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The Hobbit Hole XXXII - Sweet is the sound of falling rain
The Freeper Hobbit Hole Blog ^ | December 1, 2006

Posted on 12/01/2006 12:55:15 PM PST by ecurbh

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!

O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.

O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!

See also: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net

Web page for our moot reports and troop support information!


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Well, with that grand funkle, I suppose I should try going back to bed.


81 posted on 12/02/2006 2:16:19 AM PST by 2Jedismom (http://kimsbug.blogspot.com/)
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To: SuziQ
That's just wrong!

*sigh* she said... while at work.

82 posted on 12/02/2006 3:42:35 AM PST by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: All
(Finding the "good" rooms are all taken, takes the one next to the butler's pantry.)

Good morning!

83 posted on 12/02/2006 5:55:45 AM PST by ExGeeEye (Day 197 (counting up))
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To: Overtaxed; g'nad; 2Jedismom; HairOfTheDog

Good Morning All. Snowy landscape and mid 20's and we had a visitor at breakfast..LSA spotted a hawk in the neighbors tree and we watched it swoop down to perch on the fence. In a flash our formerly backyard full of birds (cardinals, mourning doves, sparrows, nuthatches) and a couple squirrels all made themselves quite scarce. The hawk made a pass at the yew bush (full of sparrows)and perched on the 4X4 fence post by the wood rack. By the time I got the batteries in the camera, the hawk departed. What kind you ask? Red-shouldered hawk - Buteo lineatus.


84 posted on 12/02/2006 6:39:35 AM PST by osagebowman
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To: DaveLoneRanger; 2Jedismom

It's like a flat cornbread.


85 posted on 12/02/2006 6:41:24 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: osagebowman

Well, good luck to him, or the birds, depends on who you're rooting for :~) I've seen a hawk sweep little birds off our feeder twice.

Our kittens have a mouse they've been tossing about the yard. It's a hard world, for the little things.


86 posted on 12/02/2006 6:43:09 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

True, it's the age old mystery of predator and prey...

Well, the local starling and sparrow population could be thinned a bit. We'd appreciate ol Buteo leaving the doves, cardinals and downy woodpeckers alone.

We've had a couple birds picked off the feeder in the front yard but none in the back so far as we can ascertain.


87 posted on 12/02/2006 6:53:27 AM PST by osagebowman
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To: osagebowman

I've got some squirrels running around here if your hawk is still hungry...


88 posted on 12/02/2006 7:00:28 AM PST by Overtaxed (Throw imans from the plane.)
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To: HairOfTheDog; DaveLoneRanger; 2Jedismom

Vanilla Wafers


89 posted on 12/02/2006 7:01:44 AM PST by Overtaxed (Throw imans from the plane.)
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To: Overtaxed

Apparently the 'all clear' was sounded. The doves, downy woodpecker, sparrows and purple finches are back. Not a feeding perch vacant at this point in time.


90 posted on 12/02/2006 7:12:54 AM PST by osagebowman
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To: osagebowman

I've seen some squirrels about. The chipmunk is staying under cover....probably in my garage.

Does Gypsygirl have frosty paws this morning?


91 posted on 12/02/2006 7:24:34 AM PST by Overtaxed (Throw imans from the plane.)
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To: 2Jedismom

"plate of digestive biscuits"

I missed that on the breakfast menu this morning.


92 posted on 12/02/2006 7:33:26 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0
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To: Overtaxed

heh, yup, she got snowballs between the pads in her paws; she didn't get her walk, toooo icy. She can romp in the backyard to her hearts content (as long as one of us is out there with her).


93 posted on 12/02/2006 7:42:29 AM PST by osagebowman
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To: Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed

Off to ~ the attic ~ time to get the tree.


94 posted on 12/02/2006 7:48:09 AM PST by osagebowman
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To: DaveLoneRanger

I think it's that too, a church I used to go to used that too. It was a flat bread, but thick. A bit like shortbread but not quite.


95 posted on 12/02/2006 8:20:35 AM PST by JenB
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To: James Ewell Brown Stuart

Thanks...mostly I'm just glad it's done so I can do some "real" writing...


96 posted on 12/02/2006 8:40:53 AM PST by RosieCotton (NaNoWriMo: DONE!!! 50,000 words PASSED!)
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To: RosieCotton

You must let me know what you come up with in your real writing.


97 posted on 12/02/2006 8:50:49 AM PST by James Ewell Brown Stuart (If you want to have a good time, jine the cavalry!)
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To: RosieCotton

Would you like to go up to the beach house with us tomorrow? We're going up to make lefse.


98 posted on 12/02/2006 9:06:07 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Ooh...yes, I would!


99 posted on 12/02/2006 9:26:50 AM PST by RosieCotton (NaNoWriMo: DONE!!! 50,000 words PASSED!)
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To: RosieCotton

Hmmm...


100 posted on 12/02/2006 9:29:14 AM PST by JenB
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