Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for July 05, 2014

And Melba sits, nonplussed by the whole thing.

That’s a disturbing rendition, Jeffrey.

Jeffrey didn’t realize he had a secret desire to take up re-upholstery work. And if I know Melba Lillian he will act on his predilection within the hour. Or Else.

And, who could blame Jeffrey?? Just look at the color scheme going on in that room! Time to get rid of the ugly red and pink check……and Melba Lillian’s chair is next in line!!

Bring in The Decorator!!

Um…. Bev?

???

Good morning, Stel…I’m about to go to bed…. and you’re up!

Care to join me at the Tiki for a … well…. I guess you don’t want a nightcap…

Anyway, yeah…. Melba Lillian has pretty bad taste….

She tries…

but some of her holiday crafts should be … well… I’d say uncrafted.

Meanwhile…. hope everybody had a great 4th…. even those of you outside the US, for whom it wasn’t a holiday!

They say that, do they, Stel?Humphff.

… line-stealer…. grumble grumble…

What?Oh nothing…..

I need to get to bed…. like, two hours ago….but I’ll raise a small Glenfiddich while you get caffeinated up….how’s that?

Ok, it’s been swell Stel….see you later all…..

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Morning Doh…hope your day was fine and good.

Ahhh Dogsniff, you come through again. Perfect comment! 2old – Love your cat picture!

Mine is chewing on carpet but I like to keep that under the rug…….

I found a number of “ripping cloth” gifs that I wanted to post.… I best not…

Jeffery seems torn.

Late, as usual. I enjoyed the cake and the berry good dessert too. Folks at Ballard Street are generous. If I could actually post pictures (oh why did they take my short cuts away?) I’d reciprocate.I love coming to the Tiki any time. I’ll try to make it here earlier next time.

Jeffery, I would be rather ALARMED at this latent ripping compulsion in you. I am just glad your name isn’t JACK…

Good Night Ballard Dears!

Too many photos to comment on. I love them all, and the effort you wonderful people put into them. Especially, the Evil Queen of Tampering!(Hey, I don’t want to lose my head here!)

Bev… um…“Hope all who celebrate had a great weekend”?

…. huh?LOL…..

Well, my weekend isn’t over yet….but it’s been good so far.

Hope yours has too.

I think we’re actually all celebrated out….The street is quiet…. from one end of Ballard County to the other…The Tiki is pretty empty, just a few toons nursing their beers….

I can hear the Monkey snoring on the fridge….still wiped out from his Thursday night gig….

Fenton can hardly keep his eyes open, but I think he and Sid can manage to keep each other awake till the morning crew gets here….

And I’m going home to bed….

G’night….

Hello?….echo.. echo.. echo.Anybody there?…… there …there…. wombat.

Sunday evenings can be kinda laid back on the Streat…

Good Night Ballardeers.

#6s entry was not visible to me. but then, I’ve had quite a few glasses of gin since returning home and showing my house to a new realtor (with a young couple).I just washed my hair (after my weekend it needs to be refreshed) and going up for a good bath before sleep.

Good night all!

Yoo hoo…..

did everybody leave again…?

Number Six … I looked for the address of your picture (an Oscar and Wild, I hope?) so I could try to figure out what went wrong, and re-post it…The URL seems to point to an e-mail account…could be a glitch….but if it’s correct, just a heads-up: you can’t use an e-mail program as an image host…even if you open the picture on a separate page, it’s still password protected and won’t allow public viewing.

Good night, Shika…..and Happy3, if you left too….and Bev, of course you can go to Wonderland on tea, if that’s what floats your boat…But be aware …the reason you need to be fully awake is that it’s a confuusing place….with signs pointing the wrong direction, cats popping up where they ought not to be…and deep holes to avoid.Best have your wits about you…and what’s left of my wits require a LOT of caffeine.