I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Photo by Corn Freak, Pixabay
“Find your pack. Love them hard.” –Nicole Huguenin
Nicole is one of our top-contributing photographers to under1000skies.org since Year 1. She’s also Continue reading
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Photo “Walk In the Park” by Olle August, Pixabay. Quote courtesy of TC. Thank you both. ♡.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
Photo © Alisa Reagan. Used with permission. Thank you! ♥.
“I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen
Of meadow flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
In autumns that there were
With morning mist and silver sun
And wind upon my hair
I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall ever see
For still there are so many things
That I have never seen
In every wood in every spring
There is a different green
I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago
And people that will see a world
That I shall never know
But all the while I sit and think
Of times there were before
I listen for returning feet
And voices at the door”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
The theme for the month of January is “journey.” Special thanks to WaY for submitting this wonderful poem from J.R.R. Tolkien. If you have a favorite quote or poem about “journey,” or the journey of life, please leave a comment!
May you find joy every day on your journey,
♡. under1000skies
We are photographers,
writers, artists & advocates
serving and connecting
homeless creatives.
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s some exciting news about our light-filled ¤ Gems! ¤
You can view the Gems (and all artists) in reverse order in our new
Thank you to everyone who has supported, followed, liked and commented our blog since our first Gems last fall. It is with great pleasure that we announce our first Gallery Show in support of The Gems Project.
You can also view our Gems by specific contributing artist. Special thanks and a big shout-out to these talented artists who have so generously shared their inspirations with us:
If you would donate photos, art, time or currency to The Gems Project, please see our About “The Gems Project” Page. We need photographers, artists, volunteers, art and photography lovers to spread the word and, of course, donations for the Artist Packs.
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!
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!
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/
Happy Saturday! ♡
“Above all shadows rides the sun and stars forever dwell.
I will not say the day is done nor bid the stars farewell.”
-J.R.R. Tolkien
Photo “The Road to Hobbiton 2” Copyright © Chip Haldane 2015. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Limited copyright. Please do not disseminate. Thank you!
Bag End to Rivendell
Mile 179-194*
*Milestones based on The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Fonstad
from The Journal of Samwise Gamgee
Midgewater Marshes, Day 11 from the Shire
“We walked all day and we have to make camp here again tonight! Strider says we’ll be out by tomorrow. The Neekerbreekers are giving us another sleepless night. We can see Weathertop from here to the east with some kind of bright flashes of light * over it. I miss the Shire.
* What neither Sam nor the companions could not have known was that the lights were Gandalf’s magic on Weathertop as he fought off the Nazgûl. Gandalf had arrived in Bree the day after the companions left it, but because they told had told Barleyman, innkeeper at the Prancing Pony, that they were headed for Weathertop, Gandalf rode straight there. The remaining four Nazgûl attacked him there and he outwitted them and escaped.
Photo “Bracken Quacken” Copyright © Mike Downs 2015. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Thank you!
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
“The Road to Rivendell” Day 9/28
Photo Copyright © Chip Haldane 2015. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Limited copyright. Please do not disseminate. Thank you!
Bag End to Rivendell
Miles 147-163*
*Milestones based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Atlas of Middle Earth by Karen Fonstad
“No half-hardheadedness and no worldly fear must
turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.”
-J.R.R. Tolkien
under1000skies 