The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

[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.

[Corin Stormhands]

Okay, I'm caught up. And now I'm leaving again.

Luke wants the computer. I think he's working on research paper...

[HairOfTheDog]

Phooey on Flat Stanley.

Hear! Hear!

[HairOfTheDog]

I think he's working on research paper...

Or chatting with a girlfriend....

[HairOfTheDog]

Found a better site! - You can see charts for any city:

Maps.com - Aeronautical Charts

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I avoid barbecue discussions! I let Rose handle those.

I hope Jr. watched X-Men in English before switching to French... have you managed to see it yet?

[Sam Cree]

Thanks. It looks reasonably normal, except the compass rose is magnetic only!

[Overtaxed]

Jr. is now watching X-Men in French

We got to see an episode of Hawaii Five-O in French once. I forgot what "Book 'em, Danno!" was in French.

[Wneighbor]

Hello all. Just got in from another afternoon of playing with plants. Finally went to buy my tomatoes and peppers. I was going to get 2 of each. But, got 4 tomatoes. Only 2 peppers but one of them had 2 plants in the pot. (gee, did i really do that) And 2 of the tomatoes have 2 plants in them. 1 has 4 plants in it. Ummmm. did i ever mention to ya'll that i'm a fool for cheap or bargains or getting something for free?

So, now, I don't even begin to have enough bed space torn up to put all that in. I got out the 2 peppers that were in the same thing and 3 of the tomatoes. Also, some radishes and portulaca.

A cool thing in church this morning. They always give out carnations or single roses or corsages to the moms. But, this year they gave each of us a live plant. I smiled all through the sermon! :-) It's a celosia. But, one would look so lonely in my yard, so I also bought another 6 pack of those while I was at the store.

I'm tired now.

[JenB]

Actually, Sam, his "Tailchaser's Song" couldn't have been more than 300 pages, but that was a first effort, so it doesn't count.

Wow, this keeps getting better. If the end lives up to the first 450 pages...

[Wneighbor]

I should clear that up. I prefer my beef well done. But having it medium doesn't make me ill. And I can even "enjoy" it rare when the social situation requires it.

I hope you enjoyed a day old steak anyway. Those folks on the Texas thread just didn't care to eat.

[HairOfTheDog]

I'm tired now.

Me too! - I just got in from working Bay.... really wanted a nap more than a workout, but I can't skip it if he is gonna get in shape. My saddle hadn't been on him all winter so it took a while to get it put back together and the pads adjusted... I lunged him a bit and then rode him around the pasture half an hour or so while the pony buzzed us and otherwise disrupted. They both got a workout this way! My ankles get tired, and my knees! - Oh it stinks to lose our youth! ;~D

[Overtaxed]

Hehehe...I have over 12 each of Red Brandywine and some kind of cherry tomato that are potted up and ready to be put in the garden. I have several more that I need to find something to do with.

You can get a lot of plants from a package of seeds.

[Wneighbor]

Oh it stinks to lose our youth! ;~D

Well, as we've all gotten out this weekend doing seasonal things it seems that a lot of us are having that thought. LOL

except Jen, who has new books from her 5 hour drive.

[Wneighbor]

Yes, you DO get quite a lot of plants from a package of seeds. That's why I started going ahead and buying plantlets for my tomatoes and peppers. Otherwise, I really get carried away.

Remember I told you a good while back about that spot in my yard where nothing will grow? I was going to plant something unkillable there? Well, I thought catnip was unkillable. But, it was out there for a week. And today I went ahead and dug it out because it wouldn't have been alive tomorrow. I put the portulaca out there. It's unkillable isn't it? I just can't figure out what the deal is with this spot.

[HairOfTheDog]

Yes, Jen probably doesn't ache from her new books, and at 21, she probably doesn't even ache from that 5 hour drive!

I just heard thunder.

[Overtaxed]

What's portulaca?

Did you ever get a soil sample to the Ag extension people?

[Sam Cree]

Hi, Wn, Happy Mother's Day.

I just finished cooking Jeanne a dinner of sauted venison and peppers, which she had requested.

Well, you are very adventurous, car racing and storm chasing. I am way to much of a hobbit to chase storms, the reason I understand weather, is so I can keep out of its way, not follow it. But a thunderhead is dangerous on the water, a line of them more so. It's my responsibility to keep my people safe.

Actually, I love weather, and could probably have a good time storm chasing, it sounds exciting and fun.

[JenB]

Not ache, no, but I'm in "Whoa" mode from the one book.

Anyway I'm turning off my computer now. See you after work tomorrow (ugh...)

[Sam Cree]

I managed to introduce the mystery of Atlantis into a thread about sodomy, but got no takers :-)

[HairOfTheDog]

Well..... I am piqued!