#desolation

[federicagiordanophotography]

By Federica Giordano

[sammilochik]

local fire in california’s central valley today photographed by my father while at work

[angeleyeswide]

The trail dies here.

[ed13d1]

long way home

[miamaimania]

"The Red Stairway" (1944) ◆ Ben Shahn ➤ Wartime rubble, one path upward

[unmanic]

michigan

[thesilmarilliondrawn]

The Gates of Angband

"But Fingolfin, being of other temper than Fëanor, and wary of the wiles of Morgoth, withdrew from Dor Daedeloth and turned back towards Mithrim, for he had heard tidings that there he should find the sons of Fëanor, and he desired also to have the shield of the Mountains of Shadow while his people rested and grew strong; for he had seen the strength of Angband, and thought not that it would fall to the sound of trumpets only."

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, chapter 13, "On the Return of the Noldor"

Fingolfin, leaving this dark place knowing in his heart one day he must return.