Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 30, 2014

“But creative at what?”, he wondered .

Hmm. They couldn’t get their string-and-can telephone to work, but then they were out of string to use to apply tension to their spatula catapult, so they had to use the Christmas lights.

Mr. & Mrs. Rube Goldberg?

Boy, that was quite the temperature change we had on Ballard St today, wasn’t it? Yesterday it was -4 and today its warm enough to sit on the porch. And Randy thinks the new neighbors just might be interested in a few of his own inventons!

(In case the above image “disappears”, here’s a slightly larger version. )

It’s all fun and art, until the next time you need to flip a pancake.

Weird object with shiny lights… its just a distraction. The new neighbor is sneaking into Randy’s shed to ‘borrow’ some tools.

That’s not the way to get free satelliteTV. You need to use a wok and a few knitting needles behind the spatula.

Randy does not seem to understand the difference between creative and creative nuisance.

The Stussey clan was always a bit off the center of life’s compass. Ted liked to consider himself as someone who thought outside the box, while Stacia believed herself to be a “performance artiste”. Rusty was always eager to prove he was more than just a retired circus canine.Uncle Tesla Stussey was an inventor who dabbled in electronics. Unfortunately, he came to a shocking end.Aunt Mahitabelle Stussey was known for her rather risque dance recitals, where she bared her soul ( and much more ) for the sake of her art.

It an entertainment device for Squirrels.Designed to keep them out of the bird feeder.That pup is so adorable.Learning to talk……..

Two cans! That’s where I went wrong!…………

I see that Stel figured out that the family who just moved next door to Randy are the Stussey’s and Linguist gave us their back story.

I can definitely see that they are my kind of folks. My new friend will be in a costume this weekend, partly of my making and other bits he found here and there, and I’ll be in one of mine too. Temperatures may not be as warm as I like, so I may just be in something like a surcote (even with an extra cloak as I had here a few weeks ago).

Huh… I think I saw on display @ the Tate Modern!

I do believe that Randy’s new neighbors are plagiarists…

It looks suspiciously like a trap to me.

Nah.

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Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!