Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for September 20, 2014

Arthur and Maude belong to yet another offshoot of the Ballard Walking and Talking Club. The Ballard Sublime Climb and Breathing Hard Club.They hold their meetings at REI.

You have to show that you can climb the hill, thinks Arthur…to prove that you’re not already over it.

Is Arthur related to the old Duke of York:“The great old Duke of York,he had ten thousand men,he lend them up to the top of the hilland he led them down again.And when they were up they were up,And when they were down they were down,And when they were only halfway up,they were neither up nor down.”

The above ditty was learned 50+ years ago when I was a Brownie. Just don’t ask me the name of the woman my stepson is marrying today.

He best be careful.Squirrels gravitate toward big baggy legged shorts…

Climbing hills was not nearly as much fun as rolling down them! Oh happy days!!!

Arthur went up the hill, but came down a mountain!

You call that a hill? Why, when I was young, I climbed a mountain to go to Brownies. (I have the Mountain Climbing Badge to prove it, so there!)Arthur and Mabel need to get a reality check. :-P

Who here played “King of the Hill”?Oh wait, that is King of the Castle. No, QUEEN of the Castle on the Hill! That’s it. I won!

I’ll have to come back to see the great videos BEV has posted.Have a great day, Ballard Dears!

@Bev I had Daughter watch Walker Run and she Loved it! She had me send it to her so she could email it to all her doggie lovin’ friends.Best video of the Day Award!They had a black Lab named Kona who would race around our house and jump flat out into the spa. You couldn’t take a bath without her trying to get in.

I’m the age my parents were when I thought they were over the hill on a bob sled. Yikes! Are there any brakes on those things?

BEV, I think I may still have a Nancy Drew book somewhere around. But the Brownie book is something else. I loved it.

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Just in case the invitation “disappears”, click these links to view it….Glittered Invitationlarge plain invitation

@x_Tech

WOW!!

I am just blown away by you birthday wish gif to Bev!!! That is amazing!…and mesmerizing!…really very, very cool!

Bravo!!!

Hi Bev. How about some tea?

Here I am!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEV!!

Here’s some beerless banana ‘daks’, as well…

and, of course, BatPug’s favorite…. Turtle Burgers!!Turtle Burgers:

(grumpy cat birthday song)

(eggs)

Sorry I’m late…. the bakery truck broke down on the way.

Bev… your tea and cake will be served by somebody special, who came in on his night off, just to be here for your birthday…

Along with a Tiki bartender who volunteered on his night off too….

Hey, Bev…….YouTube asked me to pass this on to you….

Are you ready?

A happy happy birthday to you,from me and all the night staff at the Tiki…including Fenton, who’s too busy pouring drinks to pose for pictures….

@BevThe Brownies are 100 this year, so its only fitting you have the Big Brownie Birthday Cake in your honor!

Bev:Not only was I a Brownie too, I was a Leader for my daughter"s troupe!My Sit-upon was Hawaiian Fabric! And I taught them all to do a Hula for Mom’s Day!

Stel… the glitter invitation is beautiful…. is that at the new Ballard County Disneyland?

When I went to your house and borrowed one of the cups for Bev’s tea, I discovered it had a door in it.

Bev! There ARE flutterbys up there!

2Old….the big brown birthday!

Oooh… must be chocolate!

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m staying up for Susan’s Cake. Last time I got a small slice. Not this time!

Did some one call for sit-upons?

I want pieces of all the cakes. Will somebody save them for me?It’s sleep time for me, so I’ll say good night now. I’ll be back later on.

Good night, all!

Good night Stel!

Thanks for all the food.Guess I’d better start bringing mine in….

2Old… The cake is there!Just ask the Fireman to cut you a nicebig piece!

Let’s start with a special birthday pizza…

And yes, a tomato one…Here’s lookin’ at you, Kid!

I’m gonna load up a plate and a piece of Susan’s beautiful cake and a slice of pizza and a Dak and take it to bed and eat it there, And Husband can just turn over and go to sleep, I’m not sharing!Good Night Birthday Girl, I hope your day tomorrow with your Mom is wonderful.Good Night Stel, you sure know how to throw a Party.Good Night Susan, you outdid yourself this time!Good Night X, & Shika, (we’ll talk about our Brownie Days later!)

And a fancy cheeseburger pizza from India!

Good night birthday girl.

Good night Bev!Sweet dreams!

I know I’ve been a stranger round these parts (and all parts of GC for that matter) but I wouldn’t miss the chance to say Happy Birthday to my favorite person on the site!!

Hi Rogue…. good to see you again…..Hope you got some cake and whatever you wanted to drink.

Thank you, Fireman, for coming in to help!

You too, little monkey…. What? Yes, I think she saw you….

I know, I know….well, if she didn’t, I’m sure she’ll see you tomorrow…really. Yes, and the rose.

I had a lot more food to post… but everybody’s gone to bed, and I dozed off myself…and I’m also having some technical issues.

So…. I’m going to leave you all with some breakfast things to tide you over till I get back tomorrow.The Tiki NEVER closes.Breakfast 24/7 every day….and here’s a special breakfast buffet for Bev’s Birthday:

Of course, there’s lots left of what StelBel brought, as well…and tons of cake….

I’m having some problems with image hosting….so I don’t know whether this card will stay posted…. but I have to try….

Good night…. see you later….

Arthur must be a member of the over the hill gang.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEVIEK

I’m no YOUTUBEr, but I will on occasion tune in to TCM on demand. Yesterday morning, I killed part of a gruelling 3 & a half hours at the auto dealership watching Dr. Kildare’s Strange Case in real time on the web. I didn’t think I’d take that long to do an oil change. I got to the dealership 25 minutes before it opened for business and there were still about 10 cars ahead of me. In hindsight, I’m glad I took my tablet.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEV!

I PLANNED to do a whole lot of food and drink images(as Bev usually does those)But Stel and Susan did such a splendid job and I don’t have the talents of many of you. I DID at least wish a Happy B-Day on Daddy’s before the rest (as I’m pretty sure Tony would want to know).

I just got home from my regular weekend a while ago (hope I get to move soon).

I brought a carrot cake…

<a@StelBelAh ain’t done yet.

@BeviekNot only have they drunk all your tea but it looks like they got in to your liquor cabinet and killed off your tonic.

@StelBelOh, Thank you so very much for this special award which I most humbly accept.And now I would say a word about the little people that made this all possible but the brownies (no, not those Brownies) are very shy and asked me not mention them.Oops.

Happy Birthday to you Beviek from me and the devils… he’s just talking to you, saying have a happy devil day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEV!!

Sorry I missed most of the party BEV. I explained what happened in an E.iPods are not compatible with GoComics!

STEL, your card is TEA-riffic! I love it.

X_TECH, you out-did yourself this time.

SUSAN, your cake and everything is inspriational.

And to all the party goers and well-wishers here- unbelievable talent and creativity! I always love these parties. Ballard Street residents are the best!!

Bev!

You’re back!

I was waiting for you so I could give you this picture…Guess who else is flying deliveries for you?

And he wants to say "Happy Birthday!

x_Tech GoComics PRO Member said, about 20 hours ago

Did some one call for sit-upons?____________

So that is what a “sit upon” is! I hadn’t a clue! We sat on chairs at Brownies, lol!

Hi Shika…. am I finally here when you are?

X …Wow… what a nice bitters bottle…. it looks antique.

Hey BEV, I’m here! Yoo-Hoo!

Hey! I’m here! Now I want to look at the Tazmanian Devil, lol I missed it.

Imagine having your own Snickerdoodles factory!!

That play sounds like it was really good! Imagine seeing Morgan Freeman in person!

JP STEVE, loved your card.I wish I could visit my dad’s resting place on his birthday, October 25. He’s too far for me to travel right now.

I need to get to bed. Good Night BEV and SUSAN (wherever you are).It’s been a lovely party.

Goodnight Shika!

Bev… I think those were XTI brownies you noticed holding up that pizza back there…they usually hide from having their pictures taken.

The photographer must have gotten them by surprise…or it was someone they trust.

like… oh!X .. did you take it?

Thank YOU for having a birthday so we could party!