Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for June 11, 2023

Well, it gives the birds a bigger target to aim at…as these three hits show.

Just as well. Marlon and Marlene were voted “least likely to get a date” in High School and Muffin was left at the Pound by at least 6 owners. We’re all so glad they are not available..

Muffin looks like she wants to be separated. Or at least get a new tailor.

Muffin wants steak…and a crowbar.

They should get something that would tie them together.

What really sticks them together is the his & hers velcro sweater material…

Looks like the neighbor kid got a paintball gun.

You’ll have no trouble finding each other in those shirts.

Very art nouveau.

This is all done by design.

They’re all aglow when Sol, Zuna, and Sunny go for a walk.

Good morning Balladeers!

Reminds me of the three-day weekend I spent working at the Oregon Country Fair back in the 80s. Only a fair designed by “hippies” would have the main thoroughfare in a figure-8 configuration. However, the mellow crowd did not appear to mind the traffic jams caused by frequent “hug-lock” at the intersection.

At one point, I saw a woman who had misplaced a child and she was describing him to security. “Well, he has on a tie-dyed t-shirt.”

Anyone who has ever been to such a fair knows that describes about 90% of the children. (Yes, she found her child OK.)

Takes a lot to get a dog embarrassed but this did it.

Sadly, in the real world, many elderly couples do fear being separated when one of them requires specialized care. Fortunately, on Ballard Street, craziness is celebrated, not incarcerated, so the Shipleys are safe.

Muffin wouldn’t mind being separated from them.

they look more like a gang.