Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for May 22, 2014

Arthur is about to get evicted from Ballard Street.

Arthur is a whistle blower.

Living on Ballard St, Arthur has a lot to write about and whistle at. Trouble is, nobody cares. Poor Arthur, thwarted in his endeavors!

Arthur’s great, great, great grandfather, Percy Throckmorton.

Arthur needs to hang out more at the Tiki Bar.

Thirsty Thursday Special….

Two beers for the price of 1 3/8ths!

My Thirsty Thursday requires several pitchers of the dark beer.

Well, X pitchers are on the same deal…

Or you can help me drink this one of PowderMonkey Black Cannon…

X … if I do that I’ll be cannon-balling off this barstool right onto the floor!

Yawn……I gotta get to bed….

Wednesdays I work at the evening farmer’s market….not many tomatoes in yet…but oh, the strawberries!

Gonna have strawberry pie in the pie shop tomorrow…

And I have to check out the remodeling at the old farmer’s market….

It just re-opened as a co-op supermarket, at the corner of Ballard and Rose…..

Glad the farm animals have a place to work with benefits and competitive pay….though I guess they don’t sell bacon.

@Doh, Good luck with that oral surgery; I’ve had a lot in my day.@Annette, thanks! And glad your 2nd family were better than the birth parents. (and I did not build things in engineering, but programmed the AutoCAD menu and such as well as designing many things that were built by others).

Love the beer bottle band, Bev. I sampled 2 of the dark beers that I bought yesterday with my supper. New boyfriend is getting me interested in other spirits and I think we’ll add brewing to our shared hobbies. He is joining SCA for me and I’m learning the square dancing for him and we both do jewelry crafts and cooking. Brewing we can do together and it fits into the Medieval thing too, but besides beer, I will want to brew mead.

A burger and fries please Arthur. No pickles.

Don’t you believe it! I’ve seen Arthur do some pretty wild things on Ballard Street!

ah kant wates ta git mah hans on summa SuSuns ’maters…

Its not the alcohol that has the flavor….its the mixings. Alcohol is clear, colorless, and odorless. Its also a poison, drug, and a FOOD. It has caloric value.There is social drinking which nothing is wrong in moderation and the kind I many times have to deal with.Its okay however….I will raise a beer to your health……how do you feel about recreation marijuana??

“Arthur lives a steady, well-ordered life”How boring… and how does he stand it on Ballard Street?

[I thought I would re-post an earlier profile of Arthur from January 14, 2014.]

Oh here is a shout out to a contributing artist to the Go Comics line up. Aaron Neathery of Endtown has taken really ill. His strip will go on hold from sometime till he gets better which we followers of his strip do really hope for.Artists and authors are precious…..the loss of one is a terrible thing for us all.

…until Mr. Nimmers comes along with that new fangeled walking stick of his and then Arthur let’s his whistle blow!……..

Stel, Susan and Bev really enjoy working at the market…

Stopped by my favorite plant store but I couldnt buy my tomato plants here…was turned off for some reason…

Info for all da Monkeys…

Hey Perky, Fenton said he would make our reservations as soon as he got back from taking Essex home…see you there!

A well-oiled machine is a wonder.

What is it about a man and his whistle which is so endearing? Is it a call to attention? Or is it the transformative effect of restoring order? Can it right a wrong or just signal a break in the action. Its not like you would jump for joy but usually half the people will like it. Arthur it is comforting to know you have a whistle and as Shirley has said time and time again you know how to use it. Shirley says bears are afraid of the whistle, dogs will come and cats will simply ignore it. I’m a bit surprised myself, it’s only Thursday, but on the other hand it is a long weekend, better get ready and stay ready.