“You’re too old to ……” No I’m not, you’re never too old for some things, that applies to Lego, especially when you’re a bit of a geek and you’ve just seen the Lego Hobbit: Unexpected Gathering set 😉 Seeing this was well timed, as I’d just received a couple of Amazon vouchers from my brother & sister in law, I had planned on buying a couple of books but couldn’t resist being a big kid again. Lego & Hobbit characters are copyright to their respective owners not me 😉…
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Byrddæg Wyscan
Bloemfontein, 3rd of January 1892, J. R. R. Tolkien is born, fast forward one hundred and twenty two years and I’m photographing a button 🙂 The connection between Tolkien being born and the button? Well….. ….if Tolkien hadn’t been born he’d not have started writing, if he’d not started writing he could never have written the Hobbit, if he’d not written the Hobbit they’d not have made the films, if they’d not made the films they’d never have made the acorn buttons for Bilbo’s waistcoat, and if they’d not made…
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Driving home from Keswick today we took the road via Caldbeck Common and noticed the light over the Lakeland Fells was looking interesting, so we stopped and I made a quick dash up a small hill for a photograph.
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With the New Year upon us I was thinking about one of the traditions many folk still like to keep. First-Foot, (or Quaaltagh (Qualtagh), Pothariko, Mekvle, Lucky Bird, the name changes depending on where you live) traditions all have a common theme, bringing good luck to the household for the coming year. The First-Foot rules that I’m more familiar with (as they’re the ones relating to Scotland and Northern England) have the following requirements: the First-Footer should be a dark haired man, he should carry with him a number of…
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I was sketching dragons again recently, well I often sketch dragons but this time there was a purpose, the theme of the month over at john-howe.com for December was Dragons. As a certain dragon was on my mind with the Desolation of Smaug hitting the silver screen* I ended up wondering how Smaug would look after the black arrow had done its job 😉 This was a fun dragon to work on, well any character from Tolkien is fun to attempt – rather than use traditional medium I worked in…
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