Pickles by Brian Crane for June 27, 2021

Sylvia is your daughter Opal. She knows you like to snoop. So closed blinds.

Even your adult daughter still needs her privacy, Opal.

Did Opal graduate from the CIA course of intelligence gathering?!!

/SHNARK/

Opal is a “Surveillance Mom”.

Binoculars Opal? Really? !

Opal use a Spy Scope next time ;-)

His Mom and her husband? I didn’t know he had a stepdad.

Probably their curtain rod is broken.

Our neighbors were so bad at spying that we planted a thousand spruce trees in the field between us. Discomforting to step out and see sun glinting off those binos.

Many people have asked the same question about the kid, he even sleeps over. The father is never home much either. Makes me wonder what Sylvia is doing behind those closed blinds.

Oy! Too close for comfort…

Houses in my neighborhood are being torn down (after being sold to a developer for$600k) and $1.5 million houses are being built and none of them have window coverings. The bedroom windows are usually high enough to provide some privacy but the front rooms are open, you can walk by at night and see what is on their computer screens.

Stepmom?

The reason Dan is not in the comics often is probably because he is locationally challenged at times.

My grandparents offered Hubby and me a lot on their farm when we got married, so we could build and live next door to them. Opal is my grandmother; we bought elsewhere.

I agree, why do they keep their blinds closed all time?

“ His mom and her husband”.. so is Opal saying that the grandson is somebody else’s child? Was Sylvia widowed and remarried? This is mighty odd phrasing?

Thanks commentators, I now have “Sylvia’s Mother” playing in my head.

That’s OK The kid will tell her everything she wants to know.

I too find binoculars handy to see my beautiful sunbathing neighbor lady.

Dan being away for long periods; kid always over Earl and Opal’s; shades pulled at opportune times; Opal has good reason for information gathering.

I almost fell off my chair laughing . . . my m-in-law, well, she showed up at our honeymoon hotel room door at EXACTLY the wrong microsecond moments after our marriage ceremony. . . she started banging on the door (insane, I know. . . WHY?), my new wife, I won’t say what she said. . . but “mom” refused to go, wanting one more hug and goodbye, finally, my WIFE got up went to the door and YANKED it open . . . MOM. . .she had one look, SCREAMED and ran down the hotel hallway. We celebrated our 50th Anniversary today. Thankyou!!

I can think of many reasons, Opal, but they all boil down to a desire for privacy.

Smart move of the daughter/husband.

They want you to think they’re not there

His Mom and her husband? I didn’t know he had a stepdad.