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The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!
Posted on 12/17/2002 7:32:02 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Journey to the Cross-roads
The Two Towers Edition
Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)
Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.
TOPICS: The Hobbit Hole
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; HairOfTheDog; SuziQ
I put a Rubens up because Suzi asked about zoftig. I think Rubens was one of the best, and I love this painting, but Rubens is not one of my favorite masters. Incidentally, many of his paintings were only partially painted by him, students did a lot of the work on them.
Those feet are really exaggerated, I'd freak out if Jeanne had feet like that.
I love the little kids in the water, though.
I like better Rembrandt, Haals, Van Eyck, Carravagio, Velasquez, Eakins, Bouveret, Homer, and a lot of others that I can't think of right off the bat.
27,161
posted on
04/19/2003 7:09:58 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(You fight gravity with levity)
To: JenB
No Jen, you must love your maternal grandmother! What movie is she watching?
27,162
posted on
04/19/2003 7:11:33 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost.)
To: Sam Cree
I'd freak out if Jeanne had feet like that. Note to self... wear socks to entmoot!
27,163
posted on
04/19/2003 7:12:29 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost.)
To: HairOfTheDog; JenB
Probably she is watching Elliot Ness, or the Untouchables, or something.
27,164
posted on
04/19/2003 7:14:31 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(You fight gravity with levity)
To: HairOfTheDog
Oh, yeah, there are some traits like that in my family too... big ears on my father's side, a furrowed brow and rolling walk on my mother's side...
Genetics is so much fun.
27,165
posted on
04/19/2003 7:15:24 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also. -Jefferson)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
rolling walk on my mother's sideWow!
27,166
posted on
04/19/2003 7:16:31 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Er... well, there's something called "Moonstruck" on now. And she wants to watch "Easter Parade" later. That is bad enough when it's not 10 at night and I've had more than three hours bad sleep the night before.
"Western PA Girl goes on Homicidal Rampage on Easter, Dozens Injured". I see it now.
27,167
posted on
04/19/2003 7:16:44 PM PDT
by
JenB
To: Sam Cree
The Untouchables is good! :~D
27,168
posted on
04/19/2003 7:17:10 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost.)
To: JenB
Moonstruck with Cher?
27,169
posted on
04/19/2003 7:17:39 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost.)
To: JenB
Why can't you go to bed?
27,170
posted on
04/19/2003 7:18:09 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost.)
To: Sam Cree
27,171
posted on
04/19/2003 7:22:40 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(You fight gravity with levity)
To: HairOfTheDog
Yes, that Moonstruck
While she is here and sleeping in my bed, I get to sleep in the loft. On a couch. About twenty feet, though some of that is vertical, from the television and sound system. Ugh.
27,172
posted on
04/19/2003 7:22:46 PM PDT
by
JenB
To: HairOfTheDog
Mom calls it the "Olson Roll".
I got the scowl and the walk from Mom's side of the family, but at least I didn't get the big ears from Dad's side.
27,173
posted on
04/19/2003 7:24:09 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also. -Jefferson)
To: JenB
Oh - I could sleep through that. I fell asleep anywhere!
27,174
posted on
04/19/2003 7:24:21 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost.)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Yeah - would be too much to be a scowling roll-walking guy with big ears!
27,175
posted on
04/19/2003 7:26:02 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost.)
To: JenB; HairOfTheDog
"Moonstruck" is a pretty good movie too.
Watching "Iron Chef" here... it's the Grand Finale of the "King of Iron Chefs" battle! Iron Chef French vs. Iron Chef Chinese, cooking lobster recipes!
Oh, who will win...?
27,176
posted on
04/19/2003 7:27:04 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also. -Jefferson)
To: Sam Cree
The faces on those two girls are incredibly realistic!
27,177
posted on
04/19/2003 7:28:51 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also. -Jefferson)
To: JenB; HairOfTheDog; Bear_in_RoseBear
#171 is "The Beggar Girls" by William Bougereau, late 1800's.
Bougereau is not respected in the art world because he painted realism and some dumb classical themes when everyone else was doing impressionism. So he is considered old fashioned.
Even though I have some education in art, I never heard of him until I started with Free Republic and saw him being discussed on a thread.
I think the guy was a genius.
Are the feet OK?
27,178
posted on
04/19/2003 7:29:26 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(You fight gravity with levity)
To: HairOfTheDog
Agreed... even when I'm not feeling p.o.'d, I still look it.
At least people get out of my way when I'm rolling along!
27,179
posted on
04/19/2003 7:29:57 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(The sentiments of men are known not only by what they receive, but what they reject also. -Jefferson)
To: Sam Cree
I think those are the best we should expect out of feet!
Beautiful painting!
27,180
posted on
04/19/2003 7:34:12 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost.)
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