Flowers

After unsettling reports from Ereimund's winged friends, we decided to make an early camp while Mithdirith scouts move on ahead.

Loth-i-Lonnath leaves Imladris on a rainy day, traveling with kinmates and friends towards their home in Lindon.

"The flowers may rise in Spring,

The trees may bud, the waters run,

The merry finches sing.

Or there maybe 'tis cloudless night,

Upon the meadows and hills nearby Duillond the revellers set out, planting many seeds of flowers and trees alike.

For the Olvar (plants) of Yavanna delight under the helping hands of the skilled Firstborn.

Mallos, breathing gold,

Lissuin the fragrant, bringer of dreams,

Alfirin, immortal among the gardens of Arda,

Seregon, reminder of blood and stone,

​ I took a much needed evening walk. Finding myself in Jasmine's garden, picking at the lilies and roses. My world could be beautiful.  I just needed to let time heal heal me.

Melondene (née Boffin) Birdsfoot is the 

Melondene (née Boffin) Birdsfoot, wife of Rubicund Birdsfoot, master jeweller, and mother of Franco, a Bounder, and Corydalia, current apprentice to Nadvald of the Lonely Mountain. This is a brief sketch intended to capture Melondene in a moment of contentment as she presents some irises, pinks, and forget-me-nots in a vase. She is a bit plump in her maternal years, and has noticeable streaks of white in her ginger hair, with lines from smiling and a bit of matronly loose skin.