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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:

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: Lil'freeper
I unloaded a fat full yard of gravel from the truck (in two pickup loads), and toted it downhill to the bulkhead, in only a couple of hours, not including time to run out and reload the pickup. The same thing without the brake would've been twice as many loads and a really backbreaking chore. But with the brake I could easily control a load that was twice the amount of gravel, and I finished up without being all beat up at the end.

Neat stuff. I recommend it highly.
2,781 posted on 03/23/2004 5:34:15 PM PST by Ramius
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To: SuziQ
SuziQ; well, Derek Jocobi did play the part well; when I read the books, I can picture the characters, thanks to the PBS Mystery series.

re; Gypsy, we think we are all lucky. :-)
2,782 posted on 03/23/2004 5:36:28 PM PST by osagebowman (HHD-)
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To: Ramius
Cool. Big'ol loved it instantly. I'm a total clutz with wheelbarrows.. I'm leaning toward something with two wheels.
2,783 posted on 03/23/2004 5:39:00 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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To: RMDupree
Didja hear John-boy sing? He's such a cutie. "King of the Road!"
2,784 posted on 03/23/2004 5:41:12 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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To: Sam Cree
Sam; well, take a red oak or hickory board, chop or rasp away all extraneous wood, use a cabinet scraper or sharp knife to smooth, and attach a string. :-) Check out Paul Comstock's "the Bent Stick" from the library, it is a pleasant way to whittle away the hours. :-)
2,785 posted on 03/23/2004 5:41:16 PM PST by osagebowman (HHD-)
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To: osagebowman
well, take a red oak or hickory board, chop or rasp away all extraneous wood, Why am I reminded of Michelangelo's comment that "the sculpture is already there inside the stone... all I do is chip the stone out from around it."

Yeah, right... :-)

2,786 posted on 03/23/2004 5:46:05 PM PST by Ramius
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To: Ramius
It rocks!! :-)

~groans~!

2,787 posted on 03/23/2004 5:46:16 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Yeah, sorry about that.
2,788 posted on 03/23/2004 5:46:39 PM PST by Ramius
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To: RosieCotton
Rosie, although the news could have been better, it's not all bad either in that tumor was excisable and kitty made it through surgery. That is good, Rosie, you did your part, we would be glad for that. Hoping Kitty heals quickly and is bouncing for many more years.
2,789 posted on 03/23/2004 5:47:04 PM PST by osagebowman (HHD-)
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To: Ramius
It worked purdy good though eh? Didn't have any runaway wheelbarrows full of gravel headin' for the beach?
2,790 posted on 03/23/2004 5:48:00 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
It worked great. After the first trip down the hill with it, I can't even imagine doing the same job without it. That thing is a lifesaver.
2,791 posted on 03/23/2004 5:50:28 PM PST by Ramius
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To: Ramius
Ramius, good evening, well, I suppose it was a bit over the top. :-) There was a bowyer who had the tag line: "carve a little wood, pull a few strings, sometimes magic happens". I always got a kick out of that one.
2,792 posted on 03/23/2004 5:50:47 PM PST by osagebowman (HHD-)
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To: Ramius; HairOfTheDog
...and of course I HAVE done the same thing without it for a few years now, and damn near killed myself in the process.
2,793 posted on 03/23/2004 5:51:25 PM PST by Ramius
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To: Lil'freeper
I have a two-wheeled manure cart... I like it a lot better... a lot more stable for totin' heavy loads.

Incidently.... I kept gettin' flat tires.... so I just took the tires off.... been running it just on the rims now for a year, works just fine! Even with heavy loads, if the ground is firm. I think that only works because they are the large diameter wheels...

2,794 posted on 03/23/2004 5:52:56 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Ramius
Yeah.... well, to appreciate it, they would have to see a picture of the ramps you have to get down with a barrow full of gravel.... let alone the grade of the lawn.
2,795 posted on 03/23/2004 5:54:48 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: osagebowman
Roger that.

Someday I may even get into archery. It strikes me as a good way to relax and focus in a way that is nice and quiet. Something I can do in the yard. I don't suppose that I'd necessarily get into bowhunting, but I could really enjoy a little paperhunting in the yard.
2,796 posted on 03/23/2004 5:55:18 PM PST by Ramius
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To: HairOfTheDog
Huzzah! Now that's my kind of cart. I'd like to find one with wider tires, tho.
2,797 posted on 03/23/2004 5:56:18 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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To: Ramius
I knew the wheelbarrow had a brake, but I failed to note the foam filled tire, hills we don't have, black locust trees we do have, no flats would be nice :-)
2,798 posted on 03/23/2004 5:58:10 PM PST by osagebowman (HHD-)
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To: HairOfTheDog
I figure that the one especially steep ramp is about 30 or 35 degrees. It's a bugger. But that brake was easily able to simple STOP the wheelbarrow fulla gravel in the middle without effort. I tried this just to be sure I could. :-)
2,799 posted on 03/23/2004 5:58:31 PM PST by Ramius
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To: Lil'freeper
They make them with fat tires...... check out farm supplies rather than home and garden stores.
2,800 posted on 03/23/2004 5:59:04 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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