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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:

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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To: RosieCotton

She's OK :~D I've got a welping area set up that I hope she'll use.

I don't think she's officially Kenny, but it's not a bad working name.


4,261 posted on 05/23/2006 8:46:09 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: 2Jedismom; osagebowman; SuziQ; RosieCotton; Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed
suh here's thenewcoop completed... spent entirely too much effort on it we did... we actually moved this building to a "flatter" spot, back away from the driveway...

you can see the door I put in the side tuh clean out the area under the roostin' bars...

the inside...

nest boxes on left... roostin' bars on the right... feeder in left foreground... hatch to enclosure on the back wall...

hopefully this will make it easier tuh care for them... find the eggses... and prevent predation... we're gonna clip the hens wings, and we put a flap in the back of the enclosure so the guineas (a.k.a. stoopidbirds) can fly in and out...

4,262 posted on 05/23/2006 8:54:00 PM PDT by g'nad
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To: 300winmag

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... binos...

call fer fire......


4,263 posted on 05/23/2006 8:56:57 PM PDT by g'nad
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To: HairOfTheDog

If it were me, I'd probably give her some sorta really girly name, considering that little pixie face of hers.

She's probably better off *not* being named by me, in other words. ;-)

Guess her personality should suggest something over the next little bit.

What time does she go in tomorrow?


4,264 posted on 05/23/2006 8:59:27 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

The appt is at 8:30.... if'n she hasn't had them by then :~D


4,265 posted on 05/23/2006 9:02:31 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Oh dear...

She's not showing any signs of being that close, is she?


4,266 posted on 05/23/2006 9:07:44 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: All

Does anyone here watch "House, MD"? We saw the very end where he was being brought to the ER, but after that commercial break, the DVR had shut off, so we didn't get to see the previews.


4,267 posted on 05/23/2006 9:17:20 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: RosieCotton; AnAmericanMother

She's a little waxy... But I don't really know... AAM?


4,268 posted on 05/23/2006 9:21:38 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: g'nad

You did a mighty fine job on that coop my man...and with me as your trusty side kick, there is nothing we can not do!

Mrsnad


4,269 posted on 05/23/2006 9:26:34 PM PDT by g'nad (I'll miss you)
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To: g'nad

good night

Mrsnad


4,270 posted on 05/23/2006 9:27:39 PM PDT by g'nad
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To: g'nad

I think that's the nicest chicken coop I've ever seen :~D


4,271 posted on 05/23/2006 9:30:51 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

I think you should name her Bebe...isn't there a girl on SP named Bebe?

Sweet kitty!


4,272 posted on 05/23/2006 9:53:59 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: g'nad

Schweet coop! I really like the way you have it sectioned off on the inside, with a nice clean storage area separate from the roosting and nesting area.

The grass where my girls' run used to be is just gorgeous...looks just like golf course grass!


4,273 posted on 05/23/2006 9:57:54 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: g'nad

That's an absolutely luxurious chicken coup! You must have the happiest chickens on the planet, although 2J's probably were happier.


4,274 posted on 05/24/2006 3:59:26 AM PDT by JenB
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To: HairOfTheDog; All
If she's waxing - they're coming. Next 24-48 hours, probably.

Better get her on in and let the vet look at her before she actually starts labor. She's so tiny, if she's got a big kitten she may need a C.

If she does, we'll take up a collection.

4,275 posted on 05/24/2006 6:13:10 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: g'nad
Now THAT is a chicken coop!

I like the dry storage area up front - good idea.

Did you build it "from scratch", or did you start with a kit from Lowe's or HD?

4,276 posted on 05/24/2006 6:14:33 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: AnAmericanMother

OH dear! No kittens or changes this morning, she sure is a friendly thing. Her appt is at 8:30.


4,277 posted on 05/24/2006 6:16:06 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
That's 8:30 y'all's time, way out there in the West?

It's been 8:30 here for awhile, in fact it's already 9:30. I've been up since six, driving carpool etc.

Tomorrow is my son's last day of school! Hooray! No more 23 mile carpool!!!!! Oh joy!

I think you ought to give Miss Mama Cat a hobbitish name. She looks like a hobbit to me! A flower name like Melilot (sweet clover) or Tigerlily . . . how about Princess Tigerlily from Peter Pan?

4,278 posted on 05/24/2006 6:30:39 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: AnAmericanMother

We haven't come up with a name yet that we think is "it".

ecurbh rejected "Kenny".


4,279 posted on 05/24/2006 6:33:14 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: AnAmericanMother; HairOfTheDog
I was thinkin' some sort of flower name when I posted earlier...

Heh...there's always Buttercup.

What does waxing mean?

4,280 posted on 05/24/2006 6:37:27 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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