24/365: “Far over the misty mountains cold, to dungeons deep and caverns old, we must away ere break of day, to seek the pale enchanted gold. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

I looked out this morning and gasped in surprise at the sight of the fog feathering its way over and around the hills of the valley where we have our home. I immediately thought of the Misty Mountains from The Hobbit, and lost myself in the memories of that great story and also of the movie we'd recently gone to see and loved so much!

The quote I used is from an amazing poem in "The Hobbit," one of my all-time favorite books. If you would like to read the whole poem, it can be found here: The Misty Mountains

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. J.R.R. Tolkien