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The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
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Posted on 03/05/2005 11:51:13 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

And take the hidden paths that run...

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

Nice, sunny day here. I want my sunroom.


4,441 posted on 04/02/2005 4:51:08 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Lil'freeper; Corin Stormhands; HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom
Well, maybe it's not the most appropriate day but I really did get to enjoy nature today. Thought I'd share with some of you not lucky enough to live in Colorado....

First I drove to Royal Gorge. It was something of a disappointment as the good viewing areas were still closed for the season, but the drive there was lovely!

Across the gorge - Image hosted by Photobucket.com

And down - Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Then on the way back through Colorado Springs I stopped at Garden of the Gods park. That was incredible. It has these absolutely enormous rock formations - sandstone, I think - shooting up out of the earth. Utterly cool.

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See what a lovely day it was? For sizes, the right-hand rock was at least a hundred feet high, probably more.

Here I am, looking frumpy in my adventuring hairdo and clothes: Image hosted by Photobucket.com

These rocks have been literally thrust up out of the earth. I found it awe-inspiring. Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Most of the park had sidewalks and "please do not go outside the fence" signs, but at one end there was a hiking trail that went around some of the larger rocks. Since my blisters were feeling ok, I set off. It went well until I decided to climb up this rock

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Then I got stuck and sort of lost and ended up wandering around the brush, scrambling up and down rocks. Finally came out at the park road and walked a mile back to the parking lot. On the way back, I ran into these guys:

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who apparently have no fear at all of man.

I got sort of sunbaked because I forgot to wear sunblock and then was out longer than planned because of getting lost. Hopefully I'll be ok!

4,442 posted on 04/02/2005 5:02:58 PM PST by JenB
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To: JenB

I'm so happy that you're living there, geting to see those wonderful places. I've never been to the Gorge, but I've been to Garden of the Gods. Gorgeous country.


4,443 posted on 04/02/2005 5:07:53 PM PST by Lil'freeper
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To: JenB

Cool rocks! When are Rosie and Margaret leaving from VT?


4,444 posted on 04/02/2005 5:09:15 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: All
There is a FANTASTIC adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House stories on ABC. I mean - straight out of the book! Wow!
4,445 posted on 04/02/2005 5:10:34 PM PST by Lil'freeper
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To: SuziQ

Monday, according to the current plan. Hope they feel up for travelling - I've got all my Catholic friends in my prayers right now because I don't have a clue what you-all are going through.


4,446 posted on 04/02/2005 5:15:51 PM PST by JenB
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To: JenB
Mostly herbs but I've got a couple flowery type things

I got it :> ... Ive planted mostly herbs myself : lemon verbena, three kinds of scented geranium, chives, bee balm, catnip, pineapple sage, peach sage, thai basil, genovese basil, wormwood, clary sage, giant hyssop, and an angel trumptet plant. I am hoping this last one will grow big enough soon. It is supposed to have peach-colored flowers. Can't wait to see what it produces.

Am wanting to install a 'disappearing' fountain...but a bit harder than I thought to implement. Also got a real pretty hybiscus tree...

4,447 posted on 04/02/2005 7:45:41 PM PST by Alkhin ("Ah-ah," admonished Pippin. "Head, blade, dead." ~ Peregrin Took, The Falcon)
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To: Lil'freeper
I hear ya...last few times I have been digging around in the garden, I ended the day in a really positive frame of mine...my legs hurt and my skin was sunburned, but I really felt satisfied that I had actually done soemthing for the day.

Hope you feel better soon!

4,448 posted on 04/02/2005 7:48:16 PM PST by Alkhin ("Ah-ah," admonished Pippin. "Head, blade, dead." ~ Peregrin Took, The Falcon)
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To: JenB

Wow, that is an impressive gorge! Looks like a great day!


4,449 posted on 04/02/2005 7:56:29 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Lil'freeper

Thanks for the heads up - it will just be starting here now.

Of course, I loved the Little House books.... and the TV series.


4,450 posted on 04/02/2005 7:58:14 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

I always thought the Little House books were a disguised morality play - for instance, be an obnoxiously perfect person and go blind, be obnoxiously self-righteous and have small children chant nasty rhymes at you, be lazy and freeze to death in a blizzard... all they need is a reference to 'Matilda, Who Told Lies and Was Burned to Death" and they're complete.


4,451 posted on 04/02/2005 8:34:28 PM PST by JenB
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To: JenB

I never thought Mary was obnoxious.... I just didn't like her as much as Laura.

But you might be right. In hindsight.. there can be a lesson in anything, and maybe she was thinking that when she was writing. :~D


4,452 posted on 04/02/2005 8:48:08 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: JenB
Amazingly, I'm at peace with the Pope's death. He lived a good long, full life and died as he wanted to, at home and in his bed. They left the windows in his apartment open so he could hear the people in St. Peter's Square praying the Rosary for him. How good is that?

I have faith that God will send the Holy Spirit down upon the Cardinals and they will make the right decision for the Church.

4,453 posted on 04/02/2005 8:54:35 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: JenB

But, thanks for the prayers.


4,454 posted on 04/02/2005 8:56:39 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

Good! I am glad to hear it. Though I'm sure you don't mind a few prayers on your behalf anyway.

I have one very dear friend who has been concerned about this for some time. She's only been Christian for about three years - gosh, time flies! I've known her for more than five years though we haven't actually met. And she's been very conflicted about this. So I hope I get a chance to talk to her next week - we have a mutual arrangement where we share with each other all the deep spiritual ideas and concerns that we have and that nobody else in our lives wants to hear. (Well, her hubby likes to hear her but she tries things out on me first)


4,455 posted on 04/02/2005 8:58:04 PM PST by JenB
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To: SuziQ; g'nad; Corin Stormhands; osagebowman; 2Jedismom; Bear_in_RoseBear; Overtaxed; ...
Dad took these pictures at the beach house the other day.

To see a bald eagle at the beach house is fairly common, circling high overhead, fishing. To see one land and perch on your dock is pretty rare... and to have it happen when you have time to find the camera and capture it, even rarer!

As a size reference, the cap rail that he has his talons around is a 2x6.

4,456 posted on 04/02/2005 9:03:44 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Cool. Though I don't like eagles. Hawks and falcons are cooler.

But heh, it's a bird even g'nad wouldn't shoot at!


4,457 posted on 04/02/2005 9:06:50 PM PST by JenB
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To: HairOfTheDog
That's pretty cool!

Did I ever tell the story of the time I almost ran over a bald eagle?

4,458 posted on 04/02/2005 9:12:29 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (No chains - No strings - No fences - No walls - No net - Just you - To catch me when I fall)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

I don't think you have... was he eating something in the road?

We had a close up view of one when we were drifting a river once... narrow spot, and he was on the shore eating a salmon... took off when we were only several feet away and came right over us. I thought my little Zulu was gonna leap right out of the boat. ;~D


4,459 posted on 04/02/2005 9:15:07 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
was he eating something in the road?

Yep... I came over a hill on the highway, doing about 55, to see a flock of crows and one bald eagle on the side of the road, picking over something that was dead. The crows scattered off the side of the road, but the bald eagle took off down the road, flying right in front of me, trying to get altitude. I think I touched the brakes, but honestly I was so surprised by the whole scene, and by the fact that the stupid bird kept flying straight down the road rather than veering to one side, that I don't know if I reacted at all. Anyway, he managed to get high enough to clear the roof of my car, saved me from committing a felony.

4,460 posted on 04/02/2005 9:29:23 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (No chains - No strings - No fences - No walls - No net - Just you - To catch me when I fall)
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