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The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
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Posted on 08/05/2004 5:47:31 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Hill and water under sky

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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To: HairOfTheDog

I can see how the current would carry over wet ground, but what shocks me is that it would be strong enough to kill 6 horses outright.

Unless the horses were right up near the pole when it happened.


5,361 posted on 08/24/2004 2:02:06 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
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To: RosieCotton

I hung sage, too. Just tied the stems in small bunches in succession to make a longer strand. I just used some light twine.


5,362 posted on 08/24/2004 2:13:52 PM PDT by SuziQ (Bush in 2004-Because we MUST!!!)
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To: HairOfTheDog
It's safer flying with them than driving in a vehicle loaded with guns across many jursidictions with different attitudes.

Heh. didn't think about that. But nowadays, since you're not supposed to lock your luggage, how would you make sure they weren't stolen? Could you demand at the counter that you be there when they examine it, then lock it yourself before they put it in with the baggage?

5,363 posted on 08/24/2004 2:16:45 PM PDT by SuziQ (Bush in 2004-Because we MUST!!!)
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To: RMDupree; HairOfTheDog
I can see how the current would carry over wet ground, but what shocks me is that it would be strong enough to kill 6 horses outright.

If the horses were shod, could the current have 'found' the metal and traveled up that way?

5,364 posted on 08/24/2004 2:18:55 PM PDT by SuziQ (Bush in 2004-Because we MUST!!!)
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To: SuziQ

I'm not sure yet how it works. I am sure it will be a topic of much conversation next spring!


5,365 posted on 08/24/2004 2:21:34 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: SuziQ

That the horses were shod definately gave them a good connection to the ground. I just don't know why there was that much current in the ground.


5,366 posted on 08/24/2004 2:22:23 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: SuziQ; HairOfTheDog; All

I'm certain that there are professionals trying to figure this all out as we speak. :-)

Ooooh! Looky, looky...it's 5:30 at last.

I'm off for home. Be back later!


5,367 posted on 08/24/2004 2:25:15 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
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To: SuziQ

My two will fit in one long black case...but I'll have to fold down the back seat to fit it in my car...


5,368 posted on 08/24/2004 2:26:47 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (How many inside references must we have to become a cult?)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Qu'est-ce que c'est?


5,369 posted on 08/24/2004 2:31:43 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (How many inside references must we have to become a cult?)
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To: HairOfTheDog
I will have two rifles in a locked case (airline approved). The ammunition will be packed in a separate container. And here's the kicker: the working parts of the rifles will be removed and packed in yet another container.

If anyone official in Michigan, Illinois, or Missouri has a problem with that, somebody get me a good NRA/ILA lawyer :)

5,370 posted on 08/24/2004 2:40:15 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (How many inside references must we have to become a cult?)
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To: ExGeeEye

I'm feeling funkly...


5,371 posted on 08/24/2004 2:42:10 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (How many inside references must we have to become a cult?)
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To: SuziQ

That could work.

I'm hoping I have a few weeks to think about this, but it's getting close.

I gotta start thinking about bulbs, too! Yikes!


5,372 posted on 08/24/2004 2:48:41 PM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: ExGeeEye

Re your tagline...FR being the cult, or the HH? ;-)


5,373 posted on 08/24/2004 2:49:11 PM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: RosieCotton

Well...if it's just a few leaves (like the occaisional pruning I do in the summer) I just spread them out on a paper towel and let them dry on the counter. In the fall, I cut the whole bush ...I'm talking basil here...and wash the sand and stuff off, let them dry off and put them upside down in a paper bag until all the leaves are dried.


5,374 posted on 08/24/2004 2:53:55 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed

Paper bag...that sounds easier than tying.

I have TONS of sage, and that's the main thing I'm hoping to save, plus some mint and basil. The thyme is still pretty small, so that may not be worth trying this with.

You wouldn't BELIEVE how much sage I have! It's grown almost as fast as the mint. I'm gonna hafta start pulling it up in places so it doesn't spread further than I want it.


5,375 posted on 08/24/2004 3:06:23 PM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: RosieCotton
Why, the HH, of course. The whole FR is too big to be a cult...more of a small denomination :)

"And there stuned they the beebers, with their box fans; and the greatest of them were as giants, and became a byword in the land, that they were VEY HUGH. And lo, the moose came upon them in the fields, and some were fir, and some were unfir, and some clave to the dwarves, and some to the elves."

5,376 posted on 08/24/2004 3:08:27 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (How many inside references must we have to become a cult?)
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To: RosieCotton
"Parsley's age, Rosemary on time..."

Well, that's how I thought it went, when I was a kid...

5,377 posted on 08/24/2004 3:11:14 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (How many inside references must we have to become a cult?)
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To: RosieCotton

I never had much luck with sage. If the thyme is small enough, could you just dig it up, pot it, and let it overwinter inside? Then you could put it back out in the garden next year. Thyme would survive the winter in NC.


5,378 posted on 08/24/2004 3:16:17 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: RMDupree; HairOfTheDog

I'm back! I got all my prep work done for tomorrow, got today's work graded and even got the chickens set up with their night light.

The boys are eating chicken and dumplin's that Celeste made and had extra. They're watching their favorite TV shows that I recorded while they were doing school.

I'm so tired I'm just sitting, trying to figure out what I'm gonna have to eat. Think I'll start with a cup of tea.


5,379 posted on 08/24/2004 3:46:17 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom
Do you know anything about Glaucoma?

My cat has Glaucoma in one eye, which you prolly noticed when you were here. Here's an old picture of what his eye has looked like for the past few years. The lens all grey like that, Iris wide open and fairly unresponsive to light. I don't think he sees anything out of it.

His right , your left, the eye.... it is just flash glare in his other eye, it's fine.

Here's how it looks today, and the change is recent. The lens looks like it has rotated around, and some black is now visible in the eye. It also now responds to light, ie, the iris closes in bright light.

It is just bulging compared to the other one... but not painful, and not irritated looking or watery... He likes me to rub his face, and rub over his eyes.

I have an appointment to take Gidget in tomorrow because she is limping ~again~. I am going to take him too. The last time this was looked at, I was warned that he could get Glaucoma in the other eye, but he hasn't, and I was warned that he might injure the bad eye on sharp objects because he has no blink reflex. If that happened, they would just remove it without a lot of expense. I could have had it treated but elected ~not~ to go to the $$$cat optometrist$$$.

Question is, as the pressure builds in his eye, and it bulges like that, will it ever just burst? What's up with the rotation of the lens?

5,380 posted on 08/24/2004 4:05:17 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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