Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for October 23, 2019

If it’s better to light a candle, does that mean it’s best to light a spot light?

Royce is just trying to keep Scooter out of his pool.

Incandescent lamp and dry-cell ‘Hot Shot’ batteries? Really dated.

We have to get that thing away from him! I’m calling a meeting. It’s bad enough that it’s as bright as noon at midnight, but he just loves to shine it in bedroom windows.

You can just tell he’s up to no good.

I’ll bet it gets pretty hot standing under that thing.

It’s important to Royce to be there the instant he’s needed.

You light up my life, Royce…

Who’s afraid of the dark?

When it’s dark he rolls.

I need one of those for my night time knitting!

Not if Royce can help it, it won’t! And with his 2 new Lumen-8s, he believes he’s spotted the weakness in the previous dim plan…

Royce is going out for a bit of pit-lamping, Royce is thinking a couple of opossums (or cats) would make a fine stew

Now, if he could mount that on a helicopter, the loud party down the street would appreciate it.

Just Royce’s latest attempt to join the Illuminati…

Maybe, he’s preparing for the vampires and bad ghosts of Halloween. Nothing like a superbright light in the night to stop them.

Royce has been waiting to shine a spotlight on the dark for years. Now is his moment to shine.