The sound of running and falling water was loud, and the evening was filled with a faint scent of trees and flowers, as if summer still lingered in Elrond's gardens. (Fellowship of the Ring, “Many Meetings”)

Arrow River, one of the locations used for the Ford of Bruinen scene (Black Rider's side of the river, the side with Arwen and Frodo was ( Read more... )

Create a fanwork that includes an animal that lives in or near the water (fish, whale, seabird, or whatever you like)I have so many photos that would fit the prompt but unfortunately none that's also LOTR related. Most of them were taken in between locations, or during my first and lasts days in NZ. However I managed to find those little guys ( Read more... )

Then Aragorn took the crown and held it up and said:

Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta!

And those were the words that Elendil spoke when he came up out of the Sea on the wings of the wind: ‘Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the ( Read more... )

And the music and the echo of the music went out into the Void, and it was not void. Never since have the Ainur made any music like to this music, though it has been said that a greater still shall be made before Ilúvatar by the choirs of the Ainur and the Children of Ilúvatar after the end of days. (The Silmarillion, “Ainulindale”)The Ainur aren't ( Read more... )

Since I don’t have the skills or the time to participate as much as I’d like when we get daily prompts for B2MeM, I decided to do something different. While I’ll still try to create as much fanart as I can, I figured another way to participate more often this year. I’ll share some photos of my trip to New Zealand (!!!) last December. It might be ( Read more... )