Posted on 08/07/2009 5:05:33 PM PDT by Albion Wilde
I think it’s beautiful, somehow funny and stately at the same time: like for some kind of rustic empress. I bet J.R.R. Tolkien would love it.
Lovely thoughts from a lovely lady!
It really "moved" me — the oneness with nature. Hope their marriage is well-founded.
,,, even I forget New Zealand once in a while.
Now THAT's funny!
You're the third New Zealander I've encountered on FR. One of them is in the States, tho. Cheers!
Very funny!
LOLS!! Mine, too -- I have the DVD and the soundtrack CD! Whoever did the costumes is a genius.
Everybody sing!
,,, I'm one of 4,2 million. There's ten times more sheep here than people... some I know by name - really well.
I got to the US in the second half of May and thoroughly enjoyed it - particularly Chicago.
Good to hear from you.
So glad you visited here. Did you get to the East Coast at all, like New York, Philadelphia, Washington?
Sheep: I went back to the village in Ireland where one of my great grandfathers migrated from (the most recent immigrant in our American family tree) and saw the many fields of sheep wandering among the yew bushes, leaving behind enough wool on the prickly branches to knit a hat. The sheep were so evocative on the Hill of Tara in a thick fog. You could hear their bells as they approached before you actually could see them emerge from the mist. Lovely critters.
I had nine flights in fourteen days - a pretty quick trip this time and the first time for me in the south - Kentucky.
Everyone loves the big cities of the East that you haven't named, such as Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Atlanta, but of course they can be difficult and expensive to see properly. if you ever have another chance to tour around the Southeast, these are a few of my favorite smaller places that have so much history or geographic features to offer:
Charlottesville, Virginia, home and beautifully restored farm and gardens of Thomas Jefferson, our esteemed third President, an architect, farmer and principal author of our Declaration of Independence from England. Charlottesville is also the locale of the University of Virginia that Jefferson founded.
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, a fully restored village from the 1700s with period-costumed re-enactors and round-the-clock educational and historic tours and programs. It is just amazing to step back in time to the era when our first settlers were establishing a nation.
Asheville, North Carolina, a thriving contemporary southern artists' community in the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains, also called the Blue Ridge, part of our Appalachian Mountain range that runs from South to North, Alabama to New York, in the eastern U.S. (the Rocky Mountains, also called the Continental Divide, run north-south in the western region).
Savannah, Georgia, an Atlantic coastal city of enormous charm, semi-tropical vegetation, Southern culture and historic homes and plantation tours.
I guess you can tell I love history and geography! We have been so blessed in this nation in both of those aspects. New Zealand has recently been showcased around the world in the settings for the Lord of the Rings and other films as well. It looks just heavenly!
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,,, thanks for those links! I’ll get into them and have a good look.
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