Tolkien Moments

[Elthir]

 

[Starbrow]

I recently visited the Cave of the Mounds in Wisconsin, USA. I was thinking about the Glittering Caves of Aglarond as I walked through.

 

[LaurelinBearsFruit]

I just did another few hours of gardening yesterday evening (perfect night for it) and had a definite Tolkien/Hobbitish moment looking at my work. It gives me immense pleasure to see all these lovely flowers and veggies, with all the bees, butterflies, and dragonflies they attract and has been a complete labor of love. Not to mention that it seems to have inspired others on my street to start doing some gardening themselves! I think even the Old Gaffer would (hopefully) approve of how things have progressed.

As promised, here is a before/after of my gardening work:

Before:

After:

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Very nice! Flowers are much better than a monoculture lawn-- not just aesthetically, but because it helps our endangered creatures like bees and butterflies.

 

[Elthir]

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[LaurelinBearsFruit]

@Squint-eyed Southerner Yes that was my exact intention! I actually manage native prairies as a big part of my job and was trying to bring some of that home. Long live the pollinators!

And thanks very much!

 

[herlig9]

Found a pic of a cat living in The Shire

 

[LaurelinBearsFruit]

Are you in New Zealand right now!? I am jelly!

 

[Maeglin]

Beautiful garden, Laurelin, very impressive! Makes me jealous that I can't quite get to that level with my own. But hey, I did tend to my garden and lawn today, so I suppose that is Hobbit-ish of me.

 

[LaurelinBearsFruit]

@Maeglin Certainly it is! As long as one tends to their land with the intent of stewarding it and with a love of growing things, then it is Hobbitish in my book.

 

[Elthir]

Found a pic of a cat living in The Shire

I think that's my nuncle Tim!

🐾

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[herlig9]

dwarf

And then there is this lol picture in Snow White remake, to the right meant to replace the dwarves, if this movie makes money i will cry (which is funny because JRR Tolkien and C.S Lewis didnt like the original one by Disney back then since they felt they portrayed the dwarves as too childish). But i think we can agree Gimli is the ultimate bad dwarf!

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

The bottom photos aren't from the movie.

Edit: There's been a lot of back-and-forth on the subject -- the latest seems to be that some of the people in the photos are stand-ins.

 

[Radaghast]

11 Songs Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings​

 

[Radaghast]

The bottom photos aren't from the movie.

Edit: There's been a lot of back-and-forth on the subject -- the latest seems to be that some of the people in the photos are stand-ins.

The one in the Snow White get-up sure is.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

11 Songs Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings​

They just had to put "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" in there, didn't they?🙄

 

[Deimos]

I just did another few hours of gardening yesterday evening (perfect night for it) and had a definite Tolkien/Hobbitish moment looking at my work. It gives me immense pleasure to see all these lovely flowers and veggies, with all the bees, butterflies, and dragonflies they attract and has been a complete labor of love. Not to mention that it seems to have inspired others on my street to start doing some gardening themselves! I think even the Old Gaffer would (hopefully) approve of how things have progressed.

As promised, here is a before/after of my gardening work:

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That IS inspiring ... how long (months? years?) did it take you from "monoculture" lawn to your little corner of the Shire?

 

[Maeglin]

This is from last week, and the picture is not mine (I meant to get one of myself standing in front of it, but when I found the place I was out walking alone while the rest of the family was napping in our hotel room). Anyway...I was very excited when I found this place on our family vacation last week! Sadly, however, when I went in, there was absolutely nothing hobbit-like or Tolkien-ish about it. Just a plain old souvenir / gift shop with all of your usual items. The name and painting on the storefront were very cool, though.