Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 08, 2013

Before you land on your head…

Every family has its ups and downs ( to quote from the Lion In Winter ) !

Turning in early tonight Ballardeers. I’ll be talkin’ to you all in a few.The ole Capt. gotta catch his beauty rest… er… make that…ah …I need to get some sleep, Nite…zzzzzzzzz !

Allen just wants to hang out.

One thing I admire about Allen…. he may stumble, but he always bounces back.

I just walked past their house on my way to the Tiki….. he’s still out there….Patty professes indignation …. but I know she’s actually pretty flexible.

I think when no one’s looking, they hang out together…

X… are you still at the Tiki?

I could use a hand with these tomatoes.

Hmmmph….. everybody wants to eat them….. NO body wants to carry them…..

Just look at everybody pretending they’re not here….. Where are you all hiding???

Sigh…….

Hi Fenton…..Oh… thanks…. yeah, tomatoes again…. well…. we just like them, that’s all…. I know, I know…. but humans like to eat more than just meat.

Even you like some things that aren’t meat, don’t you?Pie? Cheese? Milk Bones?

I saw you eating that apple yesterday…. and having a beer.

Well WE like tomatoes. Most of us, anyway.

And I don’t ask YOU why you like those Alpo sandwiches, do I?

Sure Susan, I got it covered.

Oh!…um…. X?

Um…. never mind….. very sweet of you….I’ll just….um…. make some tomato…. er…. soup.Yeah, tomato soup.

Would you like a beer?

You can…. OK…. you can stop now, BTW…. while there are some whole ones lef…. OH!Maybe it’s too late…..

Hi pcolli…..

As well as can be expected at this time of the morning, thank you, sir….

Would you like an only slightly squashed tomato?

X …maybe you should take a break and have that beer now…..

Margret wants Allen to stop cus he’s distracting the neighbors.

Fall forward, spring back…

Gosh, X…. please turn off that camera.So I’m easily distracted….and a little clumsy, maybe….

we all have our faults, you know.

That house sure gets a lot of packages!

For a second, I thought that might have been Tim Allen, AKA Tim “the tool man” Taylor.

Edclectic…. I have to admit….I don’t spring back quite as well as I used to…..OTOH… I fall forward more easily…..sigh…..

Meanwhile over at Stel’s WWOI…

Grog…. no…. he’d have a motor on his bungee cord.And he’d probably have landed on his head.

You’re on a roll, X…..

Yikes!

Is that Allen’s kitty?Hope he’s not practicing for more dog and cat feuding….

Don’t let Sheriff Monkey see him!

G;night all….that time hazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Yeah, Allen, or shorten it up a bit. The bushes are taking a beating.

In training as a human yoyo for Circe du Soliel.On another noteLost a great puppeteer yesterday. You may not know his name but if you go back to gentler year you will remember his characters.Cosmo AllegrettiCreator of Grandfather clock, Mr Bunny, Dancing Bear, Mr Moose. All on Captain Kangaroo. Captain is waiting Cosmo. Children need some entertaining.

HAY…!!!Ah yused ta hava summer job at teh ESB….It wuz advertized as a bouncer….but this wuz a lot funner…

Another loss was one of the last munchkins from Disney’s Wizard of OZ (and I was just sharing illustrations from the books on the Frog Blog yesterday).

(CNN) – One of the last surviving munchkins from the original production of The Wizard of Oz has died.

Margaret Pelligrini played the flowerpot munchkin and one of the sleepy head kids in the classic 1939 movie.

People placed flowers on the munchkin’s star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame Wednesday.

Pelligrini’s death leaves just two surviving munchkins, including Lollipop Kid Jerry Maren, who is 93-years old and 95-year old Ruth Duccini.

Pelligrini was 89-years-old.

“What bungee cord? AAAAAAAA!!!!”

I did a bungee cord type ride on a helicopter one time. I roped down like a real ninja but when I hit bottom my feet got tangled in the loose rope. As I began to get it free the helicopter went back up jerking me off the ground and I was bouncing hanging on the rappelling rope. FINALLY the idiot who was suppose to make sure we were clear looked over the side and saw me in my bouncing condition. I was returned to the ground none the worse for wear. I resisted pulling the helicopter down so I could talk with the observer about paying attention next time.

Here’s what Patty may be suggesting:

Bungeeless Jumping

First, get rid of all the bungee cords.Then, encourage spouse to become adventurous and locate a black, bottomless pit….

Finally, go cash in the insurance policy.

……….actually that is a sock aunt Marla made………

@Veteran

Yes, I’m inclined to forget that Disney did not go back that far. I was a very avid reader of fairytales and such. I’ve read at least 6 of the OZ books and both Alice books and by 4th grade had read all of O’Henry and Poe (got to all the Grimm type stuff much before). Then went on to Huxley and all the SciFi writers.

I’d never sky dive or bungee, but I still hope to do that very long ZIP line in the eagle site (somewhere near Berkley?)

Ballard Street at its finest, I must say. This is the other side of classic. This is Jim Morrison’s vision; where fact and fantasy collide, this is the other side. And what a beautiful vision it is. Shirley and Allen together at last, at long last. A simple child, holding high the name sake for all of us; too much is never enough. Polka dots and pearls leading the way and the world on a yoyo string. This is what happens when, nothing strikes back. This is life tossed to the winds. This is carefree without carelessness. This is game on with no out of bounds. If it hadn’t been for tuna fish sandwiches this could have gone on forever.

“Bungee Nothin’! I’ve been calling you for the last half hour. My suspenders got caught when I fell off of that oak tree branch I’ve been pruning. Will ya come and get me down already!”

God, how I love this place!

Happy - ME TOO!

BTw SuSun…. luved yer keylyme dog donutts

Paint It BlacK (harps)

Scarborough Fair (harps)

Stairway To Heaven (harps)

Don’t Stop Believing (harps)

Don’t Fear The Reaper (harps)

RIP CAPTAIN KANGAROO sniff!Gosh, I loved that guy.

RIP FLOWERPOT MUNCHKIN. May you bloom in heaven.

X_Tech I love the bungee jumping cat. It is a study of poetry in motion. Notice how its eyes narrow for the jump.

Neal just likes hanging around, bouncing from one thing to another.Oh SNAP! There he goes.Sigh, I’ll put his dinner in the oven till the paramedics arrive…again!

Hi everyone! Bloody Mary’s? Any chance I could get one tonight? I could do with one or two.

Great bunch of links – thanks, guys! I’ve subscribed now to harp sis. and I was thinking, Ling – 1939? I must have seen it at least once later than that (as I’d not remember so clearly from 2 YO- it may have taken years to arrive at our suburban theater).Bev- she IS hilarious! Great how many funny routines there are now on YouTube! I’ll check more of them later as I have with related comedic songs on someone else’s links a while back.

I was watching Top Chef Masters today and LOVED the whole medley that Franklin Becker did. I’d like to duplicate it for that special someone if I get a chance.

Good night all.

Stick a fork in me,I think I’m about done as well.Night all.

Pound cake! That cracked me up.Back to the land of Noddy.

Very Poe-tic today:

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Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!