Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 16, 2012

Can’t really argue against that. The little one is a pigmy sheep.

Discretion being the better part of valor, Poopsie makes a wise move.

And here we are!‘Cept I’ll be right back…

What a cute little sheep….

So we won’t be seeing this on the next episode of Scooter, Canine Negotiator.

@EverybodyIt looks like the Rougue will be back on Monday.A round of hot sauce, on me!

Bev!

Did you see my last post to you before the jump…. about picture sizes?

Better to read tomorrow, I think.

Hey Red…. very kind….

’nother banana daiquiri for you, or will it be a single malt to finish the evening?

Thnks for the music, too.

Years ago when I had a vintage clothing shop in San Francisco, and we played…. records (!!)

my partners laughed at me for playing “all those wailing ladies….”

Me too. Time to sign off.@Bev Hangovers should also be non-existent here.

Joni Mitchel, of course….and Judy Collins…. but a host more… loved them all…Carly Simon, Rita Coolidge…a hidden treasure was Laura Nyro…. died young without as much fame as she deserved….can’t even think of them all…but then came Bonnie Raitt, Ronee Blakely…the list goes on…

G’night Bev, G’night Red, G’night Bri….see you all tomorrow!

Oh yes… Joan Baez from even before all that…didn’t play her so much in the store but loved her…actually, I sat next to her for hours during a college sit-in…she had come to lend support, and ended up playing guitar and humming, sitting on the floor with us….you never saw such amazing hair, or teeth…she glowed.

Red…. it’s a tust twinging time of night….LOL

Oh SS… Ovur hear…. ;())Left uh message at teh tern…

Gnite y’all…..Munky shuttin down…!!!!!

Oh… Hi Monkey!and sleep well…

And in answer to your late post…. of course!

Any time, Monkey, any time.

Never really enjoyed female vocalists, unless they had unique voices. I liked Nico Cale and Cranberries era Dolores O’Riordan..Oddly enough, though, I liked Dory Previn but it was probably her lyrical content that I was listening to.

Like a toy dog would ever back down that easily.

Hey Top Dog, you gonna eat that?

Good says little dog. You go take on those flying cats.I will be here in the rear with the gear.Eat your food and drink you water and sleep in your bed.Get out there big guy.On and watch you male parts. I can jump.(My chihuahua Midget would just walk away uninterested)(Umm yeah okay.)

He may be top dog, but he’s bin neutered…

‘Morning all ! I’m on the road today – but unlike Kerouac, I don’t have Neal Cassady aka Dean Moriarty traveling with me.This is an in-state trip to the other coast and if all goes well, I’ll be back at the Tiki Bar by Saturday night.Meantime, hoist a flagon for me. Happy Friday !

Well….that went well.

see you guys at the Tiki later…if I catch enough, I will be frying some walleye for ya this evening..

Stel…. and ??

??

Taxonomy is SOOOO confusing….. sigh….

Thanks for trying to help.

Oh gosh….

I was all done, Stel…. honest….but I found one you may know more about…

Weird, Bev…. I can see my animal but not your Schlitz ad.

In fact for yours I don’t even see a symbol.

The “icon” or whatever that says “pics” on mine might mean it’s from a site that cuts off hot-linking to save themselves bandwidth.

That happens.

Why did she give Hendrix a mohawk???I can’t imagine him like that.

As for your question…no, none of these are my clients…

but the camel, pony and rooster are ALL poodles.Or so they SAY.

I do some fancy poodles in my shop, but I seldom do species camouflage..I prefer to leave animalslooking like their true selves…. even if their true selves happen to be quite pink and glittery,

Veteran….. um…. I hope you’re not saying what I think you’re saying…….

Then again, I think you are, since you usually say just what you mean.LOL

A few of the photos here did not show up and such disparate sizes should not try. I prefer the right fit ;-D

@SusanSunshine

Ooooohh!……I do love that rooster/poodle and I think we’d look good together, don’t you?

@SusanSunshine and beviek

Susan: your picture (1st one right below my poodle/sheep picture) is NOT showing.

Bev: your Schlitz picture is NOT showing.

@beviek

Oooh…. Mohawk dogs?

Waaaay back in the day when putting strange colors in the hair became hip….and it was NOT in the 90’s, you purple-haired young’uns, it was in the mid 1970’s….

(That’s right, your parents might have done it.)

English rockers did it…. notably Todd Rundgren…. but the dye was very hard to find in the US.

People here used things like food coloring or Jello.

I knew a very young, long-haired couple, who started ordering better colors from England.

They both bleached long streaks on either side of their heads, and about once a month, they would re-dye one side a light red and the other green.

At the same time they would dye the ears of their blonde afghan hound to match.

Bev - I know the dog doesn’t look very roostery, but I took it for one of these guys, and I think Stel saw it that way too:

I was wondering whether the poodle’s ears are red because they’re supposed to substitute for its lack of a proper wattle.

@SusanSunshine

“I was wondering whether the poodle’s ears are red because they’re supposed to substitute for its lack of a proper wattle.”+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Yes.

BTW, that is one good-looking rooster!!

Do you mean yourself, Stel?Or the poodle….or the last one I posted?

I was looking for one with similar coloring to the …um…. roodle, or pooster…

Hmmmmmmm…..let’s see……(looks them over again)

All three. But I gotta say I’m way out ahead!

Meanwhile, I went to another site for the first animal, the one you guys can’t see…..

Try this:

Forgot to say…. Stel…. nice photo of you two together…. I didn’t know you were acquainted.

Well, I just happened to have a costume that co-ordinated.

Ah… yes…. coordination…it’s so important, fashion-wise.

I do SO try to look coordinated….

everything I own goes perfectly together, if “Salvation Army” is a style….

She’s staying at SCHAABS this week.

BTW, is that Ice Cube’s dog?

Your hippie couple reminded me of a couple I knew in the early 70’s. She always dressed in royal purple and he always wore black and orange. So, I guess they were always coordinated, too. Just stick with one or two colors…can’t go wrong.

“She” ? I guess she’s a cross-dressing dog?

(not that there’s anything wrong with that…)

As for Ice Cube…. gee…. I don’t know….she looks a little square to be so hip….

although Huey Lewis thinks….

When you’re in costume, anything goes!

Yikes…. 5pm?

I gotta run a couple of errands in the 19 minutes of dusk supposedly remaining today….actually it’s pretty dark already cos it’s raining…..how time flies when you’re posting poodles…

Where is everybody?

I know it’s cold and rainy (at my end anyhow)… but…. I just got back, and the street is deserted!Last comment was from Beviek, answering me hours ago..

Ok, I don’t have cable… is there something really good that I don’t know about on TV?Or is somebody having a party … that…. I…um… wasn’t sniffle invited to?

It’s cosy up in my loft…. but before I settle in…I’m gonna walk down to the Tiki and see who’s there…check on the night shift for the Monkey….and sit by the fire.

Anybody?

Bev ….

I wondered about that yellow stuff too…The groomer(?) /designer(?) apparently thought the poodle was too long to be all rooster, so ended the brown body color and stuck on some black rooster-tail feathers halfway down the dog’s back.

The back end of the poodle is apparently not part of the rooster… so … what to do with it becomes the question.

At first, I too thought the answer chosen was “a plate of fried eggs” … which is weird enough…

but magnifying it greatly, I see that it’s …um… well…a round white thing (plate?) with two…. well….I think it’s two baby chicks.

I’ll crop and post it so you can see it up close…Is papa rooster carrying the babies on his back?

Were they eggs he hatched?Are the yellow pom poms supposed to be more chicks?

If the designer of this poodle cut happens to see this, pleaseCome on over to Ballard Street and stop by the Tiki any time, and tell us….What were you thinking?I mean that in the nicest possible way.

Oh… Linguist… Hi!Nice of you to check on us…

I’m fine, actually…Though I love my friends, here on Ballard St and elsewhere, I spend a lot of time alone, by choice.I’m never bored and seldom lonely…I keep my own company well.

That is not to say it won’t be great to see you…just that I’m doing OK!

Bev…Just realised said I’d post the cropped picture and I didn’t. Are you here?I’ll do it now… gotta upload it and then link it…

I was on the way and got distracted…sooo impossible to get distracted on the internet, right?

They look like maybe larger versions of the little pipe-cleaner or pom pom chicks that use to always be attached to Easter baskets.

And I think you lost some time…. your last post before you left to take off your polish was …um… six hours ago….

and hey…I didn’t notice it’s tomorrow!

Smart puppy.

On the other hand – with a little help from Cleo…

https://cleoandcompany.net/november-16-2022/

Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.