! It’s you again.

His mind is focused on the Footsie Pop question.

little birds chasing crows, see it out in the country all the time.

Happy Independence Day, Ballardeers !

No, NO, NO!

Not the RAVEN!

(…sobbing evermore…)

Ain’t that the truth. Be kind, everyone is battling some thing.

I hope Susan doesn’t faint from the shock, but

Happy Fourth to all the Balladeers!

Unfortunately for Harold, he’s about to get noticeably embroiled in the day-to-day struggles of Chuck and Steve…

Today, I BBQ.

I’m making hamburgers and sausages for a small group at a local state park.

I’ll check in on one client today. Make sure that he remembers his meds, and see if he wants me to do something for him for breakfast.

After that i run home, grab the van (it has a bunch of deck chairs in it already) and stuff from the kitchen, and go find a nice table close to the toilets (for the connivance of a couple of the ladies) to stake out.

I’t could be as many as seven people showing up. Thats a big get-together for me anymore. Even if it’s not that many, its still going to be fun.

Apex predators don’t typically take note of the travails of others.