Farewell to hearth and hall

Farewell we call to hearth and hall!
Though wind may blow and rain may fall,
We must away ere break of day
Far over wood and mountain tall. 

 (Lord of the Rings)

This is my last week in my old house beginning. Happy times, stormy times, three children and a little zoo ... My home these past 16 years:

 Farewell 

... to hearth

... and hall

I have been very happy and very lonely in these rooms, developing a hunger for more that finally could not be denied. I am sorry for all the pain I inflicted in going, but it was the right decision.

And when they cut down my forest, I knew that even destiny urged me on ... 

desolation