Party time again!
Oct. 1st, 2011 12:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartHi folks! *waves*
Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 55 on October 9, which used to be an important thing, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and enter my virtual retirement, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 7 or 8 or only God knows how many years.
So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 742 comments on 6 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!
You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual Dobos Cake recipe - it's my absolute favourite, although I never managed to get it as good as my Garnny used to.
Cheers!
Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp. Join us and have fun!
Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 55 on October 9, which used to be an important thing, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and enter my virtual retirement, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 7 or 8 or only God knows how many years.
So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 742 comments on 6 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!
You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual Dobos Cake recipe - it's my absolute favourite, although I never managed to get it as good as my Garnny used to.
Cheers!
Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp. Join us and have fun!
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Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 04:39 pm (UTC)Too bad Náli canonically died in Moria. A Dwarven innkeeper would be a compeltely new thing in Middle-earth.
Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 04:45 pm (UTC)That could be very interesting! a pity it doesn't fit there.
I can imagine how all the different travellers would react when confronted with one.
Bemusement from those who only know a little about dwarves.
I wonder what their relatives would think - it would be outside traditional Dwarven roles, but possibly not doing anything actually forbidden... although I vaguely recall stuff from The Hobbit about them not liking to work for other people - but I can't recall the details, I really should reread :)
Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 07:56 pm (UTC)Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 07:58 pm (UTC)Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 08:07 pm (UTC)Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 05:20 pm (UTC)http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Forsaken_Inn
I wonder if Gandalf passed that way between Bree and Weathertop. I guess Bilbo knew it well.
Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 05:26 pm (UTC)I expect Gandalf would have - after all it could be somewhere that he hoped to get news of the Hobbits. I wonder whether Aragorn intended them to go there from Bree, but didn't dare after how narrowly they escaped the Black Riders.
Bilbo could have stayed there on the way back from his first adventures...
Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 06:42 pm (UTC)I wonder if Aragorn hoped to stay there too. Poor Pippin and Sam, missing out on even more beer.
Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 06:46 pm (UTC)and talking about auturm colours
and talking about auturm colours
<a href<="http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/File:Mat%C4%9Bj_%C4%8Cadil_-_Green_Hill_Country.jpg">http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/File:Mat%C4%9Bj_%C4%8Cadil_-_Green_Hill_Country.jpg</a>
Probably better for them - less opportunities to get into trouble...
Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 06:47 pm (UTC)Hopefully right this time!
Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 06:48 pm (UTC)Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 07:52 pm (UTC)Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 07:57 pm (UTC)Might be better...
Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 08:09 pm (UTC)It looks great indeed - although I imagined it a bit more ruined.
Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 08:10 pm (UTC)But that can be a picture before it was ruined...after all it won't have started out ruined. :D
Re: Birthday Present the Second
Date: 2011-10-07 08:51 pm (UTC)