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The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead
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Posted on 12/11/2005 8:37:40 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Home is behind, the world ahead
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: HairOfTheDog
Somebody give that poor girl a hamburger!
To: HairOfTheDog
Didn't we mention that there's a warning label on the visor asking drivers to please ~not~ exceed 30mph when the chick-on-roof option is activated?
*laughing*
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posted on
01/04/2006 6:49:59 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Yeah - I think I posted her a few months ago, and I don't think anyone's fed her since :~D
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posted on
01/04/2006 6:50:21 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; RMDupree
Oh... and the boat show is this weekend.
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posted on
01/04/2006 6:50:32 PM PST
by
Ramius
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
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posted on
01/04/2006 6:51:07 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Course I do think we have to keep her weight down if we're gonna put her on the roof like that.
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posted on
01/04/2006 6:51:58 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: RMDupree
That's OK, there's an automatic alarm that activates if you go too fast or turn too sharp.
[bam bam bam]
4,247
posted on
01/04/2006 6:52:15 PM PST
by
Ramius
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To: RMDupree; HairOfTheDog
Good evening! Watching the Big Game and the
live thread...
To: Ramius; HairOfTheDog
4,249
posted on
01/04/2006 6:55:02 PM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. - P Henry)
To: Ramius
That's just ~wrong~.
hehehe...
4,250
posted on
01/04/2006 6:56:14 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Corin Stormhands; Ramius
I keep trying to come up with a safe way to say "you shouldn't mount a babe on the hood of a Jeep", but I just can't do it.
She'll block the view :~D
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posted on
01/04/2006 6:58:53 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: Corin Stormhands
That girl has never in her short little life ever been in four wheel drive. :-)
4,252
posted on
01/04/2006 6:59:39 PM PST
by
Ramius
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To: HairOfTheDog
BWAHAHAA!
You're going Dwarvish, chica!
You could just say that there's laws against that sorta thing. ;-)
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posted on
01/04/2006 7:00:47 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: RMDupree
How does it help? A few hours of frost turn the oranges orange naturally, without dyeing it! A prolonged frost will kill the fruit (it drops off the trees!) An extensive frost below 20 will kill the trees, which then need to be replanted, or, if in an area of growing population, the groves will be developed for housing.
Until the frost of 1895 the citrus belt centered around Ocala. From then until the frost of 1985 it was centered around Orlando (the Citrus Tower in Clermont used to be totally surrounded by fruit trees, now it has been suburbanized!) Now the citrus is growing south by Sebring, and near the coast. In just over a hundred years commercial citrus growing has moved almost 150 miles south of where it was.
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
That's really interesting. Never heard that.
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posted on
01/04/2006 7:04:22 PM PST
by
Ramius
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Jeez. I have lived here almost my whole life and did not know any of that.
Sadly, Miami is just so far removed from anything resembling farmland that there isn't the opportunity to learn that stuff growing up.
I do remember when we had plenty of U-Picks to choose from within a 10 mile radius. Strawberries were my favorite!
Not one left. All developed now. :-(
4,256
posted on
01/04/2006 7:05:50 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: RMDupree
But you can grow lemons or even limes down there, up here they are strictly houseplants! Might as well try to grow a coconut palm!
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Not even that. They came and cut down every citrus plant/tree in most of the county the year before last. Citris canker scare, they said.
Can't buy a replacement either, so my mom bought a mango sapling. It should bear some fruit this year!
I won't discuss my beloved avocado tree. That durned Katrina!
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posted on
01/04/2006 7:15:09 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla; HairOfTheDog
Oh! And speaking of coconut palms...
Hair? Do you have the pic handy of the one you brought home from Entmoot? :-D
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posted on
01/04/2006 7:15:59 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: RMDupree; HairOfTheDog
Did anything ever come of that? I can't recall.
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