I asked this same question in another forum recently
Gorthaur -- there's certainly nothing wrong with the way you put it; and this is how I put it:
In the first tale it is Gandalf who brings the Elessar to Galadriel
'who dwelt now under the trees of Greenwood'. Galadriel sighs and says
'I grieve in Middle-earth, for leaves fall and flowers fade; and my heart yearns, remembering trees and grass that do not die. I would have these in my home'.
According to Appendix B the Istari appear in Middle-earth in the Third Age and the Three Rings are hidden in Second Age 1693. Did not Galadriel possess Nenya long before Gandalf arrived? In the second version where she goes to Celebrimbor and basically says the same thing to him (as she had said to Gandalf), this is before she received Nenya,
and in this tale it is noted that she basically felt she needed the Elessar no more after receiving her ring.
In reference to Galadriel receiving Nenya in the Second Age, in note nine to
The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, CJRT comments that she cannot have made use of its powers until a much later time, after the loss of the Ruling Ring. But again she is here seemingly talking to Gandalf roughly one thousand or more years after Isildur took the One.
That said, I think I am maybe missing something obvious. I realize this text could have been revised or even rejected by JRRT himself, but I was wondering if anyone else had some thoughts in any case, or could enlighten me.
And now we wait
