Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for April 28, 2016

Spivey accepts the fact that he’ll never get the pinky finger thing done right.

Tea time in the far pavilion.

From my viewpoint anywhere on THIS side of the lawn is good!

Spivey clearly DOES love his tea. So much so that he chugs it instead of sipping like true gentlemandog.

I’m trying to decide just what it is that Gordon is wearing. On the one hand it looks like a graduation gown. But that “mortarboard” is decidedly improper. And the absence of pants is in highly questionable taste. Makes him look more like Zippy the Pinhead in solid red, with a flat dunce cap.

We’re all mad here.

Monkey!Don’t believe everything you hear! Some people are very unreliable, you know. Shhh…

I was NOT angry…. just… you know… kinda sad… a little bit…_But I understand.

We’re used to you making music with your band on weekends, or maybe even being in Texmunkas or Turdmunkistan….So I just figured you didn’t get your invitation, and left town…or maybe you had a gig or something.

I actually saved you a piece of each cake, in the freezer…. plus i guess there’s even more.

Don’t be afraid of the “yak tartar” … Bev means “tartare.” It’s delicious! Honestly, she did not scrape it off of any yak teeth!

And pretty please…. don’t tell her you know I’m not upset….She might not invite me for tea and snickerdoodles!

Meanwhile, au contraire, my friends…we’ve actually seen quite a bit of Gordon over the years….and I’m not surprised by his love of tea and all the trappings.

Liverlips… I get the feeling that’s his own idea of an Oxford soft cap….with professorial ribbons hanging down.He loves ritual….and has trained Spivey to love it too….even if they have to make it p.

He seems to live in his own little world…Gordonworld, I always call it…

…where he does things in his own Gordonian way…. with a flourish.

Little fazes him….

He has a passion for “Life!”

Leave it to Susan to remind us of how well Gordon fits in the neighborhood. There is one thing new. Evidently he’s given up the contact lenses for glasses.

Tea without crumpets? Uncivilized!

I am a coffee drinker, but when i decide to have a cup of tea i really get into it.

Gordon’s wife, Penelope, packing her prime Pekoe pickings.

Gordon is Pekoe Pushing Pacifist !

Well, it makes sense… Gordon and Spivey have gone a bit sideways…

Or ah cud teller it wuz YER iDEAR…!!!(gotta gib ya credit bEV, yer a Lyfesaver!!!)

Monkey!Thank you…. I think….

but that kitty is… um…well… it’s git some biiiig teeth…..

and it kinda smells…. bad….

Oh look.. it might be…. um…. oh no…is it dead?

BTW…. did I tell you…I’m terribly allergic to cats….Really, I am….so thank you…. but….

And the dogs….

the dogs would chase it…and besides… um…

Er… wait… BEV did?Really.

Bev!!!

I see that the taxidermist has been here too, Dennis in Seattle. Stuffing animals ans posing them was quite the rage around the turn of the last century, Makes interesting photos, doesn’t it?

Was it your birthday, munkeybluz? Many Happy returms of the day.