Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for October 05, 2013

I never liked that lamp, if that’s any consolation, Gavin.

I thought she’d be thrilled with the idea. Why look at the money she saves. And if she surviv…er … if everything went as planned, why she’d be the first to recommend our new services On the Dotted Line and Stitch In Time Surgery – While You Wait.

Gosh BEV. you left me all alone rambling on the other side. I had no idea we were at the turn. No wonder I am falling asleep here.SUSAN’S appearance should have been my clue. Last I heard, she escaped in Elvis.I feel Gavin’s dark mood upon me. I hope I sleep now….

Good Night BALLARDEERS. Sweet dreams.

Oh LING, I forgot to refresh and I missed you. I thought SUSAN would have been thrilled to be BEV’s first patient. Maybe BEV can do your eye for you instead?

LING? Sigh. I guess I’ll get out of these scrubs (in matching peach gingham) and slip into something more comfortable, like my bed Night all.

So I’m all alone here? Sigh. Goodnight Mrs Calabash wherever you are………….

Crawling quietly to the edge…..

Is it safe down there?

pssst…..Fenton?,,,,,, sssshhhh….. not so loud….

Are they gone?

I thought I saw 2old…..

Can you help me down?I don’t like it up here…..

Please?

I’m scared!

Phew…… Thanks Fenton…..

I think I need a small Glenfiddich, neat…..

for medicinal purposes, you know….Oh…. Thank you…. again…..

What a good dog …um… friend,I meant friend!…. you are.

My hands are shaking.

Really…. Gavin? Again?

Well, I think his moods wouldn’t be so dark if he’d quit breaking all the lamps!Everything would seem much brighter with a little gosh-darn light on it!Yeah, yeah, I know….

Literal, figurative…. figures of speech…..

Who cares!

Even 60 watts would banish some of those shadows.

Susan, maybe you need a visit from Wellness Women (aka Agnes) to stave off these Ballard St surgeons and other do-it-your-selfers

Whew….. Dog?X?

Will you guys protect me?

I thought I was a goner for sure.

Though I have to say…. at least they had pretty china.

I mean, my appendix would look a bit better on a Royal Doulton bone plate than on some old plastic tray…..

Anybody for a nightcap?My 3rd….

Just stoppin’ in for my mornin’ cuppa – black, no sugar, no milk, and definitely, no lemon.Poor Susan. Bev and I were just trying to help her out of her appendix. I’m pretty handy at cutting people open. I also am a fair hand at stitching ‘em up. So I’d of kinda kept my good eye on Bev, seeing as she’s a novice surgeon and all. And I’d have provided a killer anesthetic… er …poor choice of words…make that a wonderfully powerful anesthetic with no side effects ( to speak of ). What could possible have gone wrong ?By the way, where do Susan run off to ?

I know all too well how Gavin feels.

johnny good to see you here last night, adopted son of mine! ;-)

Switch didn’t work, Gavin?

Hi DRY! Did you see where SUSAN disappeared too? I don’t want her quaking in her boots. Besides, now she has Fenton and the dogs with her. Gosh. I hope they don’t bark at us!

Have a smashing (poor choice of words)- have a great day BALLARDEERS.

Gaven got ticked-off with the lamp because it kept making “light” of his concerns.

I can’t help but wonder if Gavin’s book was what set him off… maybe Stel knows what he’s been reading, lately. I heard he still has several books over-due at the Ballard St. Library…including “How To Overcome Stress” by R.E. Lachs

@DAZZ, yesterday…..What we are suggesting is not that you try to find the “right one”, but that you just let things happen as they may. As I know myself, we can try TOO hard and end up looking in the wrong places. I gave up being predatory and just went with the flow. Sometimes we think we are in control but we forget just what we need and pay too much attention to what we want.

HI BEV. Ah, LING asked me to tell you that they have a sale on Che Tees in Cuba, and he’s having lunch, yes, yes, I’m sure he said lunch, with a Cuban doctor there. You know, he seemed to be breathless when he bumped into me, and kept slipping into Spanish, but I’m sure that is the message he wanted me to give you. But keep the operating theatre ready, and you and 2old2 practice scalpel and forceps passing. It’s like a relay race. Timing is everything. And I think Hiwiian print scrubs look great!

Hmm. Spell check seems to be slipping. I’m sure I spelled Hawiian incorrectly.

I thought I heard X talking. He sure left in a hurry. Lots of regulars are doing that lately. I wonder why?

CUL8R!

Hi & Bye, back at you, dude.Its good to see that you ate still around…Hope everything is OK in your world.

Whoops. That was Essex, not X_TECH. Sorry about that Essex. Nice to see you here.

How was your day, HAPPY?

AAaaahhh! A rare Essex sighting! I know Shika was leaving, but are Stel or Bev anywhere about!!! “Stel! Bev!!!”

in and out.im in the Skin Horse archives.

I think im going to have to declare morning over before evening gets here. Im going to go get a shower and think of a good reason to leave the house.See all of you later.Have a good night pcolli.

It’s 7 pm and I am back in my PJs. I got dressed around noon to go out. My leg is acting up. I think it is trying for an Oscar tonight.

Essex!!! Can’t you ever stay long enough for me to buy you a drink?

Hope you’re doing well, my friend!

I hope Lings eye work goes well. I’ve thought about having one eye done sometimes when driving. I’ve always been near in one and far in the other and they automatically compensate, but night driving is difficult and some events I attend (arts and crafts groups) are evenings.

If I wear a patch it will definitely have sequins and possibly even pearls and gems (depending on how long I’d plan to wear it. Most of my costumes I’ve done have quite a lot of embroidery or beading work. I think the next gown will be very late period (almost Elizabethan). I surely will make it in my heraldic red and blue with gold and silver.

I was cleaning out some of the tall pantries today looking for some stuff. I have WAY too many odd shape cake pans (hearts and flowers) and little bird and animal molds for chocolate. I even have a whole box of royal icing flowers I premade (I really hate the taste of royal icing but it holds up better when very dry). It was cool enough here to wear a long sleeve shirt (very light knit silk).

I need to remake my heraldic surcote; it fit too loosely even prior to my setting slimmer. The gowns to wear underneath are no problem. I spent weeks sewing over 600 pearls on that silk taffeta surcote shortly after Cuddles died in 2008. She was already a part of my official registered arms (above). Originally the dress had no pearls (or just an outline over the applique).

Your heraldic surcote is fabulous DAZZ. That is a lot of work. You certainly put your talents to good use.

Gavin should check our Spring Catalog #1.6318 for our Weed-Wacker Attachments for Floor Lamps. They seem to be very popular in the fall.

Went to the sea wall and drank a cup of coffee while watching a whale.My afternoon went well…

HAPPY, what does the purple light bulb say? I can’t read that fast.

X_TECH, just as long as it isn’t roving eye, lol. LING’s First Mate may object to him getting a roving eye at this point.

Good Night BALLARDEERS. Church in the morning.

Early start to my morning tomorrow.Night all.

Hey everybody.

Gosh……. did anybody follow me?

Hi Fenton….Yes, it’s me….and I still have my appendix.

I guess all I can do now is lie low for a few days and hope a new fad catches on…..

Maybe I can interest them in…. oh, I dunno….

Kites?Pottery making?Knitting… nope…. no pointy objects…..

Susan, I heard that you didn’t receive our catalog. Can I buy you a drink as compensation? Your new catalog is on the way to your salon.

Oh… thank you X!

And yes…. I didn’t receive #1.6318 …The last one I got seems to be #1.6316…with trowel lamp attachments for spring planting,

I wanted one of those, so I could do some light gardening….

But I would have needed one of your 67.5 foot extension cords, and my electricity is only rated for 64 feet.

You should check out our 4.01563ft Extension Box (pg 83) and our Electrical Cord Stretcher (pg 39.4)

Wow, X …. that would give me 68.01563ft of electricity!I’d have …um…. .51563 whole feet of extra power.

@BeviekSome how I don’t think that glitter will make your patients feel more at ease. Not with your tool kit.

X!!! — Did you have to leave that lying around where I could SEE it???

Now I need another drink….Oh, Fenton….. could you pour me a brandy please….

…. sniffle…..

There’s never even been anything wrong with my appendix….

And now everybody’s chasing it as if it were the Maltese Falcon…

(though it’s not really the stuff very many dreams are made of.)

(Well, maybe Bev’s dreams.)

My spleen!How did he DO that?

And I need my spleen!How will I vent it if I don’t have one?

Do you have any in your fall catalogue?Or do I have to hitch a ride all the way out to the RU Sirius?

Goodness, X and SUSAN. All your talk about stretching one’s electrical power is beyond my reach. Does your catalogue have anything that would convert your covversation into language I understand?RU SIRIUS?

Too early for a drink. I think I’ll have a nap instead, yaawwwnn….Mmmm. See you later……zzzzzzz

@Shika, I did not see anyone else answer you – that Purple light says Brilliant Idea, which it is, and I saved the other because I was wondering how (other than a smart phone which I don’t have or plan to) to make a GIF the other says you can at GIFSOUP.COM so I saved to go there when I have time to play.

One thing I looked up this morning was the recent ad for Foster Farms chicken (just tickled me) The straight faces of the choral group especially. The search showed that I missed a whole lot of good ones too THIS is the current ad

Ballard LIFE weekend magazine supplement of the Ballard Bugle(larger version)10-6-2013

All Dressed Up To Stay Home

Domestic Cowboys Part One

Domestic Cowboys Part Two

Of Mice And Men And Women And Cowboys

The Ballard Zoo Part One

The Ballard Zoo Part Two

Out In Public Part One

Out In Public Part Two

Social Clubs And Ballard St. Part One

Social Clubs And Ballard St. Part Two

StelBel’s WWOI and the Costume Annex

Nosy Neighbor News by beviek

DAZZ I have quite quickly gone through the comments. Yours caught my eye! You miss Cuddles so VERY MUCH and that was a LOVELY way of remembering and paying homage to your best friend! It has been 23 years since I lost my dog Teddy, he was 17, my other dog, Gallagher, adopted/rescued a few weeks after, passed about 8 months before that at about the same age. to THIS DAY, I MISS THEM SO SO VERY MUCH!

I totally LOVE to see Stel’s newsletters (can’t imagine how long it took her to make considering how long just to read every part). I think that Stew and Sally could use the guys in costume who danced to Bird is the Word (above link) for their Poultry Monday.

I might myself participate in Whimsical Wednesdays; I may have to stop by Stel’s WWOI for that bluejay costume(or her other variations). I still have the body of my Cockatoo costume but have not made a new mask. The original papier mache was rather uncomfortable on my face (I had glued in some strips of foam where it touched). I just ordered a bunch of tights/leggings today (cheapest at Target) in a good assortment of colors. That will be good for working out and still be semi dressed if I have to answer the door; now that I work out every day I need more to wait for a load of laundry.

Birthday!!!

https://cleoandcompany.Net/october-5-2023/

Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!