The Hobbit Hole XXVIII - Through shadows to the edge of night

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Through shadows to the edge of night

• 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.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!
• Twenty-Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...
• Twenty-Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXV - Fare you well! Fare you well!
• Twenty-Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead
• Twenty-Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXVII - And there are many paths to tread

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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[JenB]

A gate to nowhere. Sounds like a song, kinda.

[HairOfTheDog]

Rosie has a gate... :~D

Her pile of supplies...

First post hole... Rosie pickin' the rocks out...

Second post hole...

Gate hung :~D

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I'd watch Signs but I don't want to sit through commercials.

It's still a good movie, even with commercials. They put some of the commercials in dumb places though.

[RosieCotton]

I really like it!

Man...the teenage girls behind me are *still* audible. Squeeaaaalll...

I'm back with hamburger buns. Also have frozen carrots if you want those.

[HairOfTheDog]

It's a slumber party!

We'll start the grill in 15 or so... :~D

Cannibal soon thereafter...

[HairOfTheDog]

I'm back with hamburger buns.

BTW - I saw you cheat and drive ~around~ the gate :~D

[RosieCotton]

OK...be over in a few minutes.

[RosieCotton]

Heh...;-)

Did you see me stop momentarily to admire it, though?

Dang it, I forgot to get Cold-Eeze...which was my other purpose in going to *town* Guess I gotta stop on the way back from church tomorrow.

[Overtaxed]

Hard choice...Cary Grant or Mel Gibson.

[2Jedismom]

Love it!

[ExGeeEye]

Howd'ye do?*

What can you tell me about the efficacy of, and possible advice against, calamine lotion for treatment of non-specific "itchies" of unknown cause?

*This to prevent someone saying "without so much as a 'how d'ye do'!"

[SuziQ]

Calamine cures all kinds of itchies! They make a clear type of lotion, too, called Caladryl. It works well, too, and you don't walk around with pink chalky patches all over you.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Tough choice!

[Rose in RoseBear]

Calamine lotion is what the "old folks" used on itchiness with a visible bump or rash. My mamma covered me with the stuff when I had the chicken pox. "Calamine" is an archaic word for zinc, and calamine lotion is a suspension of zinc and other metallic compounds in mineral oil.

If you're worried about the zinc, and there's no rash, try a little olive oil on the itchy spot.

[Overtaxed]

Hehe....Cary came without commercials. Well....except for Wham.

[Overtaxed]

Hehe....Cary came without commercials. Well....except for Wham.

[Peanut Gallery]

dry skin itchies are good for an oatmeal bath. Calamine is good, but more recently we use Aveeno cream and take a benadryl.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Saturday night spam...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Saturday night spam...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Saturday night spam...