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01-23-2010, 01:14 AM | #121 |
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Rendezvoux Peak, aka The Barrow-Downs themselves, aka any other creepy place in ME.
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01-24-2010, 10:25 AM | #122 |
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re:Mnemosyne's post: Too funny! Will definitely *not* show the kids, as they have nightmares enough...
And mind your pony, Loslote.
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01-26-2010, 04:13 AM | #124 |
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The Savegre Valley in Costa Rica was very much like how I've always imagined Rivendell, a beautiful green valley which was a spot of "tamed" (with orchards and stuff - but still rural/not-built-up) countryside surrounded by wilderness.
Several other locations (a range of very misty mountains...) struck me as M-E reminiscent at the time: probably because we saw a tree called the "walking palm" (it really does move - but very slowly, a couple feet per year, up and down the hillsides, by growing more roots on one side and losing them on the other) which made me think of Ents and Huorns. |
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In regards to our recent unprecedented snowfall:
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She is standing. Also: As the children are small and the snow deep, I, a lesser man with a spade, shoveled a path to where we go sledding. For some inexplicable reason, a local with a backhoe decided to clear more of the street. He'd scoop up a bucket of snow and dump it off the street; sometimes more, sometimes less. The piles on the side therefore varied. Though he said that he tried not to cover my shoveled path, he did, and I couldn't help but think that, like the Fellowship, our retreat was now cut off by a large drift. Thankfully I still had my shovel, as no elves or Steward's sons were to be had.
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02-11-2010, 12:39 AM | #126 |
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Alatar, are you near DC or in Michigan? We got quite a few inches yesterday here in New Angmar... I mean, Detroit.
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02-11-2010, 09:50 AM | #127 |
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Pittsburgh. I like the snow, but the hills and bridges make traveling entertaining, especially when some municipalities take a passive "all natural" approach to snow removal.
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02-15-2010, 07:51 PM | #128 |
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To milk the snowfall one more time...
While most other dads were, presumedly, sitting on their couches watching the Olympics while sipping a brew of choice, I was outside with the family for yet another night of 'night sledding.' As we walked to our starting point, my shadow cast a well-padded figure across the new snow bed (yes, we got more ). The disk-like sled that I carried made the figure look like Boromir as he stood warming himself by Gandalf's unnatural fire.
Later, I shared another moment with the Steward's son character as I lugged a little one back through the snow.
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04-02-2010, 06:31 PM | #129 |
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Here are a few Ents I saw running about in my recent travels in the Fangorn Forest. Shame most of them have been cut down by loggers. And by loggers I mean Sauruman of course.
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04-03-2010, 04:44 AM | #130 |
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Wow those are gorgeous photos. You have a talent.
Where exactly is the said Fangorn Forest?
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04-03-2010, 11:15 AM | #131 |
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Wow, those Redwoods are absolutely amazing and I'd love to go to see them. The work of Sauruman indeed to cut them down.
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04-07-2010, 07:04 AM | #134 |
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That redwoods are really amazing man and you captured this nicely with your photography.In photos this looks awesome so how it would be when I will see this in real.I will definitely take visit to this place.
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04-07-2010, 07:55 PM | #135 |
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Actually, it looks just like this. I'm not a professional photographer or anything. Just a plant enthusiast who feels the need to produce photographic proof of every specimen I come across. It's MUCH better in real life!
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06-24-2010, 08:16 AM | #136 |
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Tricksy elves!
Alas, this sign was misleading...
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07-13-2010, 12:14 AM | #137 |
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Lorien is now located in the sky!
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07-13-2010, 05:07 AM | #138 |
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I think of Eärendil when I see the stars
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07-13-2010, 10:09 AM | #139 |
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That must have been heart breaking!
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07-13-2010, 01:26 PM | #141 |
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That is of course a possibility, it could be that if Alatar had looked up he would have witnessed some obscure valar ritual.
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And it is the name of a filming company that was producing a movie nearby.
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In fact, maybe it's time to start a thread on Tolkien names used in companies if there isn't one already.
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07-14-2010, 01:20 AM | #144 |
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I just saw another reference today too! Tolkien is everywhere. Eönwë, I definitely think that we should post a thread, and you are the perfect one to do it!
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09-10-2010, 02:44 PM | #145 |
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Friend of mine, visiting Amsterdam, saw this and thought of me.
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09-10-2010, 06:10 PM | #146 |
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I want that ship. Now would as good a time as any to hand it over.
That also reminds me of a place in Fairbanks, Alaska I used to see quite frequently. I always meant to take a picture but getting around to it took a while. Fairbanks is an enlightened place. Last edited by Laurinquë; 09-10-2010 at 06:16 PM. Reason: too many slugs |
09-12-2010, 07:21 AM | #147 |
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Ah, it would make sense that Elrond packed and moved to Alaska - remote, rural, rugged.
And I'll send that ship a sailing as soon as you send some shillings (for shipping).
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09-15-2010, 05:55 PM | #148 |
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I'll have to hunt up a couple photos that had Middle-earth relevance to me. One was the Midgewater Marshes, another was a valley in Hollin, and another was some old ruins of Arnor.
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09-15-2010, 05:56 PM | #149 |
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Hollin looking east
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10-25-2010, 06:51 PM | #150 |
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Well, I actually live in a place something like Rivendell with the colors of the trees in the fall. We have only one waterfall here though I don't have pictures currently, but when I get my camera fixed I'll snap a few for ya.
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I went on a school trip to Iceland, so:
Jökulsárlón, aka Helcaraxë:
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05-22-2011, 08:34 PM | #152 |
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This April me and my family went to a cottage near Lake Simcoe, and there were some things that reminded me of ME.
Some specific stuff - The first two pics are the Dead Marshes. Just imagine that those beaver-stumps are torches. The third one is Durin's Stone - it looked more like one before I took the picture; the water was dark and opaque. Less specific - Just photos of this place in general. Overall looked like a cross beteen Midgewater and Dead Marshes.
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http://nerwen20.deviantart.com/#/d3hi3sj
This one looks Shirish as well. Or maybe Breeish. Galadriel, I see you changed yor sig as well as your avvie. I had to look at your profile to make sure its you.
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11-19-2011, 06:45 PM | #154 |
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Not seeing ME, but hearing it...
Recently I discovered that the Rohirric tongue reminds me of Ukrainian. Probably because of the abundance of e and y sounds. But maybe that's just because that is how I see Ukranian as compared to Russian...
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11-20-2011, 06:17 AM | #155 |
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Maybe also Ukraine reminds you of Rohan, because of those wide plains... being roamed by the Cossacks on horseback.
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11-20-2011, 08:50 AM | #156 |
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Yes, that too.
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12-06-2011, 04:47 PM | #157 |
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Sadly, I've nothing to contribute myself, as I don't get out much (and when I do, it's to urban areas - and not even especially Mordor-esque ones!) but Eonwe's picture of the Helcaraxe is marvelous.
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06-26-2013, 03:06 PM | #158 |
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Party tree at my cousin's wedding.http://db.tt/h7U4uKx0
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06-26-2013, 03:12 PM | #159 |
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That's lovely! Was Bilbo's Party Tree inside the tent? I can't remember ....
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It was. Bilbo gives his speech under it. This tree was hung withfairy lights not lanterns and the guests wrote messages on little card butterflies and tied them to the tree.
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