The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...

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[ecurbh]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Though we pass them by today...

• 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...

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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[RosieCotton]

Buy mind? Buy mine?

I need both.

[JenB]

Maybe it's birthday is April Fool's Day...

[RMDupree]

*waving*

Hey there, Bear!

[RosieCotton]

Are there any Tolkien significant dates in April?

[RMDupree]

I haven't bought mine yet either.

I really want to coordinate with other folks so that we're all flying in at more or less the same time.

We should put up a thread on ecurbh's forums to get those finer details in order.

As far as the doorbell goes, I'll let someone else ring it. ;-)

[JenB]

There are, but I haven't got my index here. Ecurbh probably has some online resources or has his books handy...

[Corin Stormhands]

We should put up a thread on ecurbh's forums to get those finer details in order.

Done. ;-)

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Since I'm sitting here with the books at hand...

From "The Tale of Years":

T.A. 3018 (S.R. 1418)
April 12: Gandalf reaches Hobbiton (in "The Shadow of the Past");

T.A. 3019 (S.R. 1419)
April 6: Meeting of Celeborn and Thranduil.
April 8: The Ring-bearers are honoured on the Field of Cormallen.

T.A. 3020 (S.R. 1420, the "Great Year of Plenty")
April 6: The mallorn flowers in the Party Field.

[JenB]

Thanks! Not a lot happens in April, though...

[SuziQ]

Great pictures! Y'all are gonna have such fun!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

True, March was the busy month.

There's only one entry for December, though: December 25, 3018, The Company of the Ring leaves Rivendell at dusk.

[ecurbh]

Ecurbh probably has some online resources

As a matter of fact... The Great Years

[JenB]

Yeah, those peaceful weeks really are rather uneventful... though I'm sure Frodo appreciated them.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

those peaceful weeks really are rather uneventful

Months... the Council of Elrond was October 25 of the same year. The next entry given is the December one.

What I meant though, was that entry was the only December entry that I could find in the entire Tale of Years. If you thought April was a slow month....

[JenB]

Yeah, I remember wondering why they waited around so long. If they'd left in October surely the weather would have been a little better.

The earlier years don't have many actual dates, right? So some of the other stuff probably happened in December, we just don't know it.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I remember wondering why they waited around so long.

Elrond sent out scouts and messengers ahead of the Fellowship, and it took two months for them to go out and come back with their reports.

The earlier years don't have many actual dates, right?

That's true, only The Great Years have actual dates. Earlier and later years just give the year, no dates.

[Corin Stormhands]

Yeah, I remember wondering why they waited around so long. If they'd left in October surely the weather would have been a little better.

No doubt the Elves were too busy with all their Christmas deliveries to help them get ready to leave on time...

[JenB]

Yeah, that was Tolkien's excuse. I think he just wanted to make the trip as unpleasant as possible.

Corin, I'm ignoring that post.

[g'nad]

We should put up a thread on ecurbh's forums to get those finer details in order.

we need a chart to track who is coming to ShootMoot so I can have enuff holes dug, er, I mean, accomodations ready...

also, a list of firearms coming so I can have the range prepped and lots of ammo laid back...

[Corin Stormhands]

We are Elrond's elves...filling Elrond's shelves...