The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Let them go! Let them go!

• 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.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

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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[Corin Stormhands]

Did your wife think you were a little nuts calling so people could watch you on the webcam?

I think the "driving to Florida to spend a weekend with 20 people I've never met" sorta broke her in. She was there for the photo last year.

[osagebowman]

Evening EGE - good question, don't know the answer but speculating artistic license. The arrows were all digital according to some explanations I've seen.

A number of Native American tribes held the bow in a similar fashion, horizontal or nearly so, using a pinch grip (thumb and one finger on a large nock) pulling back to the chest, according to historians and chroniclers. It's interesting to note that modern replicas using curated bow dimensions found most to be in the 40-45 lb pull range and that is about the strength level of the average archer/tester could pull the bow using the pinch grip. So it seems to fit.

[JenB]

Hmmm... maybe it's the zin but I can't tell a difference. I have a sneaky suspicion that my left eye is dominant. I've always had a feeling I *ought* to be left handed, but I'm not.... I'm ambidextrous for many tasks and favor my left for computer skills.

[HairOfTheDog]

Actually, I explained that sortof wrong. I forget to give you a reference point. Let me try this again.

Looking through one eye only, hold your finger over a distant target or spot on the wall. Then open both eyes. on your dominant eye, when you open both eyes again, your finger will still be over the target. On the other eye, it won't.

[osagebowman]

Welcome back Corin. Glad you had a good time, the 'view' being the somewhat less than advertised. Beach looks inviting.

[Corin Stormhands]

It was a great house in spite of the lack of view. We plan to point out in the follow up survey that they over advertised a bit.

But we also realized that my brother and his wife spoil their renters. They pay a lot more attention to details because it's their house and they have personal relationships with all their renters.

Still, I loved bein' able to walk to the beach.

[Corin Stormhands]

BTW,

Check out today's "Family Circus" (it's not online yet). That ~exact~ scene happened with Luke yesterday. We're framing it.

[HairOfTheDog]

Find it when it is online and post it.... We don't get the paper paper. :~D

[Corin Stormhands]

I'll either do that or scan it in tomorrow. I'm pretty wiped out tonight.

[Corin Stormhands]

Nite folks.

I gotta go back to Fangorn tomorrow...

[HairOfTheDog]

Cut no living wood.

[Corin Stormhands]

Oh, speakin' of which. I found a HUGH ol' slab of driftwood. Gonna put it out in thegarden when I redo things.

I named it "Natalie."

g'nite

[HairOfTheDog]

If I get your meaning, I think that's gonna give you some Hell points :~D

[SuziQ]

I named it "Natalie."

*snort*

[JenB]

Yer evil...

[Lil'freeper]

Well I'm on my way
I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way I'm taking my time
But I done know where
Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona
See you, me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard

Next post from Dallas.

[Corin Stormhands]

Woe is me, all summer long I was happy and free.
Save my soul, the board of education took away my parole.
I gotta go back, back, back to school again.

Next post from Fangorn.

[2Jedismom]

Ha ha ha!!! Took me a minute.

We used to rent a beach house every summer when I was a kid.

[SuziQ]

Did y'all get a deluge last night? We got three thunderboomers in a row. This morning, we had a steady heavy rain for an hour or so. I saw on FoxNews that there was flooding in Weymouth.

We went out to Lowe's yesterday evening, and the breakdown lanes on Rt. 9 were like lakes. The drainage grates were just not keeping up with the volume of water that came down so fast. Once we get home, we don't have to worry about flooding. We live on top of a hill; we'd have to have a flood of Biblical proportions to do us any harm.

[RMDupree]

Welcome back, Corin!

Mornin' everyone! :-D

~still snickering over Natalie~