What do you "assign" to the Shire? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Aganzir · 04-05-2008, 02:46 AM

Waking up by the gulls' cries.

Little birds jumping on the street.

The mist that rose from the sea last evening and makes the whole world so beautiful and grey.

The scent of early spring.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 04-05-2008, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Aganzir

Waking up by the gulls' cries.

Normally I would not mind the gulls, but I have experienced the gulls of Helsinki and they are something special. . .not in a good way.

I guess their cries could still be nice, but they would just remind me how they tried to steal me and my familys food and kind of succeded. . .they are most cunning!

Aganzir · 04-05-2008, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne

Normally I would not mind the gulls, but I have experienced the gulls of Helsinki and they are something special. . .not in a good way.

I guess their cries could still be nice, but they would just remind me how they tried to steal me and my familys food and kind of succeded. . .they are most cunning!

Well they're usually not that bad outside the centre of Helsinki - I admit there they are a nuisance and their constant crying annoys me. But it's rather wonderful to wake up so that the first thing I hear when still lying half asleep is the gulls.

Thinlómien · 04-05-2008, 10:43 AM

The gulls of Helsinki are nice just as long as they don't poo on you - that actually once happened to a friend of Nogrod's...

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I assign sunshine and warmth and the fact that I (almost) don't have anything I have to do.

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and last of all I assign good things you can't get out of your head.

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The mist that rose from the sea last evening and makes the whole world so beautiful and grey.

The scent of early spring.

Oh, I could second all of those.

Lastly, I would like to assign being amused by silly things: such as something crazy we did today and the fact that I'm reputedly a psycho...

Kath · 04-08-2008, 08:43 AM

Going up north for 3 days and getting all of England's winter weather at once! Hail, sleet, snow and truly biting winds - yet managing to avoid getting caught outside in any of them by careful use of a car. Also, the fact that the snow actually settled so we got to see the world covered in white again. It was fun.

Reminded me a lot of Iceland when you looked up and saw the hills all frosty.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 04-11-2008, 09:58 AM

The REAL spring. The shining (and warm!) sun. Leaves, grass, flowers and blossoms. And stemming from that, the possibility to spend your afternoon by sitting outside the house and reading a book.

Mithalwen · 04-15-2008, 11:24 AM

I am prone to Seasonal affective disorder so it is utter bliss to be (I hope) in spring and say good bye to the winter blues ..I even feel I might be able to write again at some point.

But Winter's broken and earth has woken,
And the small birds cry again;
And the hawthorn hedge puts forth its buds,
And my heart puts forth its pain.

Rupert Brooke

04-05-2008, 02:46 AM	#1
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Waking up by the gulls' cries. Little birds jumping on the street. The mist that rose from the sea last evening and makes the whole world so beautiful and grey. The scent of early spring. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

04-08-2008, 08:43 AM	#5
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	Going up north for 3 days and getting all of England's winter weather at once! Hail, sleet, snow and truly biting winds - yet managing to avoid getting caught outside in any of them by careful use of a car. Also, the fact that the snow actually settled so we got to see the world covered in white again. It was fun. Reminded me a lot of Iceland when you looked up and saw the hills all frosty. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

04-11-2008, 09:58 AM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	The REAL spring. The shining (and warm!) sun. Leaves, grass, flowers and blossoms. And stemming from that, the possibility to spend your afternoon by sitting outside the house and reading a book. __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

04-15-2008, 11:24 AM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Realms of light and sweet delight... I am prone to Seasonal affective disorder so it is utter bliss to be (I hope) in spring and say good bye to the winter blues ..I even feel I might be able to write again at some point. But Winter's broken and earth has woken, And the small birds cry again; And the hawthorn hedge puts forth its buds, And my heart puts forth its pain. Rupert Brooke __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

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