Tolkien Gardener
@tolkiengardener.bsky.social
Flower farmer, musician, amateur blacksmith, and massive Tolkien fan. I like fantasy/sci fi and sustainable agriculture.
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
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"A man is not only a seed, developing in a defined pattern, well or ill according to its situation....a man is both seed and in some degree also a gardener, for good or ill."
-J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 183
-J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 183
"Fantasy is made out of the Primary World. So Green is made out of Yellow and Blue; but redirects attention to them, throws indeed a new light on them."
-Got a Green Sun tattoo as a little homage to 'On-Fairy-stories'. #Tolkien
-Got a Green Sun tattoo as a little homage to 'On-Fairy-stories'. #Tolkien
June 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"Fantasy is made out of the Primary World. So Green is made out of Yellow and Blue; but redirects attention to them, throws indeed a new light on them."
-Got a Green Sun tattoo as a little homage to 'On-Fairy-stories'. #Tolkien
-Got a Green Sun tattoo as a little homage to 'On-Fairy-stories'. #Tolkien
The best Star Wars is finally returning.
VISIONS VOLUME 3 will include sequels to THE DUEL, THE VILLAGE BRIDE, and THE NINTH JEDI!
April 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The best Star Wars is finally returning.
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VISIONS VOLUME 3 will include sequels to THE DUEL, THE VILLAGE BRIDE, and THE NINTH JEDI!
April 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
VISIONS VOLUME 3 will include sequels to THE DUEL, THE VILLAGE BRIDE, and THE NINTH JEDI!
"As the world grows older there is loss and gain- let us not with modern insolence and blindness imagine it all gain....but neither must we with neo-pagan obscurity of thought imagine it all loss."
-J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Kalevala' essay
-J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Kalevala' essay
March 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"As the world grows older there is loss and gain- let us not with modern insolence and blindness imagine it all gain....but neither must we with neo-pagan obscurity of thought imagine it all loss."
-J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Kalevala' essay
-J.R.R. Tolkien, 'The Kalevala' essay
"I never trusted, and after a while I rejected, the hope that many people have invested in what we might call the industrial formula: Science+Technology+Political Will=The Solution."
-Wendell Berry
-Wendell Berry
March 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"I never trusted, and after a while I rejected, the hope that many people have invested in what we might call the industrial formula: Science+Technology+Political Will=The Solution."
-Wendell Berry
-Wendell Berry
"As the servants of the Machines are becoming a privileged class, the Machines are going to be enormously powerful. What's their next move?"
-J.R.R. Tolkien, 1945
-J.R.R. Tolkien, 1945
March 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"As the servants of the Machines are becoming a privileged class, the Machines are going to be enormously powerful. What's their next move?"
-J.R.R. Tolkien, 1945
-J.R.R. Tolkien, 1945
"I was ready enough to study nature scientifically- very ready, quite as ready as to read fairy-stories. But I was not going to be quibbled into science nor cheated out of Faerie."
-J.R.R. Tolkien, 'On Fairy-stories'
-J.R.R. Tolkien, 'On Fairy-stories'
February 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"I was ready enough to study nature scientifically- very ready, quite as ready as to read fairy-stories. But I was not going to be quibbled into science nor cheated out of Faerie."
-J.R.R. Tolkien, 'On Fairy-stories'
-J.R.R. Tolkien, 'On Fairy-stories'
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Back in February 2023, I wrote a thread about the #Tolkien #art of Cor Blok. The idea was to show appreciation for how interpretations of Tolkien's Middle-earth vary and yet are wonderful. I repeat the thread here.
Isildur, NO!
Art by Cor Blok, c. early 1960s (Source: arthur.io/art/cor-blok...)
Isildur, NO!
Art by Cor Blok, c. early 1960s (Source: arthur.io/art/cor-blok...)
February 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Back in February 2023, I wrote a thread about the #Tolkien #art of Cor Blok. The idea was to show appreciation for how interpretations of Tolkien's Middle-earth vary and yet are wonderful. I repeat the thread here.
Isildur, NO!
Art by Cor Blok, c. early 1960s (Source: arthur.io/art/cor-blok...)
Isildur, NO!
Art by Cor Blok, c. early 1960s (Source: arthur.io/art/cor-blok...)
If Andor Season 2 is HALF the quality of Season 1 it will still be at least twice as good as nearly everything else in Star Wars from the last 30 years. I am so stoked for this.
February 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
If Andor Season 2 is HALF the quality of Season 1 it will still be at least twice as good as nearly everything else in Star Wars from the last 30 years. I am so stoked for this.
Working on an essay examining the Hobbit through the lens of the Silmarillion rather than the Lord of the Rings. While the tone of these stories makes them feel like polar opposites, they actually share a lot of commonalities in narrative plot and theme.
February 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Working on an essay examining the Hobbit through the lens of the Silmarillion rather than the Lord of the Rings. While the tone of these stories makes them feel like polar opposites, they actually share a lot of commonalities in narrative plot and theme.
"They cannot conquer forever!"
Finally starting to see some color at work...spring will be here before you know it!
Finally starting to see some color at work...spring will be here before you know it!
February 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"They cannot conquer forever!"
Finally starting to see some color at work...spring will be here before you know it!
Finally starting to see some color at work...spring will be here before you know it!
A new piece from the forge #blacksmithing 🔥 🐍
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A new piece from the forge #blacksmithing 🔥 🐍
In no particular order, these five stand out to me:
In the House of Tom Bombadil
The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
The Voice of Saruman
The Siege of Gondor
Mount Doom
In the House of Tom Bombadil
The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
The Voice of Saruman
The Siege of Gondor
Mount Doom
Tell me your top 5 chapters in the Lord of the Rings. Impossible, but sure, I'll bite. No order.
1. Lothlórien
2. The Grey Havens
3. Mount Doom
4. Treebeard
5. The Siege of Gondor
HM: The Bridge of Khazad-dûm, The Breaking of the Fellowship, The Choices of Master Samwise, too many more to list.
1. Lothlórien
2. The Grey Havens
3. Mount Doom
4. Treebeard
5. The Siege of Gondor
HM: The Bridge of Khazad-dûm, The Breaking of the Fellowship, The Choices of Master Samwise, too many more to list.
Tell me your top 5 chapters in the Lord of the Rings.
Here are mine, not in order:
1. The Shadow of the Past
2. The Council of Elrond
3. In the House of Tom Bombadil
4. Shelob’s Lair
5. The Steward and the King
#tolkien #wilwarin #luinellë #luinmenel
Here are mine, not in order:
1. The Shadow of the Past
2. The Council of Elrond
3. In the House of Tom Bombadil
4. Shelob’s Lair
5. The Steward and the King
#tolkien #wilwarin #luinellë #luinmenel
January 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In no particular order, these five stand out to me:
In the House of Tom Bombadil
The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
The Voice of Saruman
The Siege of Gondor
Mount Doom
In the House of Tom Bombadil
The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
The Voice of Saruman
The Siege of Gondor
Mount Doom
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The people telling us how good generative AI is for us are either people financially invested in generative AI or people interested in not paying writers, editors, artists, communications staff, designers, etc. Maybe we could go ahead and not listen to them.
December 25, 2024 at 8:23 PM
The people telling us how good generative AI is for us are either people financially invested in generative AI or people interested in not paying writers, editors, artists, communications staff, designers, etc. Maybe we could go ahead and not listen to them.
My criteria for a Christmas movie is it has to be set during the holidays and be about reconnecting with family, finding love, and/or bettering yourself. Die Hard fits ALL of these. Couple that with the Christmas music and myriad of Christmas references and like, of course it is.
December 25, 2024 at 4:05 PM
My criteria for a Christmas movie is it has to be set during the holidays and be about reconnecting with family, finding love, and/or bettering yourself. Die Hard fits ALL of these. Couple that with the Christmas music and myriad of Christmas references and like, of course it is.
Holiday firepoker forging #wip #blacksmithing
December 24, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Holiday firepoker forging #wip #blacksmithing
Snuck the Father Christmas Letters into my parents' house. What a lovely sight to leave and come back to your parents reading Tolkien....this is how I get them hooked in...
December 23, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Snuck the Father Christmas Letters into my parents' house. What a lovely sight to leave and come back to your parents reading Tolkien....this is how I get them hooked in...
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The King of the Holly
Artist signed 'R.D.'
Artist signed 'R.D.'
December 19, 2024 at 9:22 PM
The King of the Holly
Artist signed 'R.D.'
Artist signed 'R.D.'
Glad to be back in my own personal Old Forest...
December 14, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Glad to be back in my own personal Old Forest...
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Here’s another #Tolkien question: What is your favorite quote (can be books or adaptation)?
Some of mine are:
“Aurë entuluva” [day shall come again] from The Silmarillion
“Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not” from RotK
What about you?
Reskeet for more answers!
Some of mine are:
“Aurë entuluva” [day shall come again] from The Silmarillion
“Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not” from RotK
What about you?
Reskeet for more answers!
December 7, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Here’s another #Tolkien question: What is your favorite quote (can be books or adaptation)?
Some of mine are:
“Aurë entuluva” [day shall come again] from The Silmarillion
“Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not” from RotK
What about you?
Reskeet for more answers!
Some of mine are:
“Aurë entuluva” [day shall come again] from The Silmarillion
“Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not” from RotK
What about you?
Reskeet for more answers!
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie
November 25, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie
Another end of a season. Till next year dahlias...
November 23, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Another end of a season. Till next year dahlias...
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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
Ignoring the rest of the Star Wars canon, Andor, Rogue One, and A New Hope make for quite the satisfying, standalone 'Death Star' saga, with Han and Luke finishing what Cassian (and Jyn) started.
November 23, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Ignoring the rest of the Star Wars canon, Andor, Rogue One, and A New Hope make for quite the satisfying, standalone 'Death Star' saga, with Han and Luke finishing what Cassian (and Jyn) started.