nails for the discerning tartan lass

**Meggers** · 13th January 12, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by Alan H

Nice sig file, Meghan! I know what it is....

What is it!?

ps, you could do tartan nails and then checkered lips...we could MAYBE try to pass this off as shepherd tartan

http://www.violentlips.com/products/...hite-checkered

**Rob, ClanMacMillan, NM** · 13th January 12, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by MeghanWalker

What is it!?

ps, you could do tartan nails and then checkered lips...we could MAYBE try to pass this off as shepherd tartan

http://www.violentlips.com/products/...hite-checkered

And they're vitamin enhanced too

**Alan H** · 13th January 12, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by MeghanWalker

What is it!?

“Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We'll wander back and home to bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!

Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well!

Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by!

It's a little JRR Tolkien poem.

Part of it was used in the third movie, as Pippin is serving Denethor in the Hall in Minas Tirith. In the soundtrack, it's called "Mist and Shadow" but in fact the poem occurs earlier in the written story. The four Hobbits- Merry, Pippin, Sam and Frodo are walking through the Shire on the way to Bree, near the beginning of the story in the Fellowship of the Ring, and they sing this as a walking song.

Tolkien loved poetry, and I have to say that while most of his verse is very simple, I like nearly all of it. This is a particularly striking example and it resonates with me very strongly.

Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.

Of such things are my dreams... some of them, made.

**Alan H** · 13th January 12, 06:09 PM

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

But this is thread-drift, eh? Back to fingernails!

**ccga3359** · 13th January 12, 06:13 PM

Poetry is like fingernails on a blackboard. There, nice segue back on topic, eh Alan?

**Meggers** · 13th January 12, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by Alan H

“Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We'll wander back and home to bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!

Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well!

Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by!

It's a little JRR Tolkien poem.

Part of it was used in the third movie, as Pippin is serving Denethor in the Hall in Minas Tirith. In the soundtrack, it's called "Mist and Shadow" but in fact the poem occurs earlier in the written story. The four Hobbits- Merry, Pippin, Sam and Frodo are walking through the Shire on the way to Bree, near the beginning of the story in the Fellowship of the Ring, and they sing this as a walking song.

Tolkien loved poetry, and I have to say that while most of his verse is very simple, I like nearly all of it. This is a particularly striking example and it resonates with me very strongly.

Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.

Of such things are my dreams... some of them, made.

Oh, yeah, I definitely know that one! Thats my favorite poem in the books...AND I looooooveeeee the rendition of it in ROTK. I thought yuo meant the hyperlink to my blog. haha. I was really confused as to what was going on.

It was almost as though my brain had been replaced with FINGERNAILS! (another great segue back on topic!)