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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: Corin Stormhands
6,641
posted on
01/14/2006 11:00:04 AM PST
by
Overtaxed
(I'm different from all the other mad scientists....I know the proper use of laboratory glassware.)
To: Overtaxed
There's got to be a morning after...
~snif~
6,642
posted on
01/14/2006 11:46:04 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.)
To: Ramius
I'd root for them now, but I'd feel guilty about it being the first game I watched all year. :-) Well, tuh be honest, if'n I watch ~this~ one, it'll be muh first. I always want 'em to do well, but up until this year we've not had much hope. Mostly, I keep up with Virginia Tech and Jr's high school team.
I suspect Seattle will pull it off.
6,643
posted on
01/14/2006 11:48:05 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.)
To: Overtaxed
Didya get everything hung? I'm back from my errands, and I have one happy puppy. I found a package of four big soup bones at the store, and Gypsy is now in the backyard demolishing one of 'em. I've got a Guniness so I'm a happy camper, too!!
To: Corin Stormhands
So if they win this game do they go to the Superbowl?
6,645
posted on
01/14/2006 1:02:59 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: LSAggie
Ummm...no.
I planted some herb seeds, potted up a spaghetti squash (it's already forming buds), and took the walk I usually take in the mornings. Oh, and I found the rooting hormone.
Mmmmmmmmmm.....Guinness....
6,646
posted on
01/14/2006 1:12:58 PM PST
by
Overtaxed
(I'm different from all the other mad scientists....I know the proper use of laboratory glassware.)
To: 2Jedismom; Ramius; All
Hi - we're back from our adventure to see the local flooding around town... The water's been receding for a day or two now, so we missed the worst of it...
This is a mile or so from our place... Sign in the front yard says "for sale"
Sign says "Proposed Location of Fire Station"
I love this valley and would love to own this property for our boarding stable. The forest where we ride is behind.
I took this picture for 2J at the place where we had breakfast. Beautifully restored Beetle with a little poodle inside.
This is near the Chehalis River.
The river is actually beyond those far trees.
This is the Chehalis River...
Thought this was a neat picture... Weyerhauser tree farm "20 Million Douglas Fir Seedlings shipped annually"
I thought the little dinky mini horses with their little mini blankets were cute.
And finally: The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. :~D
6,647
posted on
01/14/2006 1:20:30 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Every time I hear "Weyerhauser", I think of that creepy automaton.
6,648
posted on
01/14/2006 1:24:53 PM PST
by
Overtaxed
(I'm different from all the other mad scientists....I know the proper use of laboratory glassware.)
To: Overtaxed
Oh - the one with the face! HA! Yeah - that was creepy :~D
6,649
posted on
01/14/2006 1:27:10 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
The cow just cracks me up!
To: RosieCotton
Heh... pretty funny, huh - particularly because the grass is remarkably the same on both sides :~D
6,651
posted on
01/14/2006 2:00:26 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Somehow it reminds me of Halvah. If she were a cow, that's exactly how she'd react to grass on the other side of a fence.
Definitely a photo worth keeping!
To: RosieCotton
There's probably a "demotivators" poster message in it somewhere...
6,653
posted on
01/14/2006 2:03:10 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Ha! Yeah, could be!
Seriesly, that's the sort of thing you could probably submit to a photo contest or something.
To: RosieCotton
Unfortunately it's a ~little ~ blurry. We were too hasty to get out of the car and make it better.
6,655
posted on
01/14/2006 2:07:15 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Wow, that's some series flooding up your way! I'd heard there was a lot of rain, but I didn't realize there had been that much flooding.
6,656
posted on
01/14/2006 2:16:37 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: RosieCotton
Just got back from taking David to Providence to catch his flight back to Austin. That is, if his flight actually took off on time. There was a lot of fog, but it may have been mostly close to the ground because of the sublimation going on. It was 54 degrees out there today!! The snow is melting and going right into water vapor, skipping the melting to water stage completely!
~sniff~ He was here almost a month; I'm gonna miss him. So will Clare and Joseph. They had a great time while he was home. Paul gets back in next weekend, but then heads right out on Monday for his last semester of Law School.
6,657
posted on
01/14/2006 2:19:51 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: SuziQ
Supposedly they've getting flooding in some areas back home, too. Just a really warm and wet winter in a lot of areas...and then too dry in other places. Odd how that works a lot of the time.
It's looking like we may finally get rain here for once. Pretty grey out there.
To: SuziQ
It's nice that they do get long winter breaks, isn't it?
As warm as it is there, bet David was still looking forward to Texas warmth, huh? ;-)
To: HairOfTheDog
Love the pictures! Especially the Poodle Bug...it's a 1966, I believe..the creme de la creme of Beetles...
6,660
posted on
01/14/2006 2:51:22 PM PST
by
2Jedismom
(Expect me when you see me!)
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