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The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
Posted on 03/15/2004 1:45:41 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
But not yet weary are our feet...
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! |
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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TOPICS: The Hobbit Hole
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To: RosieCotton
For the record, I'm repeating week five, starting with day one. I only did two workouts yesterday, and jumping right in with something I wasn't able to complete last time I did it didn't seem wise. But I did day one today.Good idea--IMO it's definitely better to do something you can make sure you stick with than to push past where you're at. One of the most important goals of early training is to get in the habit of a set routine--more important than the actual content of the routine in the early stages, in my experience.
BTW, I was able to do my first full workout since getting the flu yesterday--felt good! :)
To: stands2reason
Metallica is classical music, no?Uh. . . .no :) Beatles is classic rock--Metallica is classic metal, maybe :)
My favorite classical music is mostly Baroque but also some 19th century stuff, esp. Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Strauss. I play piano, too, though not very well yet.
To: Professional Engineer
Prayers for Msdrby's grandad's family, and thanks for his service to his country.
To: Professional Engineer; msdrby
So sorry for your loss msdrby.
To: Lil'freeper; 2Jedismom; All
Well, I'm beat- and really outta shape. But I got a lot accomplished and love it.
This weekend I:
Faux finished and installed a small decorative shelf in the guest bath
Did a metric ton of laundry- getting ready to put winter stuff away.
Installed an overhead light fixture in my sewing room. (This was quite comical because my step stool isn't quite tall enough...)
Installed curtain tieback hooks in two bedrooms.
Purchased and loaded (no help from Home Depot employees grrr) transported and unloaded 920 lbs of hummus/manure, peat moss, sand and soil. This took two trips.
Purchased, loaded (with the help of the local lumber yard employees *yaaay*), transported, unloaded, and moved to the backyard 32 cinderblocks. Again two trips.
Primed and painted said cinderblocks a strange shade of green.
Planted my shade bulbs in their pots: astilbe, VA bluebells, and a shrubby poppy.
Made fun of Doughboy. (The footers are now seven blocks tall...)
Vacuumed and did floors.
Made a cheesecake, a batch of yogurt dough, and cooked 5 lbs of hamburger.
Am gonna sleep well tonite. Uploading pictures of the garden's progress and Doughboy's engineering monstrosity will have to wait for another day.
2,565
posted on
03/22/2004 4:58:59 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
To: Lil'freeper
(Yer gonna register on Amazon, right?)Absolutely! Still working on it... will have a link when its ready.
2,566
posted on
03/22/2004 4:59:10 PM PST
by
ecurbh
(In 89 days ecurbh will marry HairOfTheDog!)
To: Professional Engineer; msdrby
What a handsome sailor! I don't believe there will ever be another generation quite like that one. Prayers for your comfort and strength, and that of your family's.
2,567
posted on
03/22/2004 5:01:28 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
To: ecurbh
will have a link when its ready Yaaay!
I love Amazon.
2,568
posted on
03/22/2004 5:02:12 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
To: Lil'freeper
That sounds like a very productive weekend! :)
To: Fedora
I need ibuprofen.
Forgot to add: ate the cheesecake. ;P
2,570
posted on
03/22/2004 5:04:10 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
To: Fedora
Uh. . . .no :) Sure it is! You just haven't been paying attention. :-)I play piano, too, though not very well yet.
I am barely intermediate. I can pull off a few concert pieces -- like Clair deLune and Chopin preludes but I'm far from "good." (that is, people who don't know crap about classical music think I'm pretty good. That really doesn't count.)
2,571
posted on
03/22/2004 5:05:26 PM PST
by
stands2reason
( During the cola wars, France was occupied by Pepsi for six months.)
To: Professional Engineer; msdrby
I'm so sorry for your loss.
2,572
posted on
03/22/2004 5:08:11 PM PST
by
stands2reason
( During the cola wars, France was occupied by Pepsi for six months.)
To: Lil'freeper
What a busy weekend indeed!
To: All; ecurbh
Miscellaneous stuff we've worked on lately when the camera was gone!
New fencing for the yard that will be puppy-proof, and moved shrubs between us and the trashy redneck neighbors...
We moved the gate and added an escape out the end in preparation for an eventual new horse for Bruce. (And new puppy-proof fencing)
The old way, a horse could get cornered in there if there were a pushing match to get to the gate, and now there is escape at both ends.
Old way:
To: HairOfTheDog
That is a very nice fence! When are you getting a puppy?
2,575
posted on
03/22/2004 5:39:31 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
To: Lil'freeper
We plan to have two labrador puppies, littermates, but not until we are married ;~D
To: HairOfTheDog; Lil'freeper
They shall be named Merry and Pippin!
2,577
posted on
03/22/2004 5:43:07 PM PST
by
ecurbh
(In 89 days ecurbh will marry HairOfTheDog!)
Also replaced that trashy old pasture gate! ecurbh bought me a nice new one!
New gate opening to the back forty... Someday I'll have a pretty gate here too.... but for now it closes with handle gates...
To: RosieCotton
Did my run. Ugh. That was really hard. I think the weight lifting is making my muscles get sore more quickly.
2,579
posted on
03/22/2004 5:45:43 PM PST
by
JenB
To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh
How terribly sweet! Chocolate or yella?
2,580
posted on
03/22/2004 5:47:20 PM PST
by
Lil'freeper
(By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
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