That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for June 02, 2023

Old Nigel realized he wasn’t the man he once was when his granddaughters had more pull than him.

Pat loved his granddaughters, but having to hold in his cussin’ was giving him heartburn.

That old tar told the girls that he had a boat load of ice-cream for them if they help.

Sparky took the distraction to eat all their lunches!

Isn’t Arkansas a great state?

In the next picture, he’s shown telling them to pull his finger.

WHAT DOGS ARE THINKING: “Oh boy, something good is going to happen. Everybody is smiling and happy. I wonder if it includes food. The suspense is killing me.”

On a beach that was quite remote, Clancy needed some help with the boat, It was stuck in the sand, So his granddaughters lent a hand, To keep his boat stealing business afloat.

Grandpa – the song is “row, row, row your boat” not “pull, pull, pull your boat.”

It’s always good to have a little help when life becomes a drag.

“Grandpa! You just stepped in Sparky’s doo doo!”

The girls loved to help Grandpa Pat. They’d all go to the pub after they’d hauled in his boat, and he’d let them lick the creamy head on his pint of Guinness.

Grandpa: How do you keep that dog from barking…..

Easy way to get your kids to help bring the boats in: Convince them they’re playing tug-of-war with the ocean.

They’re playing tug-o-war with Grandma. She’s one strong bird.

A Harbour Scene: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_John_Elsley_-_A_Harbour_Scene.jpg 

has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3141 (June 2, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, first work by him used here.

Grandpa getting ready to try a new variation of the old “pull my finger”

“Aye, you were right. Pullin’ works better’n pushin’.”

where did you girls come from, the house for unwed mothers is closed now.

Why yes … this is the boat that belongs to the guy I don’t like.

Now we just need to pull it another mile inland.

ENM age gap relationships have been around for a long time.

This is another of several Masterpieces for which all of my original Comments (and Replies to others) were deleted by GoComics and not later restored. Nearly a year later I’ve decided to do my best to recreate at least one response for each of those paintings:

/// Gramps and girls pull the rowboat ashore

as though playing a game: tug of war.

The group’s light-hearted struggling

hides the fact Gramps is smuggling

drugs stored under the vessel’s false floor.

/// “Cap’n Red” knows his grandkids are sweet,

and their dog makes deception complete.

None who see are suspicious

that the “Cap’n” is vicious,

and their haul’s worth ten grand on the street.