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The Hobbit Hole XXX - Then world behind and home ahead...
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Posted on 06/28/2006 10:14:11 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Then world behind and home ahead

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: 2Jedismom

Sorry about your plants 2J, the other ones look awesome.


821 posted on 07/05/2006 2:21:51 PM PDT by JenB
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To: 2Jedismom

I can't really see where the split is, but cut the da## thing out. We had trouble with all this when we were stationed in N. Carolina. I remember it seemed like fighting a loosing battle.

Mrsnad


822 posted on 07/05/2006 2:38:52 PM PDT by g'nad
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To: g'nad

Yeah....our squash always went kaput around this time of year. But usually, we were so tired of squash, we didn't mind. We had to switch the carbaryl attack to the corn borers.


823 posted on 07/05/2006 3:06:30 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: All
Folks, I have a prayer request. My oldest brother died this morning, we think of a heart attack. He was in the ICU in a town in MS close to SirKit's hometown doing a house inspection, when he developed severe pains. They thought it might be kidney stones, so they admitted him, but during the night, he was short of breath, so they put him in ICU. Thankfully, his wife was already on the road because she knew that after passing the stones, he'd be in no shape to drive. So she wasn't alone; their son's fiance was with her to drive the other car back. DiDi arrived about 10 minutes before George died, so it was a blessing that she made it in time.

Please keep him and Didi, and their four grown sons in your prayers. Please keep the rest of us in your prayers too. He was the oldest of the siblings, and is the first of us to go, so it's tough.

824 posted on 07/05/2006 3:17:33 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

Oh Suzi...I'm going to lift you and your family up to our Father right now...

I'm so sorry! My heart is breaking for you...


825 posted on 07/05/2006 4:04:01 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: Overtaxed; HairOfTheDog; Ramius; Corin Stormhands; ExGeeEye; g'nad; osagebowman; Lil'freeper; ...

I saw the most unusual thing a little while ago...I saw a hugh hugh airliner...big massive thing...fly fairly low over our house. Not right over our house, like the Black Hawks do, but the route planes normally take. But just fairly low...not way up like Southwest Airlines or something. Moving real real slow.

It had a great big massive disk on the back of it! I started hollering and Joshua ran out to see it too. Then Steve got home and he said he'd even seen it as he was coming home!

It was an awesome sight.

Plus a whole bunch of F16s (or maybe a few over and over) have been flying over all day, since early this morning. No BHs though...not yet anyway. Wouldn't surprise me, what with all the activity.

Wonder if it has something to do with the Fourth?


826 posted on 07/05/2006 4:19:27 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: SuziQ

I'm sorry Suzi. You and your family are in our prayers.


827 posted on 07/05/2006 4:22:50 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: SuziQ

SuziQ - I am terribly sorry about your brother, and offer prayers of comfort for you and your family, and his immediate family as well.


828 posted on 07/05/2006 4:26:16 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: 2Jedismom
Air Force Technology - E-3 AWACS - Airborne Warning and Control System

They're a fairly uncommon sight at airshows... but maybe.

829 posted on 07/05/2006 4:29:56 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Ohmuhgosh!! That's it exactly!!

I see it's built by Boeing...we have a Boeing here....

I love Oklahoma! I'll swan, I never saw the likes of the sky any where else! It never dawned on me how much I watched the skies until 9/11 and the skies were so empty. Now I look up constantly...fully anticipating something fascinating and a lot of times I'm not disappointed!


830 posted on 07/05/2006 4:34:45 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom

There's frequently one of those sitting at Boeing field, either in for maintenance or a new one going out. You can't mistake them for anything else :~)


831 posted on 07/05/2006 4:37:24 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: SuziQ

Prayers up for your family.


832 posted on 07/05/2006 4:43:59 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: HairOfTheDog

Speaking of air shows...Tulsa Air Show is this month. I would dearly love to attend it!

Can't find anything online about it though, other than the date.


833 posted on 07/05/2006 4:44:06 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom; g'nad

Okay....I think it's squirrels that are chewing up my tomato vines. Some inside the bunny fence are gnawed and the little joker went on a rampage today.

Anybody know how to build a decent-looking cage around a raised bed?


834 posted on 07/05/2006 4:47:18 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: SuziQ

Very sorry to hear that, SuziQ... we'll be keeping your family in our prayers.


835 posted on 07/05/2006 4:48:35 PM PDT by ecurbh (Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Overtaxed

You know, I just wadded up some deer netting around my cukes when they were little and nothing messed with them. Apparently the critters didn't like walking on the netting...they'd get tangled up.

Now that won't keep birds off. You could drape the netting over the plants and then weight it down with bricks round the bottom. Problem with that is the maters tend to grow up through the netting and it messes up the plants when you try to pull it off.

We build an entire enclosure around our maters a couple years ago...remember that? With PVC pipes and bird netting. That way the netting was kept off the plants.

It was a hassle, but it worked great and I still have tomato sauce from that year!

Our current tomatoes are not covered at all, except for the patio tomatoes. We haven't gotten a single tomato off them, even though they're producing. Something eats them before we can get to them. Except for the patio tomatos...they're doing great in the enclosure.


836 posted on 07/05/2006 4:56:22 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: SuziQ

We're very sorry for your loss, you and your family will be remembered in our prayers. OB & LSA


837 posted on 07/05/2006 5:01:55 PM PDT by osagebowman
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To: Overtaxed
Here's the enclosure we built a couple years back.
838 posted on 07/05/2006 5:03:29 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Steve and the jedis went to get me a new tahr. Apparently the steel belts were showing on one of mine.

Which is why I get to freep!


839 posted on 07/05/2006 5:07:35 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: SuziQ

Goodness! I am so sorry for your loss, SuziQ. Prayers for you and the family.


840 posted on 07/05/2006 5:12:46 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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