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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[Ramius]

Morning...

Hmmm...

I don't remember what I said, but you're probably better off going with some little local mom & pop dialup provider. They'll be in the phone book under ISP's.

Before I finally got DSL service out to the house, I had really good service from an outfit called "Harbornet". They're just a little dialup provider that only really serves the Gig Harbor area. They had a storefront where you could go in and talk to them, and they actually answered the phone. :-)

[Corin Stormhands]

Heh...I found an add for a place that said "we actually answer the phone." ;-)

[g'nad]

mmmmmmmm.... beer fest on thebeach...

will bring homebrew fer lodging...

[g'nad]

uncanny likeness...

[JenB]

Hmmm. Stinky shows up and the thread goes dead...

[Overtaxed]

Downwind

[JenB]

Good plan.

[Corin Stormhands]

I think somethin' et my sunflowers...

[JenB]

It was the squirrels...

[Corin Stormhands]

I think it was chipmunks.

[JenB]

Land sharks?

[Overtaxed]

Some ornery no-account varmint critter.

I put Miss Cat fur out and nothing's lopped off my zucchini or basil lately.

[Corin Stormhands]

Nana put some mothballs in the plants on the deck. Stinks, but they're leavin' them alone.

Remember a couple of weeks ago I asked if it was too late to plant sunflowers? They were coming up before I went to Kentucky. They're gone now...

[Overtaxed]

Danged varmints! That's what happened to my eggplant and (almost) my basil.

[JenB]

Nay-bers?

[Corin Stormhands]

Nah, it's critters. Nay-bers take out trees...

[JenB]

Nay-bers have an evilCat that they trained to take out flowers?

[Corin Stormhands]

I think I need to take some of yer tin foil hat and put it around muh plants...

[JenB]

I had the tinfoil grafted into my skull years ago. Life's better this way.

After all, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

[SuziQ]

Nice digs!! Is Nana joining y'all at the beach?