The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Home is behind, the world ahead

• 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
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!
• Twenty-Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...
• Twenty-Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXV - Fare you well! Fare you well!

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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[HairOfTheDog]

No reason :~D

[SuziQ]

New Year's TV really stinks.

Yeah, it is pretty bad. We watched long enough to see the ball drop, and watch a few of the fireworks in Boston. Then we turned the movie back on; WAY more interesting.

[Overtaxed]

I just can't listen to those morons.

[HairOfTheDog]

HAPPY NEW YEAR
CENTRAL TIME ZONE!

[g'nad]

I'm almost hopin' fer dirty bomb so Regis will shut up...

[SuziQ]

Thank you! Happy New Year to all of those just West of us! It's coming on midnight for you guys!

[Overtaxed]

[sip]

[g'nad]

Happy New Year y'all...

[HairOfTheDog]

~snort~

[Overtaxed]

Got fireworks going off here.

Doesn't KC drop anything? At least in Raleigh they drop the Big Acorn.

[HairOfTheDog]

Happy one o clock in the morning SQ... I didn't know you were up :~D

[Overtaxed]

Happy New Year!!

[sip] [hic]

[g'nad]

hearin' all kindsuh gunfire and 'splosians in the distance... good grief...

[SuziQ]

so here I am sittin' nextuh muh sweetie, glass of wine in hand...

WooHoo! Sounds like the best kind of New Year to me!

[g'nad]

back atchuh...

[HairOfTheDog]

Madness...

I'm sure we'll be woke up at midnight by the same thing... or rather the dog going ape about it :~/

[g'nad]

youbetchuh... I feel blessed...

Happy New Year darlin'...

[osagebowman]

Happy New Year G'nad - glad you're with us tonight and enjoying the New Years with your family. OB & LSA

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

No fireworks here... burn ban in effect because it's been so dry. It's amazingly quiet outside...

[SuziQ]

So you're drinking your Piesporter? How is it?