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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: RosieCotton
Undersoaking generates experimentation scenarios. :)
1,341
posted on
04/28/2006 9:55:50 AM PDT
by
Overtaxed
(If you don't want to hear the answer, don't ask the question.)
To: Corin Stormhands
Yeah... what fun is it without the WHOOOSH...?
In fact, done properly, it's more like a FaaWUUMPH.
...and the winders should rattle a bit. :-)
1,342
posted on
04/28/2006 9:57:04 AM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: Ramius
Yeah, that's what we get with our gas grill when the starter button don't work.
Turn the gas on full blast, step back a bit and throw on a match...
1,343
posted on
04/28/2006 9:58:43 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
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To: Overtaxed
We once had a bad squash bug infestation...Steve took all our squash vines and piled them up and poured *gasoline* on them. Tossed a match on 'em and man...what a WHOOSH that was! Made a hugh fireball and loud noise and the jedis took off running. Big ol' black cloud of smoke went up.
Matthew even commented "I though Dad was a pollution monitor!"
Heh heh.
Speaking of squash...our yellow straight neck has a blossom! I don't know what will become of it, no male blossoms.
1,344
posted on
04/28/2006 10:02:37 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same.)
To: Corin Stormhands
But I'm not interested in making small talk with the people that have made the Mrs' (and therefore our household's) life miserable for the last four years.OK Understood. Life's too short to spend it with people you don't like!
1,345
posted on
04/28/2006 10:02:43 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: Corin Stormhands
Reminds me of the time I needed to burn a twenty foot 'round pile of brush on the beach. Poured on about two gallons of gas all over and around it...
...did I mention that it was a really hot day...?
The 'ohnosecond' is measured as the time between when you start to strike the match and the time when it just barely flares and you realize that maybe this isn't a good idea...
But it did make an impressive mushroom cloud.
1,346
posted on
04/28/2006 10:03:45 AM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: RosieCotton
I don't think we've ever used charcoal starting fluid with it. If you get the good briquettes that are supposed to start without the stuff, it should work fine.
1,347
posted on
04/28/2006 10:03:47 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: HairOfTheDog
Especially if I had a pair of very pointy shoes.
1,348
posted on
04/28/2006 10:04:14 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same.)
To: HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom
It's wicked of me, but I get a mental picture of 2J confronting the Dr. Js in a bathrobe and brandishing a butcher knife...
To: Ramius
But it did make an impressive mushroom cloud. LOL!
1,350
posted on
04/28/2006 10:06:10 AM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: 2Jedismom
I've got a spaghetti squash plant in a four-inch pot that has a baby squash! I need to get the plant in the ground...
1,351
posted on
04/28/2006 10:07:52 AM PDT
by
Overtaxed
(If you don't want to hear the answer, don't ask the question.)
To: Ramius; Corin Stormhands
To: RosieCotton
Heh heh! I can laugh now...but I imagine I did look a sight. When the animal control guy said he was going to give the lady a ticket then come and get my statement, I told him I was going to get dressed and I'd meet him in my driveway.
I mean, I hadn't even brushed my hair! I literally had just got out of bed, put on my robe and was heading out of my room when Matthew said "What's wrong with the chickens??"
We got a bad storm coming right now...
1,353
posted on
04/28/2006 10:13:41 AM PDT
by
2Jedismom
(Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same.)
To: Ramius; RosieCotton
Gas is bad. Lots of very nearly bad things have happened to me trying to start things with gas.
Starter fluid isn't nearly as explosive. It should just ~light~. But you can't pour it on it when it's already burning. The only dangerous thing is trying to add more when it's going but you want "more".
The trick, I've found with starter fluid, or gas for that matter is you can't wait... it evaporates quick. And with gas, that means it's the surrounding AIR that's gonna blow, not the wood.
Rosie, propane is just so much easier to make a quick dinner on... I think charcoal, with the time, mess, and hassle, is worth it at a party when it keeps the menfolk entertained, but not for every day. In a sense, I'm a little bit like your mom, I'm afraid of fire, but propane, assuming it's not leaking, is a lot safer to light.
1,355
posted on
04/28/2006 10:29:09 AM PDT
by
RMDupree
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To: RMDupree
1,356
posted on
04/28/2006 10:50:29 AM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: RMDupree; Ramius; Overtaxed; SuziQ; All
I wanted to take some new pics of the kittens, to share how they are growing up. Tweek is strikingly pretty. I haven't captured a picture yet that really shows her color... she's not all white, she's cloudy. I think she has a very glamorous face :~D She has the sultry eye shadow thing going on... and the spot on her nose reminds me of Cindy Crawford.
Pippin on the other hand, is a cad. Love the goatee... He's very "boy". He'd have toads in his pockets, if he had pockets.
To: HairOfTheDog
Guess I should save my pennies for a bit then, huh?
I think you're probably right...but charcoal is everywhere and cheaper. On the flipside, there's a good chance that if I got a charcoal grill, I'd use it about ever three years when I had brothers around to get it going. Not really worth it.
To: HairOfTheDog
Awww...pretty portraits!
"Cad" is a good word for Pippin. ;-)
To: no one in particular
Well, that test was a fiasco. Fortunately, everyone else I've talked to (half the class, at least) thought so too.
1,360
posted on
04/28/2006 11:16:09 AM PDT
by
JenB
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