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The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
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Posted on 05/05/2004 7:57:51 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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A sudden tree or standing stone
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by! |
Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well! |
Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed! |
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To: RMDupree
1,861
posted on
05/12/2004 6:24:21 PM PDT
by
Fedora
(I'm Fedora, and I approved this message before I disapproved it)
To: Corin Stormhands
We ask for a sympathetic reading on a few of the lines!
1,862
posted on
05/12/2004 6:25:18 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(I am HairOfTheDog and I approved this message.)
To: Wneighbor
Hmmm--ZZ doesn't happen to do weddings, do they? :)
1,863
posted on
05/12/2004 6:25:23 PM PDT
by
Fedora
(I'm Fedora, and I approved this message before I disapproved it)
To: HairOfTheDog
BTW... went down to Captain's Nautical Supplies [Lord help me, but I lOVE that store] to have them look at the 20x80 Celestron binoculars that were broken.
Well... there's good news, and there's good news.
The good news is that they can be fixed, and I've left them there to be fixed by pretty much the only guy on the west coast that does this stuff.
The other good news is that his backlog is about two months at least and this forced me to buy a new set of big-eyes for the beach. OK... not forced... but strongly encouraged.
The other good news is that we now have a set of *really* *really* nice Fujinon big-eyes for the tripod. I've always wished I'd gone with Fujinon in the first place. They are a couple of orders of magnitude better optics than the Celestron set. Very bright and clear.
1,864
posted on
05/12/2004 6:25:45 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake!)
To: ecurbh
A modern day warrior
Mean, mean stride
Today's talk-show host
Mean, mean pride. . .
1,865
posted on
05/12/2004 6:30:11 PM PDT
by
Fedora
(I'm Fedora, and I approved this message before I disapproved it)
To: Ramius
LOL! - Very good news!
1,866
posted on
05/12/2004 6:31:35 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(I am HairOfTheDog and I approved this message.)
To: Fedora
1,867
posted on
05/12/2004 6:32:51 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
(HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)
To: Fedora
--ZZ doesn't happen to do weddings, do they? :)Dunno, but would be nice! I'm missin' 'em here for "someone's" weddin!
1,868
posted on
05/12/2004 6:34:10 PM PDT
by
Wneighbor
(Texas. Land of opportunity! No restrictor plates here!)
To: Fedora
What's that?--you meant the other Rush? Oh. . .never mind. . . [sigh]
When you can snatch this pebble from my hand, then, Grasshopper, you will be ready to leave.
Now, to begin the Red Barchetta lesson... :-)
1,869
posted on
05/12/2004 6:35:05 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake!)
To: Wneighbor
We'll just have to remember to put some ZZ in the weddingmoot music mix.
1,870
posted on
05/12/2004 6:43:53 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake!)
To: Ramius
We'll just have to remember to put some ZZ in the weddingmoot music mix.Most excellent!
Any chance you'd take Stevie Ray Vaughn requests too?
1,871
posted on
05/12/2004 6:45:15 PM PDT
by
Wneighbor
(Texas. Land of opportunity! No restrictor plates here!)
To: Ramius
The other good news is that we now have a set of *really* *really* nice Fujinon big-eyes for the tripod. I've always wished I'd gone with Fujinon in the first place. They are a couple of orders of magnitude better optics than the Celestron set. Very bright and clear.Ah, binocular talk. The next best thing to rifle scopes for satisfying my optics lust.
1,872
posted on
05/12/2004 6:47:17 PM PDT
by
300winmag
(FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
To: trini
Hi Trini!!!
a little bird told me that you're too busy to post but you lurk!!! :-)
1,873
posted on
05/12/2004 6:54:58 PM PDT
by
Wneighbor
(Texas. Land of opportunity! No restrictor plates here!)
To: Ramius
When you can snatch this pebble from my hand, then, Grasshopper, you will be ready to leave. "Yeah, but when are we going to learn to kick some ***? Does not the fire need water too? Does not the mountain need the storm? Does not your *** need kicking?"
Now, to begin the Red Barchetta lesson... :-)
That comes on after Starsky and Hutch, right? Oh, you said "Barchetta", not "Baretta" :)
1,874
posted on
05/12/2004 6:57:41 PM PDT
by
Fedora
(I'm Fedora, and I approved this message before I disapproved it)
To: RMDupree
1,875
posted on
05/12/2004 7:00:17 PM PDT
by
Fedora
(I'm Fedora, and I approved this message before I disapproved it)
To: Wneighbor
Dunno, but would be nice! I'm missin' 'em here for "someone's" weddin!They showed up in one of them Back to the Future movies, didn't they? :)
1,876
posted on
05/12/2004 7:01:01 PM PDT
by
Fedora
(I'm Fedora, and I approved this message before I disapproved it)
To: Fedora
1,877
posted on
05/12/2004 7:05:20 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
(HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)
To: All
OK folkses, I need a shower and my bed, so I'll see you all tomorrow!!
Nighty night and sleep tight!
1,878
posted on
05/12/2004 7:15:36 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
(HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)
To: 300winmag
Ah, yes... optics...
I would hope that you'd back me up on my Fujinon fetish. Sure, I'd like to have Swarovski or Zeiss, but I can't afford it. But in my mind, Fujinon is right up there with Nikon or maybe a little better.
The guy at Captain's Nautical (name is Bill Hall) is the same guy I used to deal with back when I was a Coastie. A couple of times I brought all of the binocs from the cutter all the way from Oregon up to Captain's to have Bill Hall work his magic on them. It takes special facilities to re-align the optics and then nitrogen-fill and re-seal them. Some of our older 10x50 binocs were WW2 vintage, but he did a wonderful job on them. They're probably still in service.
The guy is a craftsman, and I'm sure he's forgotten more about optics than I will ever know. So... I was an easy sell. I also got a new set of 10x50's today. I wanted to spend a little more but he pointed me to a set of Minolta (of all things) that were brighter and clearer than others that were two or three times the price. I'm not one to argue with an expert. :-)
1,879
posted on
05/12/2004 7:16:46 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake!)
To: RMDupree
Night Ruthy! Sweet dreams! :-)
(((RUTHY)))
1,880
posted on
05/12/2004 7:17:27 PM PDT
by
Wneighbor
(Texas. Land of opportunity! No restrictor plates here!)
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