The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

But not yet weary are our feet...

• 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...

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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[TalonDJ]

But not yet weary are our feet..., g'nad wrote: We had two bags of grass, seventy- five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi- colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.

what, not partridge in a pear tree?

[Professional Engineer]

And tomorrow I'm literally the only one in the office - out of five people.

To brighten your day, I'll call you about 10:15 to complain about my monitor that's on fire.

Oh wait, that was today, nevermind.

[msdrby]

That's a long-lived kitty! :) My cousin had one that got up to 12-16, I think. Mine lived to about 10.

You may not have been here when I posted about my kitty at mom's house. Got her in 1987, and she was already 6 months old. Who knows how old she will live to be. She is my "old lady" who can't be bothered with the young-uns (i.e. the other two cats at mom's house). When I went to visit her about a month ago, she was all forlorn and neglected looking. She had quit grooming herself, has a clubbed foot that prolly happened while jumping down from a tree and healed badly, and is blind out of one eye. I joke about her name, "B.C." cuz it is such a versatile name for her. Originally, she was named, Black Red Oak Baby Cat. I shortened it to Baby Cat, and then to B.C. It has stood for Beautiful Cat, black cat, baby cat, best cat, bad cat, blind cat, and most recently, bolemic cat. Yes, Bolemic Cat. She is nothing but skin and bones these days either because of her urping up all the time. Anyway, all that said, I went over there a couple-or-three weeks ago and took with me a wire brush, some cat-bath washcloths, and a new toy for her. You wouldn't believe what a difference brushing her made. She is a new cat. She has resumed grooming, she plays with her toy, and looks 100% better. Not sure I can do anything about her urping up all the time. Never heard of a pet having an eating disorder before, but I suppose it happens.

[Fedora]

I've had some kitty-related dreams, too :) My cat used to sleep by my pillow, and he wasn't declawed, so sometimes when he was poking at me while I was sleeping, I'd dream there were these weird birds with needle-like noses poking at my skin. Another time I dreamed that my cat wanted us to catch a mouse together and make it into a salad :)

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Flaming monitors are cool, aren't they?

[Overtaxed]

Luckily her mother was able to arrange a lot of it.

That's why they have wedding directors.

[AnAmericanMother]

Our wedding reception WAS very interesting. The fact that the champagne flowed very freely had nothing to do with the best man and my father's urologist jumping off the upper patio wall eight feet into the deep end of the pool . . . or the cat taking a bite out of the wedding cake . . . or with the bagpiper . . . who played for the wedding party to dance a Sword Dance (have you ever tried that in your mother's satin wedding gown with a chapel train? It CAN be done, but only after 3-4 glasses of champagne).

It was a very exciting wedding. . . back in 1977. And we have the negatives (locked in our safe)!

[g'nad]

Not that we needed all that for the
trip, but once you get locked into
a serious drug collection, the
tendency is to push it as far as
you can.

[RosieCotton]

Heh...been there, done that. We had someone who had had some work done in her office and had put plastic sheeting over her monitor to keep dust out of the monitor. It was left on overnight and sometime the following day finally got SO hot that the monitor caught on fire...or at least did a heck of a lot of smoking.

Then we had to explain to her that her files aren't actually in the monitor. That took awhile, too.

[JenB]

PM! Ugh, a 5 AM flight? Not this girl.

Got the mail. Will consider.

[HairOfTheDog]

It doesn't get a lot simpler than mine.... ;~D

[Fedora]

It's going to be a fun trip. There and back again.

An Overlordess' Holiday! :)

[Ramius]

Hey there... :-)

[AnAmericanMother]

My parents' Lilac Point Siamese, Blue Iris Magnificat, lived to be 23. She would have lived forever but they had to put her to sleep because she was blind, deaf, and terminally arthritic. My great-aunt Ruth's orange tabby cat Miss America lived to be 26.

[RosieCotton]

It doesn't get a lot simpler than mine.... ;~D

Very true! You are my role model! You GO! ;-)

[JenB]

Something like that.

Sigh. How have I gotten *this* reputation?

[Fedora]

Sometimes I have one like that if I sleep in a tight spot like a sleeping bag.

Yeah, usually if I have that one I wake up and find it's something like that :)

[Wneighbor]

Hi there!

[JenB]

Eloping is simpler. Cheaper, too.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

have you ever tried that in your mother's satin wedding gown with a chapel train?

No, I can't say that I have.