Middle-Earth Essence

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

Coming home through the dark after a long day, and having my baby son passed into my arms.

"Well, I'm back."

[Encaitare]

Originally Posted by Fordim Hedgethistle

Coming home through the dark after a long day, and having my baby son passed into my arms.

"Well, I'm back."

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... Daddy Hedgethistle

[Evisse the Blue]

Listening to Celtic music

Any time I go camping, hiking or taking long walks in nature, a beautiful scenery, be it mountain, hill or plain.

Flowers.

The sea - the sound of the waves at night time, when the beach is relatively quiet.

Clear summer nights, when the air is fresh and it's so quiet, and eveything is suddenly so clear , you can hear yourself breathing - it makes me feel like I'm one of the First Elves awaking under the stars.

Also, because the first time I read LOTR was around Easter, in the springtime; the coming of spring reminds me of Middle Earth.

Oh - and the smell of popcorn reminds me of the agonizing wait in movie theatres during the opening nights of a Lotr movie...and not only the opening nights. That should tell you how often I go to the cinema, lol.

[ninlaith]

The same thing happens to me when I smell popcorn.

Being with really good friends

Whenever I go on a trip. No matter who I'm with or where I'm going I feel like we just set out for our adventure.

Whenever I see long TRULY blond hair. Not dyed blond.

Beautiful blue eyes.

Gardening...majorly. i feel totally connected to Middle-Earth when I'm working with nature.

Looking at antiques...reminds me of Rivendell

Thinking of anything dealing with Anglo-Saxon literature

[Encaitare]

Grey eyes. So many characters in LotR have grey eyes, and yet they're not really all that common. I think they're beautiful.

[Morai]

Listening to Celtic music

Same here, the fact that most of it is in a minor key, giving it a sad/ romantic/ mysterious feel. This reminds me of Middle Earth a lot. Like the fast Irish Reels make me think of hobbit birthday parties. Or the airs which put images of Frodo after destroying the Ring, memories of elves into my mind.

Which brings me to waterfalls. There's a "state park" near where I live where there's a dozen waterfalls a very near to eachother. So every time I visit I think of Rivendell.

[turgon]

I can't think of a better way to pay respects to JRRT, then what I have been reading from all of you. For me anything can spark my mental ride to middle-earth. Actually, I sometimes have to remind myself to "come back" so to speak.
Anywhere away from technology and the noise of man is good enough. My best friend and I often joke our world is what sauron and melkor envisioned-spewing forth black smoke, filth, no regard for nature and it's creatures, etc.
A wooden mug of ale by a woodfire, the crisp air in autumn, the sound of wind in the trees. And yes, dare I say this -- a beautiful woman often puts me in mind of Idril Celebrindal or Finduilas-Sp?