My Hobbit hole Part 3
Every now and again I
like to build something or do home repairs. What else is a shed full of tools
for? We have a small dog, a Cavoodle named Gracie, Who, I joking refer
to as my favourite child.
Gracie has a big heart
and since we live on a corner there is a lot of property to protect. There is
nothing Gracie likes to do more than anything (besides tummy tickles) is to
bark angrily at passers-by who dare walk on the other side of the fence. One of
Gracie’s problem is that unfortunately for her, we have a high fence that surrounds the property and she is so small she can’t see what or who it
is, not that matters, she’s happy to tell them that she’s on her side and they
better not come over and try anything.
This can be annoying, but
it’s part of her personality and over time you get used to it and in my case, I
started to feel a bit sorry for my poor pooch.
So I thought I would
remedy the situation. Using a door from an old clothes dryer I found on hard
rubbish, I cut a hole in the fence approximately at Gracie’s height. I thought
the domed glass would help her look beyond the fence and protect her from
larger dogs. This didn’t work as the glass gave a distorted view to the sides
and Gracie wouldn’t use it.
So, I resorted to my
default position when making things in the garden, I made a Hobbit hole.
I removed the dryer domed
door and replaced it with some steel mesh and then spruced up the surrounds to
recreate Bilbo’s hangout. I added a lamp and some flowers and made it all
pretty.
Gracie still won’t use
it.
The OTHER parts of the Hobbit Saga
Hobbits on the Move
My Hobbit House Adventure
Sight seeing in Middle Earth
