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The Hobbit Hole XXIX - Until the stars are all alight...
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Posted on 04/20/2006 2:10:46 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Until the stars are all alight
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
Do the one at the high school. It would likely have more 'traffic'. More chance for your frap to sell!
1,121
posted on
04/27/2006 9:32:19 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: SuziQ
That's what I'm thinkin'...
1,122
posted on
04/27/2006 9:34:25 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: no one in particular
You know, if I had paid more attention in class the last month, I might not be staring at my notes wondering what the heck this stuff means and wondering if I'll even get a B on my final tomorrow.
On the other hand, this is AI so that might not actually have helped.
1,123
posted on
04/27/2006 9:56:50 AM PDT
by
JenB
To: HairOfTheDog
but even a poodle can and might LOVE to kill a chicken, without necessarily having any defect True Especially with your poodle example. They're fru-fru pets now, but the original breed was for something else entirely: waterfowl retrieval.
We have to be very careful with our two dogs. They're very obedient but there is always the *risk* they'll confuse a person with a cow. Their herding 'instinct' is a thinly veiled predatory instinct - which is the case with all herding breeds (just watch a Border Collie's eyes when he's working... scary!). Even the best-trained herders can slip and nip at someone/thing they're not supposed to.
Not that I'm defending the woman who let an untrained, unlicensed, shepherd out her front door, mind.
1,124
posted on
04/27/2006 9:57:48 AM PDT
by
Lil'freeper
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To: Lil'freeper
Right... Herding and retrieving are both prey drive, the dog has merely accepted that he's not hunting for himself, but for his leader.
Funny story... I watched a corgi (also a herding dog) in a 4H obedience show, biting the legs of her owner repeatedly during the heeling exercise... the dog wasn't heeling her, he was herding her :~D
To: Corin Stormhands
Hehehe....the next horror series:
The Pool that Would not Die
Pool People
Attack of the Pool People
Revenge of the Pool People
Return of the Pool People....
1,126
posted on
04/27/2006 10:04:14 AM PDT
by
Overtaxed
(You can't cure stupid.)
To: Lil'freeper; HairOfTheDog
Even the best-trained herders can slip and nip at someone/thing they're not supposed to.Yeah, like at the heels of naybor's horses, who then (rightly) try to kill 'em...
To: RosieCotton
herder becomes the herded... ;~D
To: Overtaxed
1,129
posted on
04/27/2006 10:06:57 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: HairOfTheDog
I'm guessing he was probably herding *something* when he ended up a stray, too.
To: HairOfTheDog
We were watching a dog show not long ago and saw the cattle dog doing the same to his handler.
nip nip nip
At least Corgi's are small...
1,131
posted on
04/27/2006 10:47:26 AM PDT
by
Lil'freeper
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To: Lil'freeper
At least...
The girl needed some knee high boots :~D
To: RosieCotton
Yeah, some critters just aren't meant to be herded.
1,133
posted on
04/27/2006 11:32:33 AM PDT
by
JenB
To: ecurbh; Corin Stormhands; All
Ack! Tiff just called... This weekend is their
Weekend to Remember®...
....And I promised if she took the certificate, we'd farm-sit. - Going to be a busy weekend... going over there twice a day, and we'll have her Great Pyrenees... who probably weighs 100 pounds by now.
To: Lil'freeper
Ouch!
Supposedly Borders use that stare of theirs more than the nipping method. Intimidation rather than pain. ;-)
Heh...I think Cisco was really conflicted when we took him to the park the other day. There were big groups of ducks wandering around...being a herder/retriever mix, he didn't know *what* to do. They were almost in herds, but...
To: HairOfTheDog
Ooh - I gotta meet this dog! I've never seen one in person.
To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh
~snif~
It would have meant so much if you two had gone...
1,137
posted on
04/27/2006 12:22:00 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: RosieCotton
This was from around Christmas... about 4 months old I think.
To: Corin Stormhands
To: HairOfTheDog
It's gonna be more of a pain in the neck for you getting out of that thing...
Good news, I just got confirmation that I landed the internship I really wanted this summer, and at a better rate of pay than I had expected! Of course that means I'm gonna have to really cut back on the freeping... when the boss knows your dad you can't get away with any slacking, intern or not.
1,140
posted on
04/27/2006 12:27:07 PM PDT
by
JenB
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