What do you "assign" to the Shire? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Taralphiel · 07-14-2006, 09:06 PM

Hopefully I'll be one of those 'nice friendly helpful insurance people' types, Jenny!

I assign rainy Saturday mornings. For one it waters my garden (any hopefully the state's dams). It also makes the house seem cosier. :3

It's very comforting locking yourself in the house and hiding after a long, LONG week in the bustling city.

- Tara

**The Saucepan Man** · 07-16-2006, 11:28 AM

A sunny day at Lord's, watching the cricket with good company and a couple of bottles of wine.

Orominuialwen · 07-18-2006, 10:39 AM

Summer camp. I'm having an absolutely wonderful time, even with the heat. Plus, the classes are really fun and the people are extremely nice.

Eonwe · 07-18-2006, 02:15 PM

A return to the barrows of my youth!

Feanor of the Peredhil · 07-28-2006, 02:30 PM

Mountains! Okay, so they might be a bit misplaced in the Shire.

But Bilbo liked them...

It doesn't occur to you just how big mountains are when you live amongst hills. Yes, I've seen mountains. Heck, I've sat in a ditch at midnight with friends after we slid off the road during a freak blizzard on a mountain in Vermont.

But it does not compare to flying above the clouds, the ground being blurrily far away, and having the cold, jagged tip of a really big mountain thrust through the layer of floating water before you. Sure, I knew that mountains are really big. And I knew that mountain ranges, by definition, contain a really lot of mountains. But I didn't quite get it until I was looking at them from above.

Lhunardawen · 07-30-2006, 03:34 AM

Side-clicking mechanical pencils. I luuuurv them.

Kath · 07-30-2006, 04:20 PM

Jumping from a mini trampoline into a paddling pool knowing full well that at least half your dress is going to get soaked and not caring because you know you can go lie in the sun on the big trampoline afterwards.

Ah, summer.

07-16-2006, 11:28 AM	#2
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	A sunny day at Lord's, watching the cricket with good company and a couple of bottles of wine. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

07-18-2006, 10:39 AM	#3
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	Florida! And Tolkien! And Lewis! Summer camp. I'm having an absolutely wonderful time, even with the heat. Plus, the classes are really fun and the people are extremely nice. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

07-18-2006, 02:15 PM	#4
Eonwe Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In a world grown ever smaller. Posts: 678	A return to the barrows of my youth! __________________ I've got bridge club on Wednesday, Archery on Thursday, Dancing on a Friday night!

07-28-2006, 02:30 PM	#5
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Mountains! Okay, so they might be a bit misplaced in the Shire. But Bilbo liked them... It doesn't occur to you just how big mountains are when you live amongst hills. Yes, I've seen mountains. Heck, I've sat in a ditch at midnight with friends after we slid off the road during a freak blizzard on a mountain in Vermont. But it does not compare to flying above the clouds, the ground being blurrily far away, and having the cold, jagged tip of a really big mountain thrust through the layer of floating water before you. Sure, I knew that mountains are really big. And I knew that mountain ranges, by definition, contain a really lot of mountains. But I didn't quite get it until I was looking at them from above. __________________ peace

07-30-2006, 03:34 AM	#6
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Side-clicking mechanical pencils. I luuuurv them. Last edited by Lhunardawen; 07-30-2006 at 03:46 AM.

07-14-2006, 09:06 PM	#1
Taralphiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Swan Wood Posts: 649	Hopefully I'll be one of those 'nice friendly helpful insurance people' types, Jenny! I assign rainy Saturday mornings. For one it waters my garden (any hopefully the state's dams). It also makes the house seem cosier. :3 It's very comforting locking yourself in the house and hiding after a long, LONG week in the bustling city. - Tara

07-30-2006, 04:20 PM	#7
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Jumping from a mini trampoline into a paddling pool knowing full well that at least half your dress is going to get soaked and not caring because you know you can go lie in the sun on the big trampoline afterwards. Ah, summer. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”