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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[Wneighbor]

So much for the pirate outfit. Way too cold for that! :-)

[RMDupree]

both of you should go swimmin' in our lovely 50-degree water first thing as soon as you get here.

No can do. Sharks from California would race up the coast to have a bite of the first Ruthsicle! Silly, of course, since the Orcas will beat them there. :-)

[SuziQ]

The sun just heats the water up to about 100 or so then it is like bath water

Have a couple of dwarves join you and you'd have a jacuzzi! ;o)

[Overtaxed]

80 is just getting comfortable.

[Wneighbor]

New storm just hit. This one just developed. The other big one is still about 50 miles away.

Hail. Like nickle size.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

lower 70's is quite likely.

Perfect! ;)

[RMDupree]

Here ya go again!

[Wneighbor]

80 is just getting comfortable.

Whole-hearted Agreement!

[SuziQ]

Yeah, but you know us pentecostal types over at Victorious Life can get by with that! :-)

Amen, sister!

[Ramius]

As true native Washingtonians know... "layering" is the key. At least 3 Layers of clothes, going from light to heavier out to an outer shell of something rain-proof.

You take off layers or put layers back on depending on what the weather is doing *right now*. The rest goes in a small backpack (see REI online catalog for details).

For example: Yesterday it was cool... about 55 or so. I was wearing my heavy CC Filson thick wool jacket just to go outside for smoke breaks. In the afternoon it cleared off and warmed up and I was just out in a polo shirt. Today it is about 70 or so, and I'm driving with the top down. Total blue sky... didn't even have to worry about putting the top up to come in to da waterin' hole.

Like they say: The great thing about Washington is that if you don't like the weather... wait five minutes. It'll change. :-)

[Wneighbor]

And hallelujah! :-)

[RMDupree]

Good evening OT!!

[RosieCotton]

Seems like you get that an awful lot.

Ya know...today at work we were discussing all the bad stuff we miss out on by living in such a frigid area...poisonous insects and snakes, cockroaches, tornados, hurricanes...

Here, we only have to deal with swarming mosquitos and blackflies, and the cold. Some days, I consider myself AWFULLY lucky, I tell ya what...

[Ramius]

No sharks here... water's too cold.

[RMDupree]

I'll gladly suffer the cooler weather to finally be able to meet you and Rose!!

[Wneighbor]

The big storm... is clocking 70 to 80 MPH winds.

Swirling clouds.

[Ramius]

clear enough? :-)

These things can be arranged... :-P

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Rose won't like the weather... but I will! :)

[Overtaxed]

You know I drove all the way from Tulsa to KC with the AC off and the windows up.

[RMDupree]

No sharks here... water's too cold.

So you've said. But, what about if sharks have learned how to "layer"? Then, I am royally screwed! *winking at you*