The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

• 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...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.

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]

Yes, I'm making a list. Want me to add your things, then?

[JenB]

Ewww....

Good grief. Will certainly be praying.

[JenB]

At least "sodas" and "chapstick". Have we got a can of coconut milk? How about onions?

Oh, and put down sausage and green peppers. And cheese. And eggses, precious.

[RosieCotton]

Ow...that looks like it'd be thoroughly unpleasant to deal with. Prayers that you get over it!

[RosieCotton]

We have two green peppers...but I should probably examine them to be sure they're still OK. There's one can of coconuts. We're out of onions...I already had those down on the list, along with eggs and cheese. I'll add sausage. Bacon too, I think...wouldn't do to run out!

[RosieCotton]

Can of coconut milk, I mean. Not coconuts.

I knew what I meant...my fingers just didn't get the signal.

[JenB]

Good, that's enough coconut milk - eep, cans of coconuts? - and I know I've got curry paste and sriachi sauce. Just need some peppers and the chicken, then.

[RosieCotton]

Heh...just realized I have bacon down twice. What does that mean I wonder, psychologically speaking?

[ecurbh]

Yowza! Hope they can figure it out and get that cleared up, it does not look like any fun at all.

[RMDupree]

OUCH!

Prayers for quick recovery, smaagee! I'd have smeared my body with drawing salve by now!

[JenB]

That we need you to bring home the bacon?

[SuziQ]

The PA Turnpike has three between Philly and Pittsburgh, as I recall.

OK, that's probably what it was. We were on our way to Pittsburgh from MA when our #2 son was at Carnegie Mellon. We only went that way once. The next time we went on I-84, then cut through the Poconos by Tobyhanna State Park, caught 380S, and got on I-80W, South of Wilkes Barre/Scranton. It wasn't a bad ride.

[SuziQ]

We lived in W. Lafayette, Indiana for about 10 months. SSQ taught at Purdue for two semesters, but decided he wanted to make some real money, so we headed for NJ and the telecommunications industry! ;o)

W.Lafayette was actually rather pretty, as were the little towns surrounding it.

[JenB]

That's where I was born - Dad was at Purdue - I was born at W. Lafayette Hospital. They lived there for another year and then moved back to Northern VA.

[SuziQ]

Karl Urban payed a really good bad guy in Chronicles of Riddick.

[SuziQ]

We left there in June of 1981, so that was before you were born. Was your Dad in school there in the 1980-81 year? Did he take Statistics? That's what SSQ taught.

[JenB]

No, he was there for 82-83 (when I was born) and 83-84. So just a little too late.

[sockmonkey]

Mstar:
**Do you a have a picture? Would love to see your costume.**

I found one on the internet. In real life I have arms, but I was trying to hide my watch, and purse, so I look armless. Also, I look very hot and tired. I think this was taken about 2AM, and all hobbits, dwarves, and elves were starting to wilt.

http://groups.msn.com/RingsOnTheRange/houstonlotrexhibition.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=298

[smaagee]

We can do it either way, I think if you invite him though he will make the trip. It is such a beautiful area. Sorry about the delay, left for lunch with the misses and then picked up my shiny new gun. (lots of excitement here). What you think of that horse in the background. I thought he was beautiful, and he was quite a large fellow. While we were in St. Louis we went to the brewery to visit the Clydesdales, then to Grants farm to visit with another 200 or Clydesdales in the AB stables.

[TalonDJ]

What did ya get? post672 has 2J with my newest (bought friday).