The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

• 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
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.

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 it a buttery yellow or a lemon yellow? (it's hard to tell the color of the wall in the picture with that nasty orange dress in front of it)

[JenB]

Stop the funkling madness!

[Lil'freeper]

Verging on a mustardy yellow. Not as pale as I intended, but nice.

[SuziQ]

Heh, I didn't funkle yet, but you just DID stop me! ;o)

[TalonDJ]

Woohoo! a business trip! Yeah, I don't get out enough, hehe. I am going to INCOSE this weekend in Rochester NY. Kinda sucks since in the last couple years the convention has been in Vegas and in Australia. Naturally when I get to go it is in some place boring. Still, should be good fun.

[HairOfTheDog]

Good morning....

~sip~

[Lil'freeper]

Smart Balance has palm oil in it. Lots of folks hyperventalite over that, but it is a traditional fat used throughout Africa and is high in Vitamin E. I've got a jar at home. It has the most amazing yellow-orange color to it. Adding a little to recipes gives this great, golden, buttery color. SB makes use of soy and rapeseed (canola) oils, which I'm not as fond of due to the level of processing needed to get the oil out of the seeds.

They've put a lot of thought into the product - and I have to give them credit for that. It's definately better than traditional margarines. (butter is best, but that's just me)

[JenB]

That's ok, you've been cool places. I wanna go somewhere cool.

Australia seems nice... gotta get a passport...

[RosieCotton]

You're late!

[HairOfTheDog]

I wasy delayed...

[HairOfTheDog]

~sip~

[Corin Stormhands]

You know, 21 years later, I can still sorta remember the jingle from the Australia pavillon at the 1984 World's Fair. But I just remember the first two lines...

[JenB]

Notice me carefully not asking about the lines.

Seriously, Australia is second on my alphabetical list of cool places I'd like to visit. First is Alaska. Then... hmm... Bahamas. And Britain.

[Corin Stormhands]

I had hotel sales friends who were trying to eat their way alphabetically through DC. Thought they'd have a problem when they got to "E."

They had to choose from about 20 Ethiopian restaurants.

[TalonDJ]

No, those were years I did NOT get to go. This is the first time I have been. I have only been to Grenada and Japan. Would like to see Australia sometime. My sister and brother and law went there on their trip to NZ.

[JenB]

The only foreign country I've ever been to is Canada. And that doesn't count. All my friends are world travellers and I haven't even managed to get a passport yet.

[Overtaxed]

I've got a business trip to Oregon next week....

[TalonDJ]

Download a form and get one. It is easy and you never know when you might need to flee the country.

[Lil'freeper]

Ethiopian restaurants

Interesting. I wonder what the menu looked like.

[Corin Stormhands]

I'm sure there's a politically incorrect response somewhere.

But we never tried the restaurants.