Hobbit Day.
But still there is much that is fair. And though in all lands, love is now
mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps, the greater.”
Hobbit Day is a day to celebrate not just the birthday's of the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo, but to also just enjoy having an excuse to celebrate hobbits!
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
“Hobbits!’ he thought. ‘Well, what next? I have heard of strange doings in this land, but I have seldom heard of a hobbit sleeping out of doors under a tree. Three of them! There’s something mighty queer behind this.’ He was quite right, but he never found out any more about it.”
I spent my Hobbit Day cooking, eating, cleaning, creating and wandering around outdoors {barefoot, of course!}~just perfect I'd say.
“All's well that ends better.”
“It's like in the Great Stories, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end, because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?
But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those are the stories that stayed with you, that meant something even if you were too young to understand why. But I think I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something-that there's some good in the world, and it's worth fighting for!”
{below: a lovely medley~really a must-watch!}
I spent my Hobbit Day cooking, eating, cleaning, creating and wandering around outdoors {barefoot, of course!}~just perfect I'd say.
“All's well that ends better.”
But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those are the stories that stayed with you, that meant something even if you were too young to understand why. But I think I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something-that there's some good in the world, and it's worth fighting for!”
{below: a lovely medley~really a must-watch!}
I just discovered Lindsey Stirling. Yay for hobbits!
ReplyDeleteWe had a Hobbit Day party! It was fun, and I posted about it on my blog today.
ReplyDeleteWe love Hobbits!
Deanna
Oh, this is beautiful! You know, I've only ever seen the first LOTR movie, but I want to see more some time.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the quotes you shared very much. I've read all the Hobbit books, but only one time. My children love them, too. I tell two of them that they have "Hobbit feet". :)
ReplyDeletevery nice, as always! i love to read here. the video was lovely as well.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! We enjoyed a thoroughly delightful Hobbit Day over here too. Lots of good food (including mushrooms, of course) followed by another viewing of the film.
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