The Hobbit Hole IV – The Road Goes Ever On…

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

The Road Goes Ever On…

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

[SuziQ]

I just found some info about Sean Bean's new movie HERE
Looks like it might be interesting!

[Wneighbor]

THAT'S RIGHT!!!

Actually, I am still used to working in industry. I liked getting to work at 6AM and getting off at 2:30 if I didn't work overtime. Then I had hours and hours to play.

I still feel like when I get home from work I require hours and hours before I should go to bed. Only thing is, I'm still waking up really early compared to my schedule. So, I need to sleep sometime! Fortunately I no longer wake up at 4:30 though. But, sometimes it's still 5 or 5:30. I'm gradually getting more adjusted to sleeping later. Trouble is, I still have 2 mornings a week to teach - so I can't totally reset my clock because I have to be up by 6:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

I'm just really messed up on my clock getting used to this. I should adjust eventually - I hope!

[Wneighbor]

I gotta wait till I go to work to do that download.

Sounds like you had a lovely weekend though! I bet it was a great weekend for camping.

[SuziQ]

In case anyone was wondering where I'd gone off too!

Well I thought about you yesterday morning! I baked some of your yummy Blueberry Muffins! I was gone a good part of the weekend. On Sat. I did a craft fair in the morning with a friend, then had Catechist training in the afternoon. Yesterday, the Girl Scouts had a booth at our town's fall festival. Unfortunately it rained off and on during the time we were there. Clare and her friend Erin were doing face painting, and there were about 30 kids who showed up. Maybe it's better that more kids didn't come, there were only the two of them, and I don't think they could have done many more.

Tried to catch up in the evenings, but it was usually VEY late when I got on.

Did y'all have fun? Where did you go camping?

[Argh]

Thank you, Rosie! I guess I should give them a try.

[2Jedismom]

We went to the state park where I usually catfish. We were planning on just going fishing like we frequently do, but my mom called in the middle of our preparations and they had just got home from camping...still had their trailer with them (not put away at the place they store it) so they just loaded a bit more stuff in it to eat and we all caravaned to the park and stayed!

It was gorgeous. The weather was sunny, crisp. My dad took the boys (who get bored after a while with fishing) on hikes and bike rides. We had a bon fire at night and made s'mores.

I caught a catfish, but it was too small to keep. I hooked it well, though and it didn't really damage it...so it lived to be caught another day! Otherwise, I stood on the shore, watching the sun sink and the shad sparkling on the top of the water in the sunlight...heaven on earth!

[2Jedismom]

Oh, and the place is only about 30 minutes away!

[ItsOurTimeNow]

I have been gone! We went camping and fishing with my folks...

Great early-fall camping weather here. We're planning our weekender for Mid-October. I love it!

[Sam Cree]

Sounds lovely. I envy you the crisp weather, too. It's still muggy here, maybe we'll get a little break in a couple weeks, though.

[2Jedismom]

I'm at 85% which is pretty good for 56K.

When will Hair and Ecrurb come back and start posting in the Hole again, do you think??

[Wneighbor]

When will Hair and Ecrurb come back and start posting in the Hole again, do you think??

i dunno. ya think sometime after the wedding?

[2Jedismom]

It was...really really beautiful and I thought about you! Wished you could see it.

I walked out around a little inlet of water...no path and I had on shorts. A thorn bush (vine like thing) caught me and gauged a 6" long gash in my shin! But I did finally make it to spot I was making for and got some good bites!

Just sat there bleeding and fishing, watching the shad! LOL I made back for the camp when it started getting dark and my mom shouted "WHAT HAPPENED!!" LOL It looked worse than it really was.

[Wneighbor]

Vine-like thing with thorns huh? Leaves kinda far apart? cat-briar? If so, those leaves are really good to eat if you like fresh spinach!

[Wneighbor]

Did it look like this? With thorns? The stuff I have is covered with thorns but I can't find a good picture that shows them yet. It sure is yummy in a salad though.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

HH IV Weekly Post Count, Week 8
(Sept. 22 through Sept. 28)

Daily Count, Total, Average
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Tot	Avg
412	576	449	451	282	138	73	2381	340

Top Ten
Rank	Poster	#Posts
1.	Wneighbor	485
2.	2Jedismom	195
3.	RosieCotton	183
4.	Ramius	174
5.	JenB	156
6.	HairOfTheDog	109
7.	Overtaxed	107
8.	Prof Engineer	104
9.	RMDupree	101
10.	Corin Stormhands	94

All Posters
Poster	Week 8	To Date
2Jedismom	195	1419
300winmag	9	170
Argh	5	94
Bear_in_RoseBear	87	661
bentfeather	5	61
Corin Stormhands	94	2016
Darksheare	32	145
ecurbh	13	813
g'nad	70	609
HairOfTheDog	109	2869
ItsOurTimeNow	2	23
Jalapeno	1	12
JenB	156	713
JoeSchem	2	2
ksen	89	575
Lil'freeper	47	676
Lucius Cornelius Sulla	4	25
maquiladora	1	2
msdrby	7	210
mstar	11	280
My back yard	25	315
osagebowman	16	183
Overtaxed	107	586
Penny1	5	11
Pippin	1	41
Prof Engineer	104	1386
proud_2_B_texasgal	7	452
PurpleQ	19	72
Ramius	174	1366
RMDupree	101	980
Rocko	5	13
Rose in RoseBear	17	36
RosieCotton	183	1391
Sam Cree	59	417
Samwise	37	135
Scott from the Left Coast	3	133
SuziQ	82	837
trini	12	175
Wneighbor	485	4561

Previous Weeks: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6.Week 7.

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[Sam Cree]

"Just sat there bleeding and fishing, watching the shad!"

Once I cut the bottom of my foot on a piano hinge that worked the splash well, right while a school of dolphin was at the boat. They are voracious fish, and actually circle the boat, looking right up at you.

I was excited as could be at the prospect of catching a bunch of them, so I just hung my foot over the gunwhale, and let the blood drip in the water. Several dolphin swam right up and drank the blood as the drops hit the ocean, they were excited too. Of course, meanwhile I was throwing in plenty of pieces of cut bait to keep 'em chummed up and close by. It's been so long ago, I forgot how many we got, but it was plenty.

I bet if you bled in the water it would have got the shad going, too.

[proud_2_B_texasgal]

O MY GOODNESS ... I only had 7 posts all of last week .. *snif snif* .. I miss you guysQ!

[Corin Stormhands]

ohfercryinoutloud

I'm out of power for 8 days, and gone for 5 days and I still end up in the top ten?

[My back yard]

Andddd, Friday is her and her husband's anniversary. ugh yeah it will be a nice weekend.

[Pippin]

I'll Post!

So's I can get pinged

I just can't post as frequently as the top ten! :O)

I just found out I need a new pc!