My husband, aka Gandalf, going through the hobbit door. 🙂
Clonmacnoise, Ireland
Hobbit Door
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Tag Archives: The Hobbit
Good Morning
“Do you wish me a good morning,
or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not;
or that you feel good this morning;
or that it is a morning to be good on?”
~Gandalf, The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
You and I can ponder on this for a while, or maybe not, or maybe just for a brief moment. Whatever path your feet are upon today, may God smooth your way. Slainte, Lisa
“As Kind As Summer”
Some of you know that I’m re-reading “The Hobbit” by Tolkien. Bilbo and company have just left Rivendell, and are heading out past the Edge of the Wild. A description of Elrond, the chief elf at Rivendell, struck me. Tolkien said he was “as kind as summer.” Sometimes words just hit you, and the way that they are ordered and phrased play around in your mind.
As kind as summer:
cooling breeze on a sweltering day
running outside without shoes and coats
splashing in an obliging ocean or pool
sipping a cool drink on a shady porch in a rocking chair
holding hands outside gazing at the stars
having time to lay back and just relax
greens and blues and yellow sun, white puffy clouds
picnics on blankets and looking for four-leaf clovers afterwards
a break from normal
As autumn is here, it’s kind of nice to look fondly back at the summer we had, and the summer we will look forward to returning. Meanwhile, I’ll enjoy the changing colors, and kicking the leaves, and sipping on a warm tea. Slainte, Lisa
….If you have any words to share about “kind summer”, please do. 🙂
The Misty Mountains
With “The Hobbit” movie coming out soon, I am feeling Tolkien-minded as I look at this picture of the ascent of Carrantuohill in Ireland. If you stretch your imagination a bit, you can almost see Bilbo Baggins and his dwarf companions as they make their way on their great adventure.
“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.” (Gandalf)
I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!” (Bilbo)
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
Now I have put myself quite in a mind to re-read The Hobbit. For about the seventh time, but that’s ok, right? 🙂 Slainte, Lisa
