Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for November 28, 2023

I don’t think that’s gonna be enough to support the railing, Gary.

wish i had this kinda strength of will

A cookie can cure many things.

Archimedes: Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

Gary: Give me a hammer and I shall destroy the front porch.

Gary, are you sure you want Natalie to see what you’ve been doing?

Natalie: “Why don’t you come inside for awhile, Gary? You need a real break. If you sit down at the table, you can have some fresh warm chocolate chip cookies with milk.”

You don’t want Natalie to see that fiasco, Gary.

After Gary fixed Natalie’s kitchen, there won’t be any more cookies for Gary.

“And if you have any dough left over, I’ll need that, too…”

Gary is one of life’s disappointments!

Good morning Balladeers!

Ambition and ability both start with an A and Gary has trouble differentiating between them. Still taking a cookie break is never a bad thing.

He’d have to be.

It’s always good to have a backup cookie.

One, little, misplaced swing a the hammer…

But can Gary handle the disappointment of his haircut???

Gary is hammering out the plans for a new deck

Oops

A cookie will help him forget about the crummy job he just did.

for natalie, gary is one of life’s major disappointments…

Natalie says, get your own cookie. I’m not going out there!

Gary appears to be an amateur at renovating his back porch but an old pro at refurbishing his front porch.