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

Lalwendë · 08-23-2007, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Rikae

The first cool days at the end of summer.

You aren't in Britain then?

I assign cold, wet summers. Not only has it been much more comfortable than I expected/feared, but the Honeysuckle is covered in flowers because the constant rain has beaten the greenfly into submission. And Honeysuckle belongs in The Shire because it smells soooo good! Kind of like a mixture of warm cowsheds and sugar.

Finduilas · 08-23-2007, 09:39 AM

Ducklings. They are so adorable. (Don't tell me it's the wrong time for this, it's my ducks fault, not mine.)

Orominuialwen · 08-30-2007, 10:42 PM

Spontaneous late-night outdoor singing. Being able to sit on pleasantly warm pavement and listen to someone sing and play songs they've written is lovely.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 09-09-2007, 09:45 PM

The University of Copenhagen

(I got in. . .I don't know how)

Lhunardawen · 09-10-2007, 05:35 AM

Night strolls.

Mithalwen · 09-10-2007, 06:28 AM

Watching really good Rugby when the ball is run with not just kicked ... it is just such a great game when played properly.

Lalwendë · 09-12-2007, 02:43 PM

I assign whoever decided to sell things like rugs with Dragons on them in IKEA. This is A Very Good Thing.

And it even more deserves to go to The Shire because a visit to IKEA is in itself like Frodo's journey...the warehouse section where you try to find the Groett and Tatt parts that you need is Mordor; the towering, bleak shelves which do not contain your needed new chair parts are Mount Doom; and the Cracks of Doom are the greedy checkouts ready to swallow up golden credit cards...here you battle not with Gollum but with the packaging of your heavy Groett and Tatt because the barcode is helpfully (inevitably) on the bottom of a box of super-heavy MDF (which tears as you manhandle it over to find the sinister barcode, thus losing the all-important allen key in the process).

The Field of Cormallen is the hotdog stand on the other side. Bliss. Though you have the Scouring of the Shire to get through with the ridiculous loading bay due to the 'no troilleys in the car park' policy, something that could easily have been dreamt up by Saruman.

littlemanpoet · 10-24-2007, 08:46 PM

Going for a long weekend color tour and hitting the colors just at their peak; finding a nice, not too pricey motel; happening upon a curving road we never had been down before, surrounded by maples, oaks, and other trees in full fire of fall color, and it goes on for miles.

Oddwen · 10-25-2007, 10:10 AM

Visits from relatives - almost all my family's back in the homestate, and it's so nice to see them again.

littlemanpoet · 11-03-2007, 10:07 AM

I assign staying up late and getting up late the next morning because there's nothing you need to get up for. Very rare these days. *sigh*

Feanor of the Peredhil · 11-03-2007, 02:46 PM

Days that are perfect for coats and hats and scarves but don't require gloves, with sunlight and leaves on sidewalks and wind that is cold but doesn't insist you be that way too.

Hot soup for lunch in small establishments with live music. Good company. Good tea.

Pumpkin pie!

Autumn makes me happiest of all the seasons.

08-23-2007, 09:39 AM	#2
Finduilas Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Home. Where rolling green hills and clear rivers are practically my backyard. Posts: 595	Ducklings. They are so adorable. (Don't tell me it's the wrong time for this, it's my ducks fault, not mine.) __________________ One (1) book of rules and traffic regulations, which may not be bent or broken. ~ The Phantom Tollbooth

08-30-2007, 10:42 PM	#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	Spontaneous late-night outdoor singing. Being able to sit on pleasantly warm pavement and listen to someone sing and play songs they've written is lovely. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

09-10-2007, 06:28 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Watching really good Rugby when the ball is run with not just kicked ... it is just such a great game when played properly. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-12-2007, 02:43 PM	#7
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I assign whoever decided to sell things like rugs with Dragons on them in IKEA. This is A Very Good Thing. And it even more deserves to go to The Shire because a visit to IKEA is in itself like Frodo's journey...the warehouse section where you try to find the Groett and Tatt parts that you need is Mordor; the towering, bleak shelves which do not contain your needed new chair parts are Mount Doom; and the Cracks of Doom are the greedy checkouts ready to swallow up golden credit cards...here you battle not with Gollum but with the packaging of your heavy Groett and Tatt because the barcode is helpfully (inevitably) on the bottom of a box of super-heavy MDF (which tears as you manhandle it over to find the sinister barcode, thus losing the all-important allen key in the process). The Field of Cormallen is the hotdog stand on the other side. Bliss. Though you have the Scouring of the Shire to get through with the ridiculous loading bay due to the 'no troilleys in the car park' policy, something that could easily have been dreamt up by Saruman. __________________ Gordon's alive!

10-25-2007, 10:10 AM	#9
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	Visits from relatives - almost all my family's back in the homestate, and it's so nice to see them again. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

09-10-2007, 05:35 AM	#5
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	Night strolls.

10-24-2007, 08:46 PM	#8
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Going for a long weekend color tour and hitting the colors just at their peak; finding a nice, not too pricey motel; happening upon a curving road we never had been down before, surrounded by maples, oaks, and other trees in full fire of fall color, and it goes on for miles.

11-03-2007, 10:07 AM	#10
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I assign staying up late and getting up late the next morning because there's nothing you need to get up for. Very rare these days. sigh

11-03-2007, 02:46 PM	#11
Feanor of the Peredhil La Belle Dame sans Merci Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perpetual uncertainty Posts: 5,517	Days that are perfect for coats and hats and scarves but don't require gloves, with sunlight and leaves on sidewalks and wind that is cold but doesn't insist you be that way too. Hot soup for lunch in small establishments with live music. Good company. Good tea. Pumpkin pie! Autumn makes me happiest of all the seasons. __________________ peace