Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for March 14, 2023

Not a bad idea just to check, though.

It’s the journey, not the destination

That’s alright Edna, he doesn’t have any bait on his hook either.

Ice worming.

Some people just don’t realize that fishing isn’t the purpose of ice fishing.

Yeah he knows…he also knows Edna isn’t out there either. Well she is, but she’ll get cold and go in the house, then…silence. ah…silence.

can’t one just dream a bit in this neighborhood, lady?!?!?! o_O

Ice fishing on the sidewalk?

Some people know how to fish in the sea of dreams, catching what they need, which may be something invisible to some others.

Those others think that’s fishy, because when they were told about this thing they call reality, they fell for it hook line and sinker.

What is she angling at?

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” – Henry David Thoreau

He knows! Just practicing…

Good morning Balladeers and Miss Susan!

It’s a Zen thing. You wouldn’t understand.

And there is less danger of falling in if the ice cracks.

Until she came out, everything was fine. Fresh air, solitude and no need to gut a stinky fish.

I know Earl, boy oh boy do I know.

Doesn’t catch fish at the lake either and this is closer to the bathroom.

Doesn’t matter. Usually aren’t any fish, anyway. :)

He really should have a six-pack of cold beer to “keep him warm”.

When my second wife, who was much older than I, would start “getting on my nerves”, I would climb onto a shady part of the roof and hang out with my two cats for a while. She couldn’t follow me to The Cat Club and knew better than to try. :)

It’s a hose-made pond. Many years ago, on our trips to my parents’ lake house, we’d pass a small house in the country where a man would be sitting with a fishing pole in his hand with his hook in his lawn. He looked quite happy.

He might have better luck out on the street: https://preview.redd.it/1grnq2bnwhm61.jpg?auto=webp&s=bd2e7c270b9085a2f014360497e1077e78fa3fa8

We know he’s not fishing for carp as there is plenty of that inside.

Looks like Earl just got hosed.