Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 25, 2019

Neal is easily entertained.

He’s testing out his theory that stripes on the balls make them faster. Unfortunately, Gladys is also easily entertained. She’s placed little pieces of see-thru double-stick tape at random locations on the slide. She’s chuckling evilly to herself as she pretends to read her paper.

I think we all better let Neal slide on this one!

Neal certainly has a lot of balls!

And a great art collection too.

Neil thinks that this is even more fun than popping bubble wrap.

It may look like he’s just entertaining himself, but he’s actually scheming of ways to cheat at the next Ballard St bocce tournament.

As the dog looks on in disbelief…;)

How come I can’t reply to someone?

I’m all for being easily entertained.

I’ve been jokingly (or so they said ) mocked for that very quality….

But it means I’m never bored.

Who wants to be hard to entertain, and always dissatisfied with the amusements at hand?

Basket balls in the background.

Generally the people of Ballard Street seem pretty happy. I’m thinking the water there is spiked with something nice.

“…ball?”

Neal is having a ball doing whatever it is that he’s doing.

Reading the newspaper was far too depressing.

Rusty is waiting for the six tennis balls at once, scheduled for 10 O’clock…

A busy mind is a happy mind.. but wait till he starts using bowling balls..

A new game? Could be a coming big seller.

“Rolling the Ball”… Kate Bush.

Dogs are smarter than most men – especially Neal.