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Roheryn
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Apr 22 2007, 6:24pm
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Birthday mathoms!
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A birthday for Ro comes today;
Instead of a-sending bouquets,
She wanted to share
These mathoms; beware!
Her thoughts are in full disarray.
*snert*
First, the Tolkien-related mathom. I have a wee little book called “A Tolkien Treasury”, with little poems and quotations and such (including a few recipes!). Not sure how trustworthy the quotations are (who is Colin Wilson and why is he quoted so much?), but some of the poems are cute; here’s five haiku and something else.
Darkness wore a cloak;
Wrapping for a pale rider
Astride a black horse.
--Nazgûl
Moon-silver beauty;
Soft song bringing ancient tears
To the Elven lords.
--Lúthien Tinúviel
Tall, straight, leather-hard;
Blood of past and future kings,
With a broken sword.
-- Aragorn
Snowy brows, blue eyes;
A flash of fire and thunder--
The old grey pilgrim.
--Gandalf
Beneath the black crown;
Red, in a skull of blue fire,
The eye burns with hate.
--Sauron
O, Saron made some Rings,
they were very useful things
And he only wanted One to keep
But Isildur took the One
just to have a little fun.
Sauron’s finger was inside it,
what a creep!
(Translated from “The Orc’s Marching Song”, apparently -- and if anyone can tell me what song that is, I’ll be impressed. )
Trivia: NZS and I between us have five copies of The Lord of the Rings (three single volume, two multi-volume sets), and about 111 inches (over 9 feet) of shelf space for books by and related to Tolkien -- at home, plus several more feet at NZS’s work. NZS is slightly offended that I’m not including in that figure the space (at home) devoted to Old English, Middle English, Old Norse, Old German, Old High German, Middle High German, and Old Saxon (he argues those works are Tolkien’s source material), but I think that’s pushing it. C’mon, who’s geeky enough to admit how much shelf space their collection takes up?
My best “mathom” was last year’s offering; so here’s some recent pictures. First, a few I posted a while back of NZ Toddler around his first birthday.
And then a couple more:
And if you’ve read this far, I have an Announcement. NZ Toddler is expecting a new brother or sister in October! Okay, so maybe he’s not expecting it yet, but his parents are. :-)
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Wynnie
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Apr 22 2007, 7:04pm
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Happy birthday, and thanks for sharing your mathoms and your exciting news!
*goes off to measure Tolkien books*
Túrin Bears Gwindor to Safety
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by Ted Nasmith
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Ataahua
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Apr 22 2007, 7:40pm
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*pops sparkling grape juice* CONGRATULATIONS!
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Such wonderful news for the Telcontar family! And a happy birthday to you Ro. I hope you've got some sunshine to go with this very special day! :)
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Annael
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Apr 22 2007, 7:57pm
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Happy birthday and congratulations!
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Hope the new baby is as cute as Eldarion - although it's quite a standard to live up to!
If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives . . . But up close a world's all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern.
- Ursula Le Guin
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Aerin
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Apr 22 2007, 7:57pm
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Wonderful news!
Thanks for the pics; I see the tyke is still as photogenic as ever.
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Eledhwen
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Apr 22 2007, 8:00pm
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And many, many congratulations. 
At home in the UK my Tolkien collection fills two shelves, each about 1m long - one of the shelves is double-stacked with paperbacks and the other one is single-stacked with hardbacks. That normally includes three copies of LOTR, except one of them is here with me in Wellington!
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diedye
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Apr 22 2007, 8:03pm
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Yay! Congratulations on your impending bundle-to-be!...
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Oh and a Happy Birthday, too!
Give my congrats to your flaming-barstool-hopping husband... and a hug to the wee toddler there. He's so CUTE!
*hugs*
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Elberbeth
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Apr 22 2007, 8:14pm
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Congratulations! And you think you're busy now!/
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"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."
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dernwyn
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Apr 22 2007, 9:09pm
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Now THAT's an untoppable mathom - er, I don't mean the poems, although they're great (I love the Gandalf one especially); no, I mean the news that Eldarion II is on the way! AND the pics of the future big brother, of course. 
Congratulations to the three of you!
After a quick measurement, it looks like I've just shy of a meter's worth of Tolkien-related books, including three volumes of LotR (2nd ed. hardcovers, the 50th anniversary edition, and a set of the good old paperbacks given me by a special friend ). And a "Sir Gawain" edited by these guys named Tolkien and Gordon. 
Not too shabby - but I know there are others out there who have much larger collections! 
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"And when Sam heard that he laughed aloud for shear delight, and he stood up and cried: 'O great glory and splendour! And all my wishes have come true!'"
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silneldor
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Apr 22 2007, 10:09pm
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I hope you had a great day:).
Now that is a cute healthy rascal:).
"Tolkien, like Lewis, believed that, through story, the real world would become a more magical place, full of meaning. We see its patterns and colors in a fresh way. The recovery of a true view of the world applies both to individual things, like hills and stones, and to the cosmic - the depths of space and time itself. For in sub-creation, in Tolkien's view, there is a "survey" of space and time. Reality is captured on a miniature scale. Through stories like The Lord of the Rings, a renewed view of things is given, illuminating the homely, the spiritial, the physical, and the moral dimensions of the world."
Tolkien and C.S. Lewis- The Gift of Friendship -Duriez
A little bit of Rivendell to warm the home
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deej
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Apr 22 2007, 10:18pm
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That is such wonderful news! I am so happy for you all. I'm sure the little guy will love having a sibling to play with, whether he knows it yet or not.
*big hugs to the family*
And a Happy Birthday to you, too! :D
Sincerely, deej - The Artist Formerly Known as djdeathskiss
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Silverlode
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Apr 22 2007, 10:36pm
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To all the Telcontar family! Such great news!
Silverlode
Between the acting of a dreadful thing
And the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream:
The genius and the plan thus inspired
Depart me and I, entering a room,
Find myself on the threshold, stand still
And wonder what I came to do there.
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Kimi
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Apr 22 2007, 10:48pm
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Two birth-day announcements in one! Great to hear that there'll be even more of your lovely family.
I'll try and will some sunshine your way to celebrate.
We have a mere three copies of LOTR, but in my "defence" they're all ones we bought together.
1. An ancient paperback set, bought when I was 16
2. The one-volume and three-volume Alan Lee-illustrated sets (hardback).
I'm not sure how much shelf space our Tolkien works take all together, as the shelves are in two different houses. About a metre all up, perhaps.
  
Promises to Keep: a novel set in 19th Century New Zealand.
The Passing of Mistress Rose
Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
- A Room With a View
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grammaboodawg
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Apr 22 2007, 11:20pm
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Woohoo!!! Happy Birthday Lady!!! :D
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WOW! A gift of haiku... Thank you SO MUCH! But the man-child pics have me swooning... He's GORGEOUS! Lookit him GO! He's always smiling.
A challenge of book-space huh? *runs to bookcase* I have multiple editions and related books, so it covers about 26 feet.
I hope you've had a fantastic birthday, m'dear. *cuts pastes mathom* It's so great to see you!!!!
 
Trust him... The Hobbit is coming!
"Barney Snow was here." ~Hug like a hobbit!~ "In my heaven..."
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Apr 23 2007, 12:27am
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Happy Birthday, my friend, and hearty congratulations on the addition to the Telcontar family.
I NEED to get to NZ. I'm trying, but my family keeps getting in the way and sucking up all my vacation time. Plus the new condo which sucks up every available dollar. But I'm really working on it.
Happiest of birthdays to you, and give that husband and son of your special hugs from me. I love the video you sent me - it's great to hear your voice and see your life in NZ.
Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver.
`Are these magic cloaks?' asked Pippin, looking at them with wonder.
`I do not know what you mean by that,' answered the leader of the Elves.
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Apr 23 2007, 1:27am
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Hurrah - great news! Another member of the clan! Thanks for the lovely mathoms - especially the gorgeous photos of Tim the Enchanter - and happy, happy birthday to you m'dear. Love to you all, and MANY congratulations. Hope the next five months go really smoothly for you.
'There are older and fouler things than orcs in the deep places of my fridge...'
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Finding Frodo
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Apr 23 2007, 1:57am
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And happy birthday to NZ Toddler and Happy Birthday-to-be to Baby NZ!
Where's Frodo?
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L. Ron Halfelven
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Apr 23 2007, 2:32am
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Let's see... this October plus three months...
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I'm thinking that greendragon and I might have to move our hoped-for return trip up from "someday" to "next January". Congratulations!
Fight for us! And regain your honor, learn valuable technical skills, and qualify for up to four years' college tuition! What say you?
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Altaira
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Apr 23 2007, 2:51am
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I knew it! It's that NZ water I tell you.
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Well, maybe not. Maybe it's just the NZ water from Christchurch that flows through the taps to your home.  
Happiest of birthdays and HUGE CONGRATULATIONS from BG and I!!!! Such happy news.
Soon you'll start measuring your bookshelf space by feet of disney, barney and *insert name of NZ children's characters* videos and books. What? You already are?
HUGS to all of you!!!!!!
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"All we have to decide is what to do with the boards that are given to us"
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
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Penthe
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Apr 23 2007, 3:37am
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Happy Birthday, and happy birth-day so to speak.
You certainly produce beautiful children. Are you planning to have as many as Sam and Rose?
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a.s.
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Apr 23 2007, 10:57am
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may all your troubles be "little ones"
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as my mom used to say!! Congrats and happy birthday, and WHAT a cute toddler, all wrapped up together!
a.s.
"an seileachan"
Some say they're going to a place called Glory, and I ain't saying it ain't a fact.
But I've heard that I'm on the road to Purgatory, and I don't like the sound of that!
I believe in love, and live my life accordingly,
And I choose: let the mystery be.
~~~~Iris DeMent
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Apr 23 2007, 3:08pm
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Wow, happy birthday and congratulations!
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There wasa guy in the funny papers who was a stay-at-home dad, and was trying out a pedometer. His wife came home from work and wondered how he could possibly have taken 50,000 steps that day. But I can believe that chasing two little kids around could rack up the miles. You're going to be in great shape with two munchkins to run after!
Thanks for the haikus, but mostly for the great photos. Keep 'em coming!
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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Chance Meeting at Rivendell: a Tolkien Fanfic
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Apr 23 2007, 3:57pm
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Double celebration! Congratulations! //
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May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
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Morwen
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Apr 23 2007, 5:43pm
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Congratulations and Happy Birthday!
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That is exciting birthday news, and wonderful mathoms. Even more exciting, your next birthday mathom will include pictures of two cute litte Eldarions.
I wish you could have been there
When she opened up the door
And looked me in the face
Like she never did before
I felt about as welcome
As a Wal-Mart Superstore--John Prine
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