The Tolkien Coming of Age Club 2 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Raefindel · 10-13-2004, 10:27 PM

Are You planning a visit? I'd be thrilled to trade my rocking chair for a walking sitck!
Or carry a sword instead of a walking stick!

The mushrooms are all over the rainforests. The mornings foggy, the afternoons bright. It's a perfect time for Hobbits and Elves to go walking together.

What's your favorite color, Helen Hobbit?

Mithalwen · 10-14-2004, 11:45 AM

Congratulations for yesterday ... and for enlivening the old folk..... must be some coffee...

Raefindel · 10-14-2004, 12:01 PM

Thank You Mithalwen . We had a nice time.

I posted the coffee recipe on the Arda Recipe Book thread.

Snowdog · 11-08-2004, 09:57 AM

A most excellent recipe it is too! I posted a tater recipe I have grown fond of.

How is everyone here in the Club??

mark12_30 · 11-08-2004, 10:42 AM

Snowdog,

I'm quite well today, thanks. The lungs are working! Always a plus. I had a busy weekend, but got a lot done. Broght in lots of firewood, but it's too warm to start a fire! I'll take it.

Thinking hard about "The Hedged Inn", and hoping it can be made into a fun, useful, enjoyable, and Tolkien-focused ... mission... quest... thing.

Raefindel · 11-08-2004, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Snowdog

A most excellent recipe it is too! I posted a tater recipe I have grown fond of.

How is everyone here in the Club??

Thank You for the compliment, Snowdog . The Tater Recipe sounds delicious, too. When I lived in the south (California, it's near Gondor) I did indeed grow coffee, though, when I moved with my people back North it died in the cold.

I had thought of trying to grow a cocoa plant as well, but someone comvinced me it would never bear fruit as it required a specific insect to polinate it, and it was sadly not indiginous to Gondor.

And as to how I am, I am well, thank You. I have many sewing projects sitting on the sidelines waiting till my house is finished before I begin them. How are you?

Helen, girlfriend, I've gotcha pegged! I kinda had ya figured for a green girl, but I wanted to check. Next time you come out here you can take the green cloak home with you if you want it. Not sure if it's what you're looking for or not, but it doesn't fit me and I don't wear green. Not sure why I made it...

mark12_30 · 11-08-2004, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Raefindel

Helen, girlfriend, I've gotcha pegged! I kinda had ya figured for a green girl, but I wanted to check. Next time you come out here you can take the green cloak home with you if you want it...

**gasp**

Of COURSE I do. And... well, there it is. Golly!

**Fidgets with delight**

...and just so I can find the coffee next time:

Arda Recipe Book

Raefindel · 11-08-2004, 03:32 PM

I'm trying to get Cory to burn those CD's I mentioned, the harp & pennywhistle, but he has so little time and so many things waiting for his attention. I'm just not computer savvy enough to do it myself. Perhaps the little gymnast can do it now. He's in advanced computer class.

I see things all the time and think "Helen would like that!" and "when Helen get's here we can do this together!"

mark12_30 · 11-08-2004, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Raefindel

What's your favorite color, Helen Hobbit?

It depends...

For what?

For a long time now I've been racking my brains on how to make a functional, useful Lorien cloak-- no, not like in the movies, although those were nice enough; I mean one that can actually blend in in the woods or in the fields or in the water or in the fog.

The scots did it with multicolored tartans. By Victorian times there were "hunting " tartans that were woven with greens and blues, or with faded, earthy colors-- essentially "camo" colors appropo for their environs.

Clan Matheson Hunting
Hunting Stewart
Hunting Erskine
Hunting MacKinnon

Would I use tartan? Maybe. Not sure. I've toyed with the idea of using actual camo! But it's not all that attractive for town wear. I want some sort of nice woodsy, leafy pattern. (Like what?? Dunno-- I haven't seen it yet.) I'm thinking more of a reversable cloak, with greys and blues on one side-- or should it be greys and browns?-- and then greens and browns on the other side. Or *something * like that! Both my cloaks are solid color and unlined, and they are rather drafty; Rae's cloaks are always lined and they're cozier.

Hmmmmm, hmmmm.

Hilde Bracegirdle · 11-08-2004, 11:20 AM

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The lungs are working!

You haven't been sick, I hope!

And as for cold? "I reckon it's cold enough today to start a right good fire!" Hilde says eying the rows of specifications books beside her with a rather peculiar gleam in her eye. "Bonfire even, maybe!"

mark12_30 · 11-08-2004, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Hilde Bracegirdle

You haven't been sick, I hope!

I think I've passed seven weeks straight. Antibiotics, steroids, sprays, inhalants, whatnot... I'm tired of financing pharmaceutical heirs and heiress' college educations... but there it is. Breathing cannot be lightly discounted these days. And at the moment, the lungs are working quite well.

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"I reckon it's cold enough today to start a right good fire!" Hilde says eying the rows of specifications books beside her with a rather peculiar gleam in her eye. "Bonfire even, maybe!"

With a nod, mark12_30 glances at the shelves to her left. "Aye. One could get a good bit of heat from them, indeed."

10-13-2004, 10:27 PM	#1
Raefindel Sword of the Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,313	Are You planning a visit? I'd be thrilled to trade my rocking chair for a walking sitck! Or carry a sword instead of a walking stick! The mushrooms are all over the rainforests. The mornings foggy, the afternoons bright. It's a perfect time for Hobbits and Elves to go walking together. What's your favorite color, Helen Hobbit? __________________ Blessed be the Lord my Strength, Who trained my hands for war and my fingers to fight. Psallm 144:1

10-14-2004, 11:45 AM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Congratulations for yesterday ... and for enlivening the old folk..... must be some coffee... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-14-2004, 12:01 PM	#3
Raefindel Sword of the Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,313	Thank You Mithalwen . We had a nice time. I posted the coffee recipe on the Arda Recipe Book thread. __________________ Blessed be the Lord my Strength, Who trained my hands for war and my fingers to fight. Psallm 144:1

11-08-2004, 10:42 AM	#5
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	Snowdog, I'm quite well today, thanks. The lungs are working! Always a plus. I had a busy weekend, but got a lot done. Broght in lots of firewood, but it's too warm to start a fire! I'll take it. Thinking hard about "The Hedged Inn", and hoping it can be made into a fun, useful, enjoyable, and Tolkien-focused ... mission... quest... thing. __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

11-08-2004, 03:32 PM	#8
Raefindel Sword of the Spirit Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,313	I'm trying to get Cory to burn those CD's I mentioned, the harp & pennywhistle, but he has so little time and so many things waiting for his attention. I'm just not computer savvy enough to do it myself. Perhaps the little gymnast can do it now. He's in advanced computer class. I see things all the time and think "Helen would like that!" and "when Helen get's here we can do this together!" __________________ Blessed be the Lord my Strength, Who trained my hands for war and my fingers to fight. Psallm 144:1

11-08-2004, 09:57 AM	#4
Snowdog Emperor of the South Pole Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Western Shore of Lake Evendim Posts: 647	A most excellent recipe it is too! I posted a tater recipe I have grown fond of. How is everyone here in the Club??