Fall Pictures

Ahoy!
Rather busy with school and I should really be studying for a math quiz this morning, but whatever. Thought I'd take a minute or two to chuck a few pictures up.

 Welcome to Hobbitvale in autumn! :) I'm a little suprised the marigolds aren't toast yet - we've had a few frosts already. This also presents a good picture of my 'walls' - they can be furled up during the day to let the sun and breeze in, and let down overnight to keep - well, I'm not really sure what they do during the night, but I put them down anyway. It feels just a bit more secure having something between me and the woods even if it's only a bedsheet.

So I'm not a particularly tidy housekeeper, as you can see. Fortunately I don't have enough stuff down there to make it really messy, but there's enough to clutter up the table. There's a jug of clean water, a soap dish, a metal can which holds my night light candle (I keep it lit mostly so there's fire between me and the doorway overnight - and it makes the roof look sooo cool at twilight!), a candle with a glass case that you can walk around with, sort of like a lantern, an anti-bear weapon, and a few books.  I've found that the rafters above my bed make a good place to store books too.

I've slept down there for six nights - all in one stretch about two weeks ago. Hopefully I'll get out there again tonight - it's only supposed to go down to about 10C so I can't use the excuse of 'too cold'. :P Besides, I'm going to start using a big sleeping bag rather than just blankets - they always fall off at 4am anyway.

One last picture of the hobbit house from behind. Yeah, I know it stands out like a sore thumb, but... well, it will be perfect in winter. :) No time to put dirt on the roof now anyway.

Well, I'd better go!

->cousins:   Beautiful pictures, Mike! lol good word choice on 'the golden hour'. It looks like Rivendell at sunset. :) And congratulations on the running, Wendy! When do you start marathons?

cheers!