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I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ☼ Gem. ☼
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Update:
As promised, Gems has restarted on November 1st. We’ll be going back to M-F every week from now on. The series “Bag End to Rivendell” (The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien) Gem #’s 33-54 will be updated on Under 1000 Skies as soon as I have appropriate photos. I appreciate all the photos donated for Gems, and I used as many as I could that suited the hobbit journey. We’ll do this series again next year and by then we should be able to fill in those photos and as well as other walks through Middle Earth with appropriate photos without having to worry about copyright infringement.
Technical Difficulties
We’re experiencing some technical difficulties and will be back November 1st. See you then.
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Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Bag End to Rivendell, Day 17 of 28
Here below is an excerpt from The Journal of Samwise Gamgee, nightly notes he kept while the journey from Bag End to Rivendell. (Based on “Flight to the Ford,” The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Fonstad
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Oct. 9 – Day 17 (3rd from Weathertop): 19 miles
(298)
We’re camped now. Today we followed a wide shallow curving valley. Finally out of those brambles. Mr. Frodo is hanging on but he looks poorly. His eyes are all funny and he doesn’t recognize anyone. It’s like he’s somewhere else.
Bag End to Rivendell
Miles 279-298*
*Milestones based on
The 1st Annual KindSpring Eowyn Challenge
September 23-October 6th on KindSpring.org
MTFMR (Movement-to-Forward-Movement Ratios) on Middle Earth. Translate ALL movement to Middle Earth miles!
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I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Bag End to Rivendell, Day 16 of 28
The Road to Rivendell, Series Day 16/28. Photo by Niki Flow (me). =) Feel free to use it for your Eowyn Challenge group!
Bag End to Rivendell
Miles 260-279*
*Milestones based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Fonstad
The 1st Annual KindSpring Eowyn Challenge
September 23-October 6th on KindSpring.org
MTFMR (Movement-to-Forward-Movement Ratios) on Middle Earth. Translate ALL movement to Middle Earth miles!
The Eowyn Challenge on Facebook (a safe and secret group)
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I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Bag End to Rivendell, Day 15 of 28
Oct. 7 – Day 15 (1st from Weathertop): 19 miles
(7 Oct – 15th Day from the Shire – Dawn) In the night, the Nazgûl attacked. I couldn’t find Mr. Frodo, then I heard him cry out as from far away — strange words they were! Then, when he appeared, he was bad hurt! Strider fought the cursed things off. At full light, we made our way down to the Great Road. As we crossed, we heard the Riders and ran into the brambles. We camp here tonight. Strider says Mr. Frodo’s wound came from a Morgul-blade and is cursed!
from The Journal of Samwise Gamgee by NikiFlow (DotMatrix/Kindspring.org)
Bag End to Rivendell
Miles 241-260*
*Milestones based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Fonstad
The 1st Annual KindSpring Eowyn Challenge
September 23-October 6th on KindSpring.org
MTFMR (Movement-to-Forward-Movement Ratios) on Middle Earth. Translate ALL movement to Middle Earth miles!
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I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Bag End to Rivendell, Day 14 of 28
From The Journal of Samwise Gamgee by NikiFlow (DotMatrix/Kindspring.org)
Bag End to Rivendell
Miles 229-241*
*Milestones based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Fonstad
The 1st Annual KindSpring Eowyn Challenge
September 23-October 6th on KindSpring.org
MTFMR (Movement-to-Forward-Movement Ratios) on Middle Earth. Translate ALL movement to Middle Earth miles!
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Bag End to Rivendell
Oct. 5 – Day 13 (6th from Bree): 18 miles
“For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Mile 229 – Weather Foothills
We’ve reached the Weather Hills. We’ll climb tomorrow. Tonight we make camp. Feels good to rest in clean air without those midges flying all over the place. (from The Journal of Samwise Gamgee)
Bag End to Rivendell
Miles 211-229*
*Milestones based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Fonstad
The 1st Annual KindSpring Eowyn Challenge
September 23-October 6th on KindSpring.org
MTFMR (Movement-to-Forward-Movement Ratios) on Middle Earth. Translate ALL movement to Middle Earth miles!
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Bag End to Rivendell
Miles 194-211*
*Milestones based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Fonstad
The 1st Annual KindSpring Eowyn Challenge
September 23-October 6th on KindSpring.org
MTFMR (Movement-to-Forward-Movement Ratios) on Middle Earth. Translate ALL movement to Middle Earth miles!
Bag End to Rivendell
Oct. 4 – Day 12 (5th from Bree): 17 miles
“It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo, — the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were…But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
Weather Foothills, 12th Day from the Shire
Tonight we camp by a proper stream and trees. Well, the trees are stunted alders but they sure beat the Marsh. The moon is turning her face away and in a week or so the night will be too dark to see much at all. (from The Journal of Samwise Gamgee*)
*Based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Fonstad
The 1st Annual KindSpring Eowyn Challenge
http://www.kindspring.org/challenge/join/716/
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