Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for July 21, 2018

“Watch me disappear!”

Yes, Gert, Arthur has developed new hobbies in retirement. And he seems delighted to find that you share his enthusiasm! I am sure he will make a draped conveyance for you, too. Or maybe even a double? (Not a tandem, don’t think she’d like that).

So I spy the genesis of a new Ballard Street Club? We had two draped (but uncovered) conveyances pass on the sidewalk within the past month.

Arthur, good buddy, you are about to become the (maybe not so) proud owner of at least one new draped conveyance every week, whether you want it or not. It doesn’t matter if Gert’s fashion sense is not in line with your much better developed fashion sense, you will receive them and display each of them proudly at least once, if you know what’s good for you. Another warning: they will get more and more elaborate as Gert starts to unleash her inner sense of the avant garde.

Arthur has never looked more regal.

Art’s a little weird that way.

Art also knows it’s not polite to walk down the street with torn pants.

Thank goodness Arthur isn’t wearing his customary Flasher’s raincoat! Myrtle would hve had a stroke.

Changing cubicle? Is there a toilet in there, somewhere?

Be careful crossing streets, Arthur.

I’ve had dreams of looking for a private bathroom. This could work.

Ah, true love.

Gert aside, he’s widely known as “The Escaped Annoyance”…

Arthur’s just full of surprises.

Ever since he lost his litter ( his palanquin was purloined, probably by his perturbed porters and pole-bearers, protesting his parsimonious penchant for paying people poorly.), Arthur’s pursued alternative practices of pedestrian peregrination.

Does this mean he’s coming out of the closet????

Wut GerT Dont No iz… Mz HiggLePooter is hidin bHind ArthuR…. o.0

I love the silly grins on those goofy old guys! Guess that might be me someday- better than becoming a curmudgeon…