Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for July 23, 2021

Does he have rabbit ears that protrude from the back of his head? (Readers of a certain age will know what I mean.)

Arlen needs to learn a new tune.

Open shades to tune in, close to drop out. No setting for turning on, though.

The blinds leading the blind.

He lives across the street from me, I think he’s just a Peeping Tom with an explanation.

Maybe when he gets a little more fresh air, he’ll be (willing and) able to let in a little more light and be more open to what’s outside himself.

He looks more out than in.

Some people screen their calls.

He screens his life.

He looks like a shady character

Connected yet aloof!

I wanted to do this in a maple tree! We had a box of old blinds in the garage I wanted to paint green and make a fort out of. Never got the hanging part to work. I could do it now if I had that old maple tree again.

As this has become his “Signature” Look, some Ballard Street Residents will make references to “Arlen’s Stoop I. D.”…

Was it Marco Polo who said, “No one is so blind as a Venetian who will not see.”? (No, it wasn’t.)

The missus uses it to get unique tan lines while Arlen has his afternoon nap

Arlen was a signalman in the Navy

Arlen ought to erect a lattice screen on the porch. Just to keep the neighbours guessing.

Arlen needs to join the 21st century – get a security camera and hook up a monitor to it.

Arlen has a blind spot.