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The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...
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Posted on 08/24/2005 9:50:25 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...
New verse:
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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! |
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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! |
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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: 2Jedismom
Oh, dear... poor chicken. Does TheChickenExperiment come to a temporary end when the three remaining chickens are no more?
What a horrible thing to have to deal with. Makes my Monday look a lot better.
6,361
posted on
10/03/2005 10:31:49 AM PDT
by
JenB
(No Plot, No Problem)
To: JenB
Yes, it will come to an end. No more pet chickens till we get our bit of land. Then only two chickens at a time will be "pets"...the rest will be pure livestock.
6,362
posted on
10/03/2005 10:37:20 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: HairOfTheDog
Just went out and spoke with my neighbor over the back fence... told him what happened. He said he didn't hear anything but the other night he had his house open and he smelled a skunk. Said it was strong, like it was walking right under the window.
I know a skunk would sure do it...
6,363
posted on
10/03/2005 10:49:28 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: 2Jedismom
6,364
posted on
10/03/2005 10:49:52 AM PDT
by
Pippin
( RUMMY FAN!)
To: 2Jedismom
A skunk might do it, but you'd smell it.
6,365
posted on
10/03/2005 10:50:29 AM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom
Her neighbor certianly did!
6,366
posted on
10/03/2005 10:51:50 AM PDT
by
Pippin
( RUMMY FAN!)
To: 2Jedismom
We didn't do her in...and for the second time I'm glad! I was planning on processing her when Roy and Rosabelle died. Now Isabelle died this morning... Some might start calling that evidence...
So where was Puffy last night, between sundown and sunup?
6,367
posted on
10/03/2005 10:53:50 AM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
I dunno...the coop is toward the back of the yard and we have about a quarter acre. The coop is actually closer to my back neighbor's house than to mine.
6,368
posted on
10/03/2005 10:53:51 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: 2Jedismom
Could be I guess... I'd just think you'd have smelled it in the coop.
6,369
posted on
10/03/2005 10:54:47 AM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom
I don't know....
Do chickens kill each other?
6,370
posted on
10/03/2005 10:56:38 AM PDT
by
Pippin
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To: HairOfTheDog
Not unless it sprayed, which it wouldn't do unless it was threatened and a chicken wouldn't threaten it...and the coop is all open...just chicken wire, mostly, so the smell wouldn't stick around unless it was sprayed.
I'm just thinking it's gotta be a coon or a skunk and I'm leaning skunk now that I know we have one in the area. I can't imagine a cat doing it and a dog couldn't get in without digging a hole under the fence...I don't think...
Wish I could put up a webcam!
6,371
posted on
10/03/2005 10:58:07 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: Pippin
Not like this...they can peck another chicken to death, but Isabelle was torn up.
6,372
posted on
10/03/2005 10:59:02 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: 2Jedismom
Pecking to death yes
but shredding?
I don't think so!
I'll go with the skunk theory.
6,373
posted on
10/03/2005 11:00:49 AM PDT
by
Pippin
( RUMMY FAN!)
To: 2Jedismom
Got foxes in the area?
Maybe it was a fox.
6,374
posted on
10/03/2005 11:02:03 AM PDT
by
Pippin
( RUMMY FAN!)
To: Pippin
Don't know about foxes, but I have seen coyotes just a mile away in the soybean fields...but don't know how they'd get in, we've got a privacy fence.
6,375
posted on
10/03/2005 11:08:23 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom
Could be I guess... I'd just think you'd have smelled it in the coop. But the scent is a defense mechanism. The skunk wouldn't have felt threatened.
6,376
posted on
10/03/2005 11:09:47 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(You are stuck on stupid, I’m not going to answer that question ~ General Honore)
To: Pippin
Chikken Death Match! Woot!
I doubt one chicken could decapitate another, though.
6,377
posted on
10/03/2005 11:09:59 AM PDT
by
JenB
(No Plot, No Problem)
To: Corin Stormhands
I've smelled them camping, before...just going by. The smell comes and goes as they pass. But a chicken at night wouldn't make them spray...chickens don't do anything at night. You can pick up the most rowdy chicken at night and it won't do a thing because they go almost comatose! It's weird. I've gone out and found them on top of the coop and just picked them up and thrown them into the coop and they'll just lay there like a rock!
6,378
posted on
10/03/2005 11:18:20 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: JenB
And whatever it was took the head with it. It's nowhere to be found.
I'm not really wanting the jedis to stumble onto it. Wouldn't be the worst thing, but I'd like to avoid it.
6,379
posted on
10/03/2005 11:20:26 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
To: 2Jedismom
Did, um, did she look eaten? Were there signifigant other parts missing?
6,380
posted on
10/03/2005 11:21:36 AM PDT
by
JenB
(No Plot, No Problem)
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