Elrenniel

[tekiltaari]

Here’s @elrenniel ‘s name written in the Mode of Beleriand!

Who’s next? 😜

[elrenniel]

Tag 10 people you'd like to know better

Thank you so much for the tag, @camille-lachenille. 💖

last song: The birdsong outside my living room window. 🥺

currently watching: The Other Bennet Sister (rewatching now that I've also read the book).

currently reading: The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery. Also The Tower and the Ruin, to get caught up with my Tolkien scholarship TBR.

current obsession: I'd say I don't really have one at the moment, but the question below probably says otherwise...

currently working on: A few Quenya translations (including the Akallabêth); formatting my list of every plant/tree mentioned in each location in the legendarium (which is taking a while even though @ofermod regularly reminds me to work on it); and sorting through many, many photos on my harddrive to try to figure out how to post more here about our Middle-earth-inspired garden (without annoying the mutuals, ideally).

last ecosia search: Ceramic plant pots.

favourite flowers: Snowdrops, daffodils (especially fancy white ones with pink or yellow cups), roses, peonies, and hollyhocks.

And I tag without any pressure: @sarriane @tekiltaari @anhaga @andrea-lyn @lady-of-ithilien @hobbitinnumenor @scyllas-revenge @starspray @spicymargaritas @merilles

[emilybeemartin]

Gondor Week day 7: Fourth Age

Just a final scribble of our friends enjoying each others' company.

@gondorweek

[novans-wizard-tower]

Finally figured out how to draw Arwen's profile (kinda).

[poboh]

The Sensitive Plant, study, Sir Frank Dicksee. English Pre-Raphaelite Painter (1853 - 1928)

[nynevefromthelake]

Finally can share the full picture

[izinika]

[hasdrubal-gisco]

Stealing this from twitter but I liked the concept: put in the tags where were your 8 great-grandparents from (given modern borders) ?

[lunarsigilart]

The White Tree of Gondor. Hand embroidery

This embroidery is done in A3 size using DMC Satin (viscose) thread on matte black fabric. To create a 3D effect, I used a base of two felt layers. The felt was carefully cut to match the curves of the branches and the trunk, and then covered with a padded satin stitch.

Honestly, working with viscose was a struggle. Viscose thread is a tricky material to work with — it is very slippery and frays easily, making it hard to lay down smooth stitches over a raised base. However, I chose this exact thread against the deep black background, because it gives a smooth, shimmering surface. I wanted the Tree to look as if it were forged from real mithril, silvered by moonlight, shining in the dark.

The seven stars above the branches of the majestic Tree are made using the woven star technique. The overlapping threads naturally build volume and geometric facets, so no felt padding was needed underneath them. The light catches the facets of the stars, and the viscose shines just like real metal.

The thick grey cardboard used for the matting is like the ancient stone of the walls of Minas Tirith, the White City, protecting the White Tree. The inner bevel is hand-painted with silver Finetec, and a thin silver cord echoes the metallic shine of the embroidery, completing the artwork.

[oysters-aint-for-me]

fireflies honestly make me cry a little. out of gratitude and wonder. thank goodness we live in a world with bioluminescence. thank goodness we live in a world where it can fly.

[elrenniel]

A few of our hollyhocks this summer.

[elrenniel]

I've been very forgetful about posting garden updates here, but the daylilies have been nice lately.

[demos-oneiroi]

The Passing of Elves

[zombie-virus]

Idril and kid idril on helcaraxë from my biology textbook

[periodcostumefantasylover]

Buttercup's dresses in The Princess Bride 4k

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Florence Harrison, "Summer" from Christina Rossetti: Poems (1910)

via internet archive

[codes-and-stuffs]

i do think we should normalise being like. platonically enamoured with someone. perhaps i love and admire you dearly and there's nothing romantic about it