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The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!
Posted on 07/12/2005 8:11:36 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Let them go! Let them go!
New verse:
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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! |
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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! |
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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: Corin Stormhands
2,521
posted on
07/25/2005 7:00:53 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: Ramius
Local news station said it was definitely adults, not scouts.
2,522
posted on
07/25/2005 7:02:20 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: osagebowman; Corin Stormhands
I think "fall is coming" may be a tad premature.Well, maybe you're right... I was just trying to think positively. ;)
The hottest temperature I've ever experienced in Austin was 112F... that's actual, in-the-shade air temperature, not heat index or anything like that.
That was on Sept. 5, 2000.
2,523
posted on
07/25/2005 7:04:31 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...")
To: Bear_in_RoseBear; osagebowman
You wouldn't think positive about fall if you had 16 oak trees in your yard...(dropping their leaves already because of the heat and lack of rain)...
2,524
posted on
07/25/2005 7:05:39 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: osagebowman
A friend of mine, some years ago, coined the term "paper acre" as a unit of measure for the quantity of crap accumulated on ones' desk... referring of course to the total area that the paper would take up if it were spread on the ground one layer thick. Used in a sentence it would be "No, I'm sorry, I can't take on that project right now. I still have two paper acres to clear before I get any more."
:-)
2,525
posted on
07/25/2005 7:05:51 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: Corin Stormhands
In the post 2525
if thread is still alive...
2,526
posted on
07/25/2005 7:05:57 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
I never liked that song anyway...
2,527
posted on
07/25/2005 7:06:39 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
2,528
posted on
07/25/2005 7:07:41 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: Ramius
2,529
posted on
07/25/2005 7:09:18 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
No oak trees, just a yard of dead grass despite a water bill twice what it is in the "winter".
I'm thinking positively, because our month of 100 degree temps and no rain was in June. So far, July has been fairly "mild" compared to that, with temps only in the mid-to-high 90s and the occasional rain shower/thunderstorm.
So, while everyone else is complaining about the heat, I'm saying, "been there, done that"... or maybe, "Welcome to the party, pal!" (movie ref!)
2,530
posted on
07/25/2005 7:12:43 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...")
To: Bear_in_RoseBear; Ramius; Overtaxed; osagebowman
It's been hot here for several weeks. Just getting up in to the high 90s/100s this week though. But even though it's ~felt~ like storm weather just about every afternoon, we've had little rain.
Naybers all water their grass. I don't bother. I do water the garden stuff though.
I'm signin' off folks. Gotta get my backside back to thegym in the a.m.
g'nite
2,531
posted on
07/25/2005 7:14:55 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
Sleep well!
2,532
posted on
07/25/2005 7:17:52 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...")
To: HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed; ksen; RMDupree; Sam Cree; 2Jedismom; SuziQ; ...
sigh... first day of werk...
I fergot just how painful werkin' fer the guv'mnt can be... most of the day was in classes... they managed tuh cram about 30 minutes of useful info intuh 7 hours...
two hours jest on sexual harassment... hell, I'm an expert on that without the trainin'...
tuhmorrow is the first day of real werk...
300 winmag; mrsnad's cousin, a Marine Cobra pilot, is leavin' fer his 2nd tour in Iraq on the 6th... yuh got anything you can send in time?...
2,533
posted on
07/25/2005 7:26:59 PM PDT
by
g'nad
To: g'nad
Heh... gub'mint jobs.
Sounds like it'll be big fun though... 'ventually.
2,534
posted on
07/25/2005 7:33:35 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: g'nad
Ooo, oo, can I come shoot at yer range? I'll bring my own guns and ammo!
2,535
posted on
07/25/2005 7:42:15 PM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(Dining room, we don't need no stinkin dining room! Classroom space, on the other hand, is valuable.)
To: Professional Engineer
Hah! Hey P.E... long time no see...
What is that? New Jersey? Missouri?
I've had the honor of having New Jersey firing those big 16 inchers over my head at a shore target. They were about five or six miles offshore, and we were about two miles offshore, in between them and the 'splosions.
It was neato. :-)
Those things make really, really big noises. :-)
2,536
posted on
07/25/2005 8:03:10 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: Professional Engineer
Wow, great pics!
2,537
posted on
07/25/2005 8:17:42 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...")
To: Professional Engineer
Evening PE, welcome again, don't be a stranger. Way cool pics btw.
2,538
posted on
07/25/2005 8:34:37 PM PDT
by
osagebowman
( Head is full of wanderlust, quiver full of hope, I yearn to walk the prairie, stalk the antelope)
To: g'nad
Evening G'nad: keep in mind the 'refresher courses' will be following shortly. :-)
G'nite ALL.
2,539
posted on
07/25/2005 8:36:18 PM PDT
by
osagebowman
( Head is full of wanderlust, quiver full of hope, I yearn to walk the prairie, stalk the antelope)
To: g'nad
Congrats on your first day...though I don't envy ya the briefings. *shudder*
2,540
posted on
07/25/2005 8:36:32 PM PDT
by
RosieCotton
(Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. - G.K. Chesterton)
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