The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone

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[HairOfTheDog]

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A sudden tree or standing stone

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...

New verse:

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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[Fedora]

I can relate to that :) I saw a moray eel at the Shedd Aquarium when I was 5, which gave me nightmares for years after. I have a recurring nightmare about being in the water with Great Whites, too. I love sharks and am fascinated with them, but would be quite cautious about getting in the water where one might be around--much more cautious than I see people being in these documentaries that claim "the chances of being bitten by a shark are much less than being struck by lightning" (yeah, but the odds go up if you walk outside in a storm and stand near a metal pole, LOL!). I've seen documentaries where they took aerial photographs of beaches that were supposed protected by shark nets, and the photos showed sharks everywhere just a few hundred yards out, even inside the netline in some cases. Man is not naturally meant to be in the ocean, LOL! I still love the water, though. Not as worried about jellyfish or man o'wars or stingrays as you can predict their whereabouts a bit better and they're less deadly, just painful. Barracuda can take a piece out of you if they attack but generally leave you alone if you don't attract them by wearing shiny stuff, etc. That's one nice thing about Lake Michigan: it's colder and not as clear as the ocean, but not many dangerous animals to worry about. There have been a few shark attacks in the Great Lakes but only a handful, so I don't worry--much :) But every so often when I'm way out in the water, that theme music from Jaws starts playing in my head. . . :)

[Wneighbor]

He'll prolly enlist your help to get me on the boat!!

Not if you don't wanna go!!!

I have learned that it is wise for one with phobias to be protective of others with phobias as a self-defense mechanism. Ramius has a phobia you know. And I know what it is. I ain't skeered of spiders. not one bit!

[Ramius]

I haven't seen the killer whales now for quite some time. The "J" pod that is resident in the area seems to be hanging out for the longest time up in the San Juans, and bouncing back and forth between USA water and Canadian water. That's about 120NM north of here.

We've occasionally seen Grey whales here, but only in onesies and twosies, when they get lost in Puget Sound momentarily on their way between the gulf of AK and the Sea of Cortez in MX.

Sometimes the dolphins/porpoises find there way down here, but mostly that too is when they just get lost and it takes them a while to find their way back out of the Sound again. Mostly those are Pacific Whiteside Dolphin. Black, with a white splash down the side.

[Wneighbor]

Night 2J!

[Fedora]

don' worry Ruthee... the water in front of my house is positely LOUSY with HUGE sharks, with BIG SHARP teeth. Thousands of 'em.

Now you got Great Whites by you, right? :)

[Wneighbor]

Got to go out with my .357 again this afternoon. This time with my cousin here. :-)

[Fedora]

Glad to hear your home is okay.

[Fedora]

Some of my Norwegian cousins were workin' there though. Does that count?

I'll accept that :) Mexican buffet and salad bar sounds good--I haven't eaten supper yet and I just got done working out, so I'm gettin' hungry. . .

[Ramius]

I'm jealous now! :-(

I'm jus' talkin' about the little aluminum boat with the outboard motor. That'll be in the water all during the wedding days for boatrides for kidfolk and such... tours of the neighborhood and such. Much fun will be had.

[RMDupree]

*laughing* I hear that Jaws theme everytime I look at the ocean. I can almost picture them sitting on the ocean floor, looking up at me, with a knife and fork clenched in their fins and bibs around their necks!

[Fedora]

Didn't see Arachnophobia, just the ads :) Was it any good?

[RMDupree]

You are wicked!! Spiders, huh? *glances over at Ramius*

[Fedora]

Have a good night, 2J!

[Wneighbor]

I'm jus' talkin' about the little aluminum boat with the outboard motor. That'll be in the water all during the wedding days for boatrides for kidfolk and such... tours of the neighborhood and such. Much fun will be had.

Uh huh. Tryin' to wiggle out of hot water aren't ya? You read the post about the spiders didn't ya? :-)

[Fedora]

LOL! I've had dreams where I went out snorkelling into Lake Michigan to discover that contrary to what everyone thought there were hordes of them sitting on the lake bottom :)

[Wneighbor]

You are wicked!! Spiders, huh? *glances over at Ramius*

Spiders. 'Specially tarantulas. I like 'em. :-)

Want me to bring one in a jar in case Ramius needs it? :-)

[RMDupree]

I'm jus' talkin' about the little aluminum boat

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Here's the news article...

A dozen or so killer whales are wowing onlookers after swimming through the Port Washington Narrows and cruising around Dyes Inlet. Link to full story...

[RMDupree]

They are out there, just waiting for my pinky toe to dip into the water!

[Ramius]

No way, Jose! Only if I'm HEAVILY sedated and completely unconscience!!!

This can be arranged.

Ruthee: Unlike your ocean out there with its carnivorous beach parasites that leave lasting scars on the legs of visitors... :-) This water out here has positively ZERO dangerous critters. Nothing here bites, stings, or eats people. Nothing. The most carnivorous things we have are cutthroat trout and salmon. And herring. None of them are known to be man-eaters. :-)