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The Hobbit Hole XXX - Then world behind and home ahead...
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Posted on 06/28/2006 10:14:11 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Then world behind and home ahead

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

It depends... if she crates the pup, they do OK as long as they can see you.


4,261 posted on 08/13/2006 9:12:54 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Head On. Apply directly to the forehead!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

That didn't work the first few nights with the dachshunds or my brother's Golden...they still put up a fuss until they'd gotten used to the idea.


4,262 posted on 08/13/2006 9:14:40 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

I think I put Gidget in the little cat crate in the bed with me... she was OK if I had my fingers on the grill.


4,263 posted on 08/13/2006 9:17:34 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Head On. Apply directly to the forehead!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

One of my brothers was like that as a baby... would only sleep if you were holding his hand...


4,264 posted on 08/14/2006 3:54:46 AM PDT by JenB
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To: Lil'freeper; 2Jedismom; RosieCotton; Overtaxed
Look what I found in the garden this morning...cool...only I hope they won't sting anyone when they come out...


4,265 posted on 08/14/2006 6:05:33 AM PDT by g'nad
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Wow, that pic came out awfully big...

Mrsnad


4,266 posted on 08/14/2006 6:06:27 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: g'nad
*AMAZING* photography! Wow! !!!

No they won't sting. They're teeeeeny tiny.

I wrote a short story about those things once. Maybe I'll post a link to it tonight.

4,267 posted on 08/14/2006 6:07:43 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Lil'freeper

I can't take credit for the photography, but the one we have here looks just like it. We'll be watching it with the kids.

Mrsnad


4,268 posted on 08/14/2006 6:13:36 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: g'nad

So that's where puffed rice comes from!


4,269 posted on 08/14/2006 6:35:32 AM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0
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To: All

Mornin'.

Corin - you let her dance with Patrick Swayze? LOL! Pics of that I've ~got~ to see!

I managed to take some pictures of our adventures in Seattle yesterday. I'll get them posted later.

We went to the Seattle Center and had a great time. :-D


4,270 posted on 08/14/2006 6:43:53 AM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: ecurbh
or been salmon fishing, for that matter. :(

If only you knew someone nearby with a boat and motor, and some fishing poles. :-)

4,271 posted on 08/14/2006 7:09:21 AM PDT by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1400 knives and counting!)
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To: g'nad

Uh, what is THAT?


4,272 posted on 08/14/2006 7:14:10 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Ramius

If only :~)

Good morning :~)


4,273 posted on 08/14/2006 7:49:29 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Head On. Apply directly to the forehead!)
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To: SuziQ; g'nad
Uh, what is THAT?

Stands behind SuziQ...

4,274 posted on 08/14/2006 7:50:06 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Head On. Apply directly to the forehead!)
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To: RMDupree
We went to the Seattle Center and had a great time. :-D

Did you get stranded on the monorail? We like to strand tourists on the Seattle Monorail :~)

4,275 posted on 08/14/2006 7:52:44 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Head On. Apply directly to the forehead!)
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To: g'nad

I have no idea what that is...

Not exactly beauty contest material, is it?


4,276 posted on 08/14/2006 7:55:09 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

That is a tobacco horn worm.

It has predatory wasp eggs on it.

IOW, it's toast.

Good morning!


4,277 posted on 08/14/2006 8:10:40 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (It's hot outside.)
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To: g'nad; HairOfTheDog; RMDupree; All
Saturday Steve said "I wish we could go to Spring Creek." Spring Creek is a spring-fed crystal clear creek that runs under a low concrete Works Progress Administration bridge dated 1938. It's way out in the country, about an hour and a half away in NE Oklahoma; Steve found it while doing fish collections. We used to go now and then, but as our car got in worse shape, and gas prices went up, we had quit going.

Well, I suggested we splurge on the gas and go. I said if our car broke down, we could now call AAA from the cell phone.

So we literally threw all we needed in the car and took off. Spent a lovely day leaping off that concrete bridge into icy-cold water. It was at least 12 feet deep at the bridge and tapered down to 1' deep gentle rapids on either side.

It was a blast.

4,278 posted on 08/14/2006 8:27:25 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (It's hot outside.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Nope.

Fortunately, I am being treated with a bit more respect since I intend to ~stay~ in WA State. ;-)


4,279 posted on 08/14/2006 8:30:13 AM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RosieCotton; ecurbh; Ramius
I finally remembered to look up and find out about what's going on with Sheriff Gary Edwards and the Thurston County Sheriff's race. Ramius... to fill you in, for months now, we've been seeing signs ~everywhere~ for Dan Kimball, running as a Democrat for sheriff. And when I say everywhere, I mean that there is not many patches of road in the country where one could drive and not be in view of a Kimball sign.

Now... for those not familiar with the area, Edwards has been Sheriff here since 1986. He's very popular, and rarely had much of a challenge. But the sheer volume of campaign activity by Kimball led me to wonder if perhaps Edwards was either getting too complacent, or retiring. Sure enough, he's retiring. I don't read the local newspaper enough to know what's going on anymore!

I found an article here from last year... Will he run for office or not? that has some interesting quotes in it.

He'd like to retire, he said. But he wants to ensure the sheriff's office is in capable hands if he does. So, he's holding out until he's certain those vying to replace him are qualified, he said. "If I thought that a person was going to get into this office that I didn't think would be good for this office, you're darn right I'd run. No question about it," Edwards said.

But few in the sheriff's office or outside the agency expect Edwards to run. Some speculate he's strategizing ways to influence the election or is just having fun.

"I don't think anyone in the sheriff's office believes he is going to run," said Deputy Dave Odegaard, president of the Thurston County Deputy Sheriffs Association. "If something happened to Dan (Kimball), Gary might throw his hat back in. But absent anything major like that, I don't think anyone in our association believes that Gary is going to be running for another term."

While Kimball won't comment on what he thinks the sheriff will do, he has made it clear that he's not campaigning against his boss.

"I'm running for the office of sheriff, not against the sheriff," he said.

And... on the Dan Kimball for Sheriff page, is Edwards' endorsement of him: "Sheriff Gary Edwards says: "Dan is the best man to replace me as Sheriff. I have known him for 20 years and he really cares about the citizens of Thurston County. I support him 100%."

So... there's that.

FWIW, Kimball is the first cop interviewed at any crime scene in Olympia, and has been for years. He's the Chief of Criminal Investigations and has been at the dept since 1983.

Edwards endorses his deputy as he announces retirement plans

There is a GOP candidate... (Howard Thronson for Thurston County Sheriff) but it looks to me like Kimball's got it in the bag.

So, there's that.

4,280 posted on 08/14/2006 8:45:21 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Head On. Apply directly to the forehead!)
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