Thranduil

Thranduil The Woodland King

October 6

The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 6:

Thorin requests supplies (1341)
Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop (1418)
The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded (1418)
They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain (1419)
Frodo is again ill (1420)
Samwise returns to Bag End (1421)

September 24

Today in Middle-earth, September 24
September 24th, 2008 by grammaboodawg

September 24, 2008
The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on September 24:

Bilbo nurses a bad cold (1341)
Gandalf leaves unexpectedly (1401)
Gandalf crosses the Isen (1418)
The Hobbits cross the Shire (1418)
They meet Gildor and the High Elves travelling through the Shire (1418)

September 24, 2941 (S.R. 1341)
(from Karen Wynn Fonstad, The Atlas of Middle-earth-no text)
1. Bilbo nurses a bad cold as he and the Dwarves enjoy the hospitality and praise of Lake-town.

September 24, 3001 (S.R. 1401)
2. Gandalf leaves unexpectedly.
(not from the appendices-tiny no text)

Frodo began to recover from the excitement and fury of the Party and distribution of gifts.
(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 69 FotR)

September 24, 3018 (S.R. 1418)
1. Gandalf crosses the Isen.
(from the appendices-no text)
Shadowfax raced across the vast leagues between the land of the Rohirrim and the Northern Realm. Gandalf reached the River Isen as the hobbits leisurely made their way across the Shire.
(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 344-345 FotR)

2. The Hobbits cross the Shire.
(not from the appendices)
“Frodo woke up first, and found that a tree-root had made a hole in his back, and that his neck was stiff. ‘Walking for pleasure! Why didn’t I drive?’ he thought, as he usually did at the beginning of an expedition.”
(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 108 FotR)

3. They meet Gildor and the High Elves travelling through the Shire.
(not from the appendices)
“The song ended. ‘And now to bed! And now to bed’ sang Pippin in a high voice.
‘Hush!’ said Frodo. ‘I think I hear hoofs again.’
They stopped suddenly and stood as silent as tree-shadows, listening.”
(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 116-124 FotR)

Photo Shoot Test Run

Tom and I went to Indiana, this weekend, first and foremost to visit Grandma and Papa, but also to take some test shots of us in our Lord of the Ring costumes. I wanted to get an idea of how we look in them. Of course, trying to get everything together, I ended up forgetting the most important items! My costumes! I'm wearing Timmy's costume. Which initially I wanted to, but then I thought of changing off. Getting a chance to try on all the costumes. But I grabbed the wrong ones. I have a beautiful Gandalf costume, that I had hand made just for me. It sat under my bed. And I also have a medieval Prince Costume, no one has seen and I've never worn. I really wanted to try that one out. Oh well next time, this was only a test run. My thought is to put together a photo portfolio that I can send out to The Producers of The Hobbit, so they can at least get an idea, of how I will look in costume! It did not go as well as I hoped. Its so hard to direct from in front of the camera. I had Mom trying to snap the pics. She did fine, but I hate my hair, she didn't pay attention to the important details! Different set of pictures are over on Flickr.

Frodo dont wear the Ring

From the Flight of The Conchords. Hysterical. Interestingly enough one of these guys was actually in The fellowship of the Ring and The Return of The King. He played an Elf, whom fans dubbed Figwit.