The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...That none have seen but we alone.

• 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...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone

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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[SuziQ]

Is that Mt. Rainier in the distance? What a lovely shot.
Cool pics of the tides!

[ecurbh]

Yup, that's Rainier. Can't quite see it from the house, though. You have to walk around the point to get that view.

[ecurbh]

We also got some cool pics of sea critters from below the normal low tide line. Too tired to post them tonight, though.

I'm heading to bed now. Good night, Suzi!

[ExGeeEye]

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[ExGeeEye]

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[Corin Stormhands]

Vey cool pics!

[Lil'freeper]

Good morning! Awesome pics- 'specially the gif.

I wanted to spend some time in the garden but it is rainy and dreary. So instead I worked on cropping down some pics of the garden

This is the square foot garden- it has really grown since I took these pics. The peas are plumping up in their pods- I planted sugar snaps. The first batch of spinach, lettuce, and radishes have been harvested and re-planted. (all in the right pic.) On the left, the pole beans are blooming. They'll be really cool when they come in: Purple King. We'll have purple green beans! The bush beans are doing nicely, and those blasted French string beans are putting on already. The flowers planted in the blocks along the front are dahlias, purple liatris, and marigolds. Along the sides are some gladiolis, too.

On the left is my first tomater. It's much, much bigger now, and there are several more like it. I'm sooo excited. I love tomaters, too. Always have. I planted 5 different varieties. :) As soon as it stops raining and dries up a bit, they'll get their tomater cages. On the right is the first dahlia of the season. They were my Dad's favorite.

2J- I'm loving this garden system. THANK YOU for the heads up on it!

In other news, Doughboy has finished his shed. I'll work on those pictures another day- they're so infuriating. Now he's training his dog to crap in our yard. Real classy. Fortunately Sadie May won't stand for it. She chased the dough-dog out of the yard one day and, in classic cattle dog fashion, nipped it in the rump. She stopped at the property line and returned to Big'ol's side. She's such a great dog.

Speaking of critters, we lucked out on the cicadas. We had a few, but it was nothing spectacular. Other wildlife has proven more interesting- like baby frogs! (toads, actually) They're everywhere! I have forgotten how cute they are. We also have a resident turtle who turns up to torment Jack. He hides in his shell taunting the poor dog who just wants to sniff it and say hello.

Since we're not going to get any sun today, we may just pack up and go watch Harry Potter.

[ExGeeEye]

Anybody who didn't know until last week that these guys were on serious drugs when they wrote that has been sleeping.

Fun music, tho...

[Corin Stormhands]

Mornin'

Great garden pics. Rainy and dreary here too. But today is the day of our first swim meet. Since Jr. isn't on the team, I gotta be down at the pool by 11 in case we decide to open today. (All the other board members have kids on the team) Not sure we will open at all. We don't have any guard available not on the swim team so we have to close at 2 anyway. I may just say the heck with it for today. We didn't open yesterday either.

I didn't do the square foot gardening thing this year, but I've got stuff growing. I've got maters on the vine too. Need to restake them. And I need to set out my herbs. They've outgrown their pots. If it isn't monsooning again this afternoon, I'll do that.

I'm frustrated that NOTHING is blooming in the back yet. I just don't get it. It's all nice an green, but no blooms. I've used the Miracle Grow "bloom booster" (or whatever they call it). The daylilies aren't even blooming.

I'm thinking their just not getting enough sun. They get good morning sun and dappled afternoon sun. But I think those other two trees are gonna have to go before I get better results.

[HairOfTheDog]

I've used the Miracle Grow "bloom booster"

I thought y'all dwarves didn't need that!

Morning Corin!

[Lil'freeper]

(Dwarves don't ordinarily grow lillies.)

[HairOfTheDog]

Cool square foot garden!

I would love for us to figure out how to do that next year. Trouble is finding a place in the yard that gets enough sun, and also protecting it from bunnies... a little area like that would be easy to fence off.

[Corin Stormhands]

I am Renaissance Dwarf.

[Corin Stormhands]

The Sq. ft. garden book tells ya all about how to do that.

[HairOfTheDog]

Oh - critters we found at low tide... I thought of you... this is a moon snail!

[Lil'freeper]

Speaking of bunnies, there's one slogging through the neighbor's yard headed toward my garden. grrrrr.

The neighbor decided he didn't like how his lawn was coming in so he stripped it to bare dirt. It's all mud now. At least the bunny is muddy.

[HairOfTheDog]

More moon snail:

[HairOfTheDog]

This is the neck of a geoduck stickin' up. I told ecurbh to grab it, so he could see how ~strong~ they are. Hard to hang on to when they pull back! The shell he lives in is probably a couple feet down. This is one of the things I want 2J to try when she is here... it's sort of like noodling!

This is what he's hangin' on to.

[Corin Stormhands]

this is a moon snail!

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