What do you "assign" to the Shire? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 05-08-2005, 07:40 PM

I feel we could stand to balance the negative
of Mordorian assignments with something more positive.
The contrast to Mordor
is not Valinor,
which is beyond the girth
of Middle Earth.
It's the Shire.
So in case you tire
of assigning from your ire
to Mordor, you might desire
to give some thought
to what you're quite sure ought
to be in the idyllic Shire.

I'll start.

Groves of tall trees never to be cut down.

Neighborhoods in which people passing by greet each other as a matter of course.

mormegil · 05-08-2005, 09:18 PM

People who are willing to help for no public recognition or money

Gil-Galad · 05-09-2005, 07:20 AM

All my lady-friends from the downs of course...

Lalwendë · 05-09-2005, 07:54 AM

Cold, malty ales freshly hand pulled from oak barrels, served in heavy glass tankards?

Vast trenchers brimming with succulent roast beef, strong cheeses and fresh crusty bread?

Large chocolate cakes with chunks of fudge and with rich, foaming cream just falling out from the centres?

And then a nice soft lawn under a shady tree, beside a babbling brook, the perfect place to sleep it all off?

Oddwen · 05-09-2005, 09:22 AM

Hobbits, of course.

Mithalwen · 05-09-2005, 11:24 AM

Dry cider and soft red wines.

Welsh butter.

Homemade marmalade - not too sweet.

Toad in the hole

Treacle pudding

(Well I think they would like a lot of food..)

Tabby & tortoiseshell cats -if the fine breeds are destined for Mordor let the Shire have down to earth moggies.

Larkspur and bluebells cornflowers and poppies - typical country garden and woodland/meadow flowers. The sort you usually can't buy.

Down duvets and pillows

Huge, squishy sofas and sheepskin cushions.

"Traditional Afternoon" tea

"The Archers" and Radio 4

I am going to stop now since I can hear the Elgar Cello Concerto playing.......

wilwarin538 · 05-09-2005, 03:25 PM

Every member of the downs.

All the teachers who passed me.

All members of the downs.

The colour blue.

Happy faces.

Did I mention all the downers!

Nimrodel_9 · 05-09-2005, 05:03 PM

Flowers, music, poetry, books, late nights, late mornings, and the smell of cookies baking?

Encaitare · 05-09-2005, 05:10 PM

Libraries. Forget cellar door; public library are two of the most beautiful words in the world.

Elianna · 05-09-2005, 07:19 PM

My big brother telling me bedtime stories in his deep bass voice, or my big sister who is Lúthien...

Just bed time stories in general. Grand adventure, eucatastrophe, and "happily ever after, till the end of his days..."

Home-made banana nut bread, still warm from the oven.

mormegil · 05-10-2005, 10:19 AM

Tolkien and his all his works

Anguirel · 05-10-2005, 10:40 AM

Lots of things I love just don't seem appropriate for the Shire. I can't really see the Gaffer much appreciating Anthony and Cleopatra...I'm more of a Grey Havens or Lothlorien type really...

However, elderflower cake.
Eggs so orange-yolked you think there's a fire.
Good stilton.
Courgettes and their golden flowers.
Lemon curd.
Hog roasts.

What, you say, something non-edible? Alright, if you insist. Punts. A perfect way to travel down the Brandywine (though preferably with someone else doing the work...)

Gil-Galad · 05-10-2005, 04:54 PM

Not to be a jerk but it was Antony and Cleopatra, a simple mistake i can assure you that

Celebuial · 05-11-2005, 02:29 AM

Hmmmmmmm....

Chocolate eclairs

Really big bath tubs

Lots of Bubble bath

Books to read in the bath

Kingsize beds

Pillows

Elianna · 05-11-2005, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celebuial

Pillows

And of course Pillow fights.

Lathriel · 05-11-2005, 04:55 PM

Ice cream !!!!!!

Books

Sunshine

Fellow tolkienites

of course libraries too

Celebuial · 05-16-2005, 07:00 AM

How about giant libraries full with all the Tolkien and Tolkien related book's ever written, that have sofa's and kingsize beds and pillows and allow food and pillow fights as long as the book's aren't harmed? And maybe special bathrooms so you can read in the bath? And big window's to let all the light in? That sound's like a good way to sum everything up, what do ya think?

Elonve · 05-22-2005, 10:47 PM

Song, dance, ale!

Homemade butter like mama makes it...

warm fresh "hearth" brown bread.

soup... especially mushroom!

scones and clotted cream.

sitting in front of the fire while torents of rain fall from the sky cuddeled up on your loved ones lap with the dog at your feet and a blanket over all of you while reading poetry to each other and sipping hot cocoa with little marshmellows and whipped cream on top.

fresh organic vegetables.

having a picnic on a clear full moon night...

roast chicken with tiny crisp potatoes and sweet carrots around the chicken. with stuffing of waterchestnuts and wild honey and bread ... gravy of course...

steamed puddings

i can go on and on!

Elly
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Eomer of the Rohirrim · 05-27-2005, 04:06 PM

Perhaps redundant because the Shire will already have it but.....

Peace and quiet.

That is the best.

Evisse the Blue · 05-29-2005, 03:39 PM

Chocolate that you melt in a cup of hot coffee with milk.

Quiet summer evenings.

The scent of lilac flowers.

The scent of freshly mown grass.

Fresh fruits.

Fresh air. (truly fresh and unpolluted, rare thing, nowadays. Of course, the Shire will have that on its own, but I'll send it just to be sure ;D).

Fluffy creatures.

Irish music.

Kath · 05-29-2005, 03:52 PM

Hot chocolate on a really cold day.

Everything soft and peaceful.

Sunshine.

Grass and greenery.

Happiness.

Orominuialwen · 05-29-2005, 06:50 PM

Brat Fest. Four days devoted entirely to the consumption of sausage (brats, otherwise known as bratwurst) to raise money for charity. I just got home from 5 hours of wrapping brats...

Larien Telemnar · 05-29-2005, 07:39 PM

Reading a good book by a warm fire with a warm cup of tea.

Getting a letter from a long lost friend.

Kittens.

Puppies!

Babies of all kinds!

Chocolate: Light, Milk, Dark, White, any kind!

Cooking, and eating good food!

Friends and friendly get togethers.

Card Games.

Boiled Eggs.

No Orcs!

People who make you smile and feel better after feeling really bad all day! Thanks all!

Elonve · 05-30-2005, 11:00 PM

Bailieys Irish cream!

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Mad Baggins · 06-02-2005, 08:56 PM

Large comfortable, cushy chairs and large comfortable, cushy ottomans.

Fresh, clean, crisp vegetables and fruit.

Cheesecake.

Roaring fires and blankets to curl up in on a cold night.

A cool pond to swim in.

Many, many friends.

Elonve · 06-02-2005, 11:06 PM

fish 'n' chips (with vinegar!)

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Larien Telemnar · 06-04-2005, 07:49 PM

Food!

Mushrooms!

Goats milk!

Steak!

Meat!

Apples!

(I'm hungry, can you tell?

uh, fish 'n' chips with vinegar?)

littlemanpoet · 06-05-2005, 06:28 AM

I take it, Larien Telemnar, that you are not British, nor live on the east coast of the U.S.? Fish and chips (with vinegar) is a British favorite, comparable to the U.S. predilection for a burger and fries. Or maybe that's a bad example. Pizza and beer? Oh, that's another import. um...... I think you get the idea....

Garen LiLorian · 06-05-2005, 04:36 PM

Antique books
Leather armchairs
Fireplaces
Big dogs (in front of the fireplaces)
Rooms that contain the above
The sort of New-England/European/English thing of having really narrow streets lined with actual houses
Irish Coffee

Larien Telemnar · 06-05-2005, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

I take it, Larien Telemnar, that you are not British, nor live on the east coast of the U.S.?

Noop, I live in the midwest. I've only left the state a few times, but I hope to visit other countries someday! Yep, this Hobbit's going on adventures!

Peace.

Quiet.

Round Doors.

Strider · 06-06-2005, 02:27 AM

Simplicity.

Orominuialwen · 06-06-2005, 05:19 PM

Warm apple pie

Big mugs of whole milk

Window seats

Waking up late on a Saturday morning with the sun streaming in through an open window on to your pillow.

Ceili dancing

Instrumental folk music

Violins and mandolins

Lemonade

Lying in the grass under a tree, reading

Wildflowers

Sausages

The Ragg. It reminds me of the Springle-Ring.

Encaitare · 06-06-2005, 07:42 PM

Finding a particularly soft patch of grass.

Lying on the lawn with one's friends and lounging doing nothing in particular.

Children with big eyes and big smiles.

Elonve · 06-06-2005, 11:21 PM

what i imagine vienna to be like.

perfect

beautiful cobble stone streets with ancient beautiful houses of arcitextural wonder...

or like The Beacon in penryth

________
Headshop

Holbytlass · 07-02-2005, 10:53 PM

funny people that share stories of their past and you laugh so deep and hearty that your sides ache.
children
chocolate
rollercoasters

Lhunardawen · 07-03-2005, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larien Telemnar

Chocolate: Light, Milk, Dark, White, any kind!

Unfortunately, white chocolate has been sent to Mordor.

There's only one thing I can think of right now...bubbles!

Holbytlass · 07-03-2005, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

Unfortunately, white chocolate has been sent to Mordor.

Muwahaha- by yours truly

I didn't mention it here because I was trying to keep things upbeat!

Estelyn Telcontar · 07-03-2005, 09:09 AM

I would assign patchwork and quilts to the Shire. With the Hobbits' love of bright colours and comfortable things, I can well imagine them sewing leftover bits of their clothing fabrics into cheerful patterns for blankets and other things. There would be cotton calicos for the summer, cozy wools for the winter, and the scraps of velvet (from the rich Hobbits' clothes) would be made into decorative crazy quilts, like those in Victorian days.

Quilting bees are a sociable activity I could easily imagine taking place in the Shire. At first thought, one might wonder if they'd have time to sew, what with meal preparation taking up so much of their day, but since the families were large, I'm sure some of them were able to pursue other handcrafts. I can see the Hobbit women and girls sitting around a quilting frame, gossiping about Bilbo's quirks or whether Rosie wasn't going to look for another fellow soon, now that that Samwise chap had disappeared so long - and the fact that the armour Merry and Pippin wore must be horribly uncomfortable and heavy...

I'm sure Tolkien would have approved, as he was all for handcrafts instead of industrial production!

Lathriel · 07-08-2005, 06:45 PM

This message should be sent to the Shire. My granparents are becoming hooked on LOTR!!!!!

Lhunardawen · 09-01-2005, 02:26 AM

Is it just me, or did anybody else wonder why a lot more are being sent to Mordor than to the Shire? Is the world generally filled with things that belong to Mordor?

I admit to being quite an active poster in the "What do you assign to Mordor?" thread. Every simple annoying thing in my life I send to Mordor, when I find the time. But the other day, while I was contemplating whether or not to send a certain very Mordor-worthy something to the Black Land, a thought came to me so hard I could have touched it. (

) Isn't there something in bad things that could make them more appropriately sent to the Shire instead?

Just a thought.

[/rant]

Now that I'm trying to turn over a new leaf, I'd like to send parents and their children to the Shire. Perhaps the serene environment will give them the opportunity to understand each other.

Or maybe just Fea and Sauce.

05-08-2005, 07:40 PM	#1
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	What do you "assign" to the Shire? I feel we could stand to balance the negative of Mordorian assignments with something more positive. The contrast to Mordor is not Valinor, which is beyond the girth of Middle Earth. It's the Shire. So in case you tire of assigning from your ire to Mordor, you might desire to give some thought to what you're quite sure ought to be in the idyllic Shire. I'll start. Groves of tall trees never to be cut down. Neighborhoods in which people passing by greet each other as a matter of course.

05-08-2005, 09:18 PM	#2
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	People who are willing to help for no public recognition or money __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

05-09-2005, 07:20 AM	#3
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	All my lady-friends from the downs of course... __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

05-09-2005, 07:54 AM	#4
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Cold, malty ales freshly hand pulled from oak barrels, served in heavy glass tankards? Vast trenchers brimming with succulent roast beef, strong cheeses and fresh crusty bread? Large chocolate cakes with chunks of fudge and with rich, foaming cream just falling out from the centres? And then a nice soft lawn under a shady tree, beside a babbling brook, the perfect place to sleep it all off? __________________ Gordon's alive!

05-09-2005, 09:22 AM	#5
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,145	Hobbits, of course. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

05-09-2005, 11:24 AM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Dry cider and soft red wines. Welsh butter. Homemade marmalade - not too sweet. Toad in the hole Treacle pudding (Well I think they would like a lot of food..) Tabby & tortoiseshell cats -if the fine breeds are destined for Mordor let the Shire have down to earth moggies. Larkspur and bluebells cornflowers and poppies - typical country garden and woodland/meadow flowers. The sort you usually can't buy. Down duvets and pillows Huge, squishy sofas and sheepskin cushions. "Traditional Afternoon" tea "The Archers" and Radio 4 I am going to stop now since I can hear the Elgar Cello Concerto playing....... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

05-09-2005, 03:25 PM	#7
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	Every member of the downs. All the teachers who passed me. All members of the downs. The colour blue. Happy faces. Did I mention all the downers! __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

05-09-2005, 05:03 PM	#8
Nimrodel_9 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 734	Flowers, music, poetry, books, late nights, late mornings, and the smell of cookies baking? __________________ .:A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart:.

05-09-2005, 05:10 PM	#9
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Libraries. Forget cellar door; public library are two of the most beautiful words in the world.

05-09-2005, 07:19 PM	#10
Elianna Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ad finem itineris Posts: 384	My big brother telling me bedtime stories in his deep bass voice, or my big sister who is Lúthien... Just bed time stories in general. Grand adventure, eucatastrophe, and "happily ever after, till the end of his days..." Home-made banana nut bread, still warm from the oven. __________________ Enyale cuilenya, ú-enyale mandenya.

05-10-2005, 10:19 AM	#11
mormegil Maundering Mage Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,651	Tolkien and his all his works __________________ “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

05-10-2005, 10:40 AM	#12
Anguirel Byronic Brand Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 1590s Posts: 2,778	Lots of things I love just don't seem appropriate for the Shire. I can't really see the Gaffer much appreciating Anthony and Cleopatra...I'm more of a Grey Havens or Lothlorien type really... However, elderflower cake. Eggs so orange-yolked you think there's a fire. Good stilton. Courgettes and their golden flowers. Lemon curd. Hog roasts. What, you say, something non-edible? Alright, if you insist. Punts. A perfect way to travel down the Brandywine (though preferably with someone else doing the work...) __________________ Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter -Il Lupo Fenriso

05-10-2005, 04:54 PM	#13
Gil-Galad Psyche of Prince Immortal Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis Posts: 4,734	Not to be a jerk but it was Antony and Cleopatra, a simple mistake i can assure you that __________________ Love doesn't blow up and get killed.

05-11-2005, 02:29 AM	#14
Celebuial Wight Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cardiff during term time/Leicester in the holl's Posts: 129	Hmmmmmmm.... Chocolate eclairs Really big bath tubs Lots of Bubble bath Books to read in the bath Kingsize beds Pillows __________________ Ú cilith ‘war. Ú men ‘war. Boe min mebi. Boe min bango.

05-11-2005, 04:55 PM	#16
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	Ice cream !!!!!! Books Sunshine Fellow tolkienites of course libraries too __________________ Back again

05-16-2005, 07:00 AM	#17
Celebuial Wight Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cardiff during term time/Leicester in the holl's Posts: 129	How about giant libraries full with all the Tolkien and Tolkien related book's ever written, that have sofa's and kingsize beds and pillows and allow food and pillow fights as long as the book's aren't harmed? And maybe special bathrooms so you can read in the bath? And big window's to let all the light in? That sound's like a good way to sum everything up, what do ya think? __________________ Ú cilith ‘war. Ú men ‘war. Boe min mebi. Boe min bango.

05-22-2005, 10:47 PM	#18
Elonve Wight Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Where the stars go blue. Posts: 153	Song, dance, ale! Homemade butter like mama makes it... warm fresh "hearth" brown bread. soup... especially mushroom! scones and clotted cream. sitting in front of the fire while torents of rain fall from the sky cuddeled up on your loved ones lap with the dog at your feet and a blanket over all of you while reading poetry to each other and sipping hot cocoa with little marshmellows and whipped cream on top. fresh organic vegetables. having a picnic on a clear full moon night... roast chicken with tiny crisp potatoes and sweet carrots around the chicken. with stuffing of waterchestnuts and wild honey and bread ... gravy of course... steamed puddings i can go on and on! Elly ________ Anal black Last edited by Elonve; 04-09-2011 at 05:57 PM.

05-27-2005, 04:06 PM	#19
Eomer of the Rohirrim Auspicious Wraith Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 4,859	Perhaps redundant because the Shire will already have it but..... Peace and quiet. That is the best. __________________ Los Ingobernables de Harlond

05-29-2005, 03:39 PM	#20
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Chocolate that you melt in a cup of hot coffee with milk. Quiet summer evenings. The scent of lilac flowers. The scent of freshly mown grass. Fresh fruits. Fresh air. (truly fresh and unpolluted, rare thing, nowadays. Of course, the Shire will have that on its own, but I'll send it just to be sure ;D). Fluffy creatures. Irish music. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

05-29-2005, 03:52 PM	#21
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Hot chocolate on a really cold day. Everything soft and peaceful. Sunshine. Grass and greenery. Happiness. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

05-29-2005, 06:50 PM	#22
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	Brat Fest. Four days devoted entirely to the consumption of sausage (brats, otherwise known as bratwurst) to raise money for charity. I just got home from 5 hours of wrapping brats... __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.)

05-29-2005, 07:39 PM	#23
Larien Telemnar Wight Join Date: May 2005 Location: Frogmorton, The Shire, Middle-Earth Posts: 110	Reading a good book by a warm fire with a warm cup of tea. Getting a letter from a long lost friend. Kittens. Puppies! Babies of all kinds! Chocolate: Light, Milk, Dark, White, any kind! Cooking, and eating good food! Friends and friendly get togethers. Card Games. Boiled Eggs. No Orcs! People who make you smile and feel better after feeling really bad all day! Thanks all! __________________ Oh look! It's a Blog!! What's it do? Pushes button Hammer zings out SPLAT! Flat Hobbit Oh! So that's what it does! Moan

05-30-2005, 11:00 PM	#24
Elonve Wight Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Where the stars go blue. Posts: 153	Bailieys Irish cream! ________ The girls next door forum Last edited by Elonve; 04-09-2011 at 05:58 PM.

06-02-2005, 08:56 PM	#25
Mad Baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: A place where after thunder golden showers come falling like a rain of flowers. Posts: 371	Large comfortable, cushy chairs and large comfortable, cushy ottomans. Fresh, clean, crisp vegetables and fruit. Cheesecake. Roaring fires and blankets to curl up in on a cold night. A cool pond to swim in. Many, many friends. __________________ I like buying snacks from a vending machine because food is better when it falls. Sometimes at the grocery, I'll drop a candy bar so that it will achieve its maximum flavor potential.

06-02-2005, 11:06 PM	#26
Elonve Wight Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Where the stars go blue. Posts: 153	fish 'n' chips (with vinegar!) el ________ CALIFORNIA MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY Last edited by Elonve; 04-09-2011 at 05:58 PM.

06-04-2005, 07:49 PM	#27
Larien Telemnar Wight Join Date: May 2005 Location: Frogmorton, The Shire, Middle-Earth Posts: 110	Food! Mushrooms! Goats milk! Steak! Meat! Apples! (I'm hungry, can you tell? uh, fish 'n' chips with vinegar?) __________________ Oh look! It's a Blog!! What's it do? Pushes button Hammer zings out SPLAT! Flat Hobbit Oh! So that's what it does! Moan

06-05-2005, 06:28 AM	#28
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	I take it, Larien Telemnar, that you are not British, nor live on the east coast of the U.S.? Fish and chips (with vinegar) is a British favorite, comparable to the U.S. predilection for a burger and fries. Or maybe that's a bad example. Pizza and beer? Oh, that's another import. um...... I think you get the idea....

06-05-2005, 04:36 PM	#29
Garen LiLorian Wight Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The frigid white wilderness of the Midwest Posts: 235	Antique books Leather armchairs Fireplaces Big dogs (in front of the fireplaces) Rooms that contain the above The sort of New-England/European/English thing of having really narrow streets lined with actual houses Irish Coffee __________________ This is my quest, to follow that star; no matter how hopeless, no matter how far. To fight for the right, without question or pause. To be willing to march into Hell for a Heavenly cause! -Man of La Mancha

06-06-2005, 02:27 AM	#31
Strider Newly Deceased Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 10	Simplicity.

06-06-2005, 05:19 PM	#32
Orominuialwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Umbar, but before the corsairs took over. (Ave Maria University, FL, USA) Posts: 632	Warm apple pie Big mugs of whole milk Window seats Waking up late on a Saturday morning with the sun streaming in through an open window on to your pillow. Ceili dancing Instrumental folk music Violins and mandolins Lemonade Lying in the grass under a tree, reading Wildflowers Sausages The Ragg. It reminds me of the Springle-Ring. __________________ Gone for lentSeeyou at Easter! (And on Sundays too, maybe.) Last edited by Orominuialwen; 06-06-2005 at 05:27 PM. Reason: Had to add more

06-06-2005, 07:42 PM	#33
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Finding a particularly soft patch of grass. Lying on the lawn with one's friends and lounging doing nothing in particular. Children with big eyes and big smiles.

06-06-2005, 11:21 PM	#34
Elonve Wight Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Where the stars go blue. Posts: 153	what i imagine vienna to be like. perfect beautiful cobble stone streets with ancient beautiful houses of arcitextural wonder... or like The Beacon in penryth ________ Headshop Last edited by Elonve; 04-09-2011 at 05:59 PM.

07-02-2005, 10:53 PM	#35
Holbytlass Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Party Tree Posts: 1,042	funny people that share stories of their past and you laugh so deep and hearty that your sides ache. children chocolate rollercoasters __________________ Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII

07-03-2005, 09:09 AM	#38
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I would assign patchwork and quilts to the Shire. With the Hobbits' love of bright colours and comfortable things, I can well imagine them sewing leftover bits of their clothing fabrics into cheerful patterns for blankets and other things. There would be cotton calicos for the summer, cozy wools for the winter, and the scraps of velvet (from the rich Hobbits' clothes) would be made into decorative crazy quilts, like those in Victorian days. Quilting bees are a sociable activity I could easily imagine taking place in the Shire. At first thought, one might wonder if they'd have time to sew, what with meal preparation taking up so much of their day, but since the families were large, I'm sure some of them were able to pursue other handcrafts. I can see the Hobbit women and girls sitting around a quilting frame, gossiping about Bilbo's quirks or whether Rosie wasn't going to look for another fellow soon, now that that Samwise chap had disappeared so long - and the fact that the armour Merry and Pippin wore must be horribly uncomfortable and heavy... I'm sure Tolkien would have approved, as he was all for handcrafts instead of industrial production! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

07-08-2005, 06:45 PM	#39
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	This message should be sent to the Shire. My granparents are becoming hooked on LOTR!!!!! __________________ Back again