Bliss by Harry Bliss for July 13, 2023

Littering the great outdoors with rubber spheres covered with nylon.

And off the grid.

Tennis balls are not allowed outside because sand gets in the nap and files away at their teeth. Our issue is when tennis balls go “out of bounds” and they can’t get them. Having 2) 100# bull dogs stalking your hutch or coffee table calls for the ref to get a broom. #dogdadissues

Did Heathcliff have a dog? I don’t remember one in the story ….

Tennis ball: “Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I’m free at last!”

They were playing fetch there?

Free to be meeee!

Camo colored ball. Put that magic nose to work.

Maybe it will be found by some coyote or fox.

Yesterday Andrew Wyeth, today Caspar David Friedrich.

“If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it’s yours. If not, it was never meant to be,”

Tennis balls are cheap. Buy the dog some new ones.

It’s good to release some from time to time. Helps keep the wild population up.

He’ll always remember that tennis ball, mainly because of the large amount of fuzz it left in his mouth.

Translation: I am not going to look for it any more.

Besides, Buddy, who knew that tennis ball cannon had that kind of range?

Think of it as littering.

Bliss is at it again. Wyeth yesterday, Friedrich today. Is Hopper next?

Priceless! Forever may that tail wag! Lovely artwork, too, as always. Thanks, Mr Bliss!

Only for now. Every dog has his day and tennis balls have a limited life…..

When my dog would lose a tennis ball in a park full of tennis balls; she would search relentlessly for the one she lost and ignore all attempts to fetch a new one. With determination and a sharp ability to sniff, she would most often locate her ball

Looks like an illustration from Sherlock Holmes and the Houndlette of the Baskervilles.