Today is Hobbit Day, the birthday of two of my favorite hobbits and one of my favorite actresses. My beautiful and talented Drama Daughter is 23 years old today. Bilbo was born in the year 2890 and Frodo in the year 2968 in the Third Age. I don’t know how old that would make them.
A few links in honor of the day:
I started blogging The Hobbit a couple of years ago, and I got all the way through chapter seven. Maybe I’ll take up where I left off someday.
Chapter 1, An Unexpected Party
Chapter 2, Roast Mutton.
Chapter 3, A Short Rest.
Chapter 4, Over Hill and Under Hill.
Chapter 5, Riddles in the Dark.
Chapter 6, Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire.
Chapter 7, Queer Lodgings.
Maddie Chambers/Brindley’s Hand Made Hobbit Hole: Bag End.
Annie Kate reviews JRR Tolkien: The Making of a Legend by Colin Duriez.
Winsome Reviews has a lovely meditation on The Hobbit.
A little music for Hobbit Day:
And no Hobbit Day would be complete without Leonard Nimoy singing The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins:
After that, words fail.
Tolkien was an amazing man. Thanks for the link, and happy birthday to your daughter!
Ooooo…thank you!!! I’ll have to share this with all the little hobbits…er, children here! They will be excited!
Hooray for hobbit birthdays! And happy birthday to your daughter, who shares her birthday with my own!