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Gollum the Great
Rohan
Aug 29 2011, 6:26pm
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I don't mind swimming in a pool...
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but oceans, lakes, and rivers are another matter. If there's too much seaweed, you couldn't pay me enough to even step foot in the water, and I've never been keen on swimming in the river ever since I saw those garfish at Underwaterworld 
Lord Sméagol? Gollum the Great? The Gollum! Eat fish every day, three times a day; fresh from the sea. Most Precious Gollum!
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dernwyn
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Aug 29 2011, 9:08pm
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your power has stayed on!
I'm typing from my son's apartment 50 miles from my house, since we have no power - and they're saying it won't be back for days. So we're all here for showers and laundry! 
No damage at our place except for massive amounts of small branches and leaves down. But the power lines in town did not fare well.
Will check in whenever I can...
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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Lily Fairbairn
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Aug 29 2011, 9:47pm
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Drop in whenever you can---we'll put a light in the window for you 
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Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?
A man may do both. For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Aug 30 2011, 1:53am
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It has, but some over the Mason-Dixon are still without
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so they're in the same boat as you, though it should be back on sometime tomorrow. After watching the news, I'm pleasantly surprised that you came out of it in such good shape! I had to keep Mom updated while she and Dad were out of the state and far away in it. ~~ Also, I worked like a hurricane cleaning up her messes while they were gone, so, like Silneldor, I've earned a niiiice rest. ;) I even fed them supper after their homecoming today! Where's my medal?! =)
Yeah, I was out picking up sticks while waiting for the school bus today. I'm to spend less time on homework and more time on crafting with her this year. She loved the first skein of yarn to come off my "new" spinning wheel, but she's not getting to try that piece of equipment yet! ;) (I was spinning madly during the hurricane, but fortunately it only involved wool and a wheel.)
ETA: That TV station I mentioned? Off the air today! *shakes head, rolls eyes*
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Alcarcalime
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Aug 30 2011, 8:59am
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I certainly wish you the best. You can do it!
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HappyHobbitess
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Aug 30 2011, 12:45pm
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That's what I keep telling myself!
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Thanks, Alcarcalime!
That's what I keep telling myself, or variations thereof, like the Bob the Builder mantra: "Can we do it? Yes we can!" I sound like I should be on a motivational youtube video or something. But hey, better to be giving myself positive messages, especially since I'm so nervous about it. It starts tomorrow already!
"Yes, but what about SECOND breakfast?"
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silneldor
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Aug 30 2011, 9:19pm
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Got 'tany BIG inflatable ducks? LOL\\
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''Sam put his ragged orc-cloak under his master's head, and covered them both with the grey robe of Lorien; and as he did so his thoughts went out to that fair land, and to the Elves, and he hoped that the cloth woven by their hands might have some virtue to keep them hidden beyond all hope in this wilderness of fear...But their luck held, and for the rest of that day they met no living or moving thing; and when night fell they vanished into the darkess of Mordor.'' - - -rotk, chapter III
Faerie contains many things besides elves and fays and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and all things that are one in it: tree and bird, water and stone, wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are enchanted."
— J.R.R. Tolkien
May the grace of Manwë let us soar with eagle's wings!
In the air, among the clouds in the sky
Here is where the birds of Manwe fly
Looking at the land, and the water that flows
The true beauty of earth shows
With the stars of Varda lighting my way
In all the realms this is where I stay
In the realm of Manwë Súlimo
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dernwyn
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Aug 30 2011, 9:42pm
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LOL! I'll be glad when that utility returns! Thanks, Lily!
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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dernwyn
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Aug 30 2011, 9:45pm
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during the storm - spinning! No rest for you, I can see!
What kind of wool did you use, what texture did you end up with, and what color are you going to dye it?
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Aug 30 2011, 10:41pm
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"Come On, Irene!" ;) . It's a Merino/Corriedale blend dyed in blues/purples/burgundy from a local farm. The dyer just branched out into dyed rovings (she dyes commercial yarns for resale). It's a nice "semi-woolen-spun" 2-ply, and somewhere between a fingering-weight and a DK yarn. She hasn't seen it yet, but the shop owner took a picture of it. I've got some of her aqua blue and green alpaca/wool roving to try, too. If I can't get the results I want on the wheel without ordering a smaller whorl(pulley), I might just do that on my spindles.
When the wheel is singing, you don't really hear the wind outside. ;) [She's a NZ Silver Beech blonde, but her name is still undecided...Maybe I'll put some golden leaves on her. =)]
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Who's the coverdwarf now, prettyboy!
NARF
NABOUF
Not a TORns*b!
Certified Curmudgeon
Knitting Knerd
NARF: NWtS Chapter Member since June 17,2011
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dernwyn
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Aug 30 2011, 11:52pm
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that the wheel was made in NZ, or in wood from NZ? 
If she sings, how about "Nimrodel"! 
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
Valinor
Aug 31 2011, 12:54am
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The connection between Galadriel and her maidens (parts on a spinning wheel) was a little too obvious a joke, and so the name has already been given to other wheels. I'll have to settle on a formal name soon, but I think maybe Laurelinda just might be her redneck nickname. ;)
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Who's the coverdwarf now, prettyboy!
NARF
NABOUF
Not a TORns*b!
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NARF: NWtS Chapter Member since June 17,2011
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grammaboodawg
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Aug 31 2011, 1:59am
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I'm so glad you're okay!!! I figured your power would still be out. What a hard hit that whole region got!!! It sounds like it's going to be a long time before things are back to normal.
*massive hug* So happy it isn't worse... so sad it isn't better.
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Aug 31 2011, 2:57am
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It's beautiful! And now that it's done...
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I have a knitted lace shawl that just hasn't magically beaded itself since I put it aside... ;) Oh, alright, I'll finish it myself. Sometime. =)
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Who's the coverdwarf now, prettyboy!
NARF
NABOUF
Not a TORns*b!
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NARF: NWtS Chapter Member since June 17,2011
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Alcarcalime
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Aug 31 2011, 7:32am
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Eventually the project get buried under all the other things you will get toeventually.
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