Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for October 01, 2023

Hi yo, Ma’am

Herman ‘the Kid’ Dingledorf rides again.

Who was that masked man?

I hope all the pseudo cowboys take note. That’s one nice horse and outfit.

Was that really “the Kid”? Well dang. That’s gonna liven up the Street some, and it doesn’t really need livening up.

Unpleasant for the guy sitting peacefully on the park bench or for the horse?

Now we know who inspired all those drugstore cowboys living on Ballard Street. You know ‘em, the ones who ride brooms or sawhorses, wear chaps and hats and pop guns. It’s not Roy Rogers or Tom Mix. It’s Herman Dingledorf! Herman’s their idol. They aspire to Herman-hood.

He’s a fixture down to the Ballard Rent-A-Horse and Temporary Tattoo Parlor. Swoon….

Trigger most likely resents that description.

It’s a good thing the horse doesn’t have pencil-thin legs.

Redacted?

The rose bushes nearby will unanomously disagree to that statement.

Steeple Chase Herman, not people chase. And you’re supposed to go over the hedges, not through them. Oh well, there’s no taming the wild west and there’s no taming Herman.

Willard has rented a horse for the weekend.

♪♫ “Oh, give me a home, where that Herman don’t roam…” ♪♫

The “other” horses @ss!

Steeplechase?

Time warp on Ballard Street?

Love the surreal!

Ironically, this has just ruined Herman’s horseshoe pit.

Ghost riders in the hedge.

Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!

Have gun will travel reads the card of a man . A knight without armor in a savage land .

Mrs.Dweebledorf is, at this very moment.. down at Ballard St Rope and Pulleys purchasing a lasso. Herman ‘the Kid’ Dingledorf riding days are about to end.

Oh, no! My crysanthemum…er, my chrysanthomum…er, my daisies!

Armed men on horseback haven’t been good news since the days of the Pony Express.

Mail’s late again. :)

where’s barney fife when you need him to nip it in the bud…?

Head ’em up and move ’em out!