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We're proud to announce our cast for our complete Demo Recording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from The Hobbit after the mythology of JRR Tolkien”.

Philip Lloyd-Evans will be returning to the role of Gandalf the Grey.

Coming 2026

For more information please visit our website:
www.volanteopera.wales

#tolkien #hobbit #thehobbit #demorecording #middleearth #gandalf ##gandalfthegrey

At one point I watched quite a few different fan edits of The Hobbit trilogy of movies. This was my favorite of the bunch: https://tolkieneditor.wordpress.com #TheHobbit #LOTR

« The Trolls », 1937

Original B&W version by JRR Tolkien (1892-1973)
This coloured version (1975) by H.E. Riddett for "The Hobbit Calendar 1976" (February)
Unwin, 1976

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit #Bilbo #MiddleEarth #TolkienCalendar #HobbitCalendar

We're proud to announce our cast for our complete Demo Recording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from The Hobbit after the mythology of JRR Tolkien”.

Rosie Hay will be returning to the role of Gwaihir and also performing the role of 1st Spider.

Coming 2026

For more information please visit our website:
www.volanteopera.wales

#tolkien #hobbit #thehobbit #demorecording #middleearth #eagle #spider #gwaihir

Oh! I never shared that I had more sketches of Motus!

#DEBTSART #DEBTSOC #thehobbit #hobbitoc #mastoart #humanoc #humanoidoc #tradtionalart #lotr #lotroc #lordoftherings #femboy #doodle

A paper drawing of a Hobbit lounging lazily in a field. He has a very soft and doll-like appearance. He is laying on his side, torso upright as he braids his impossibly long hair. He looks sweetly at the viewer as if an old storybook. A small tail pokes out from behind. Text in the top right reads "Motus Bellbuckle."

A paper drawing of a Hobbit standing shyly while fidgeting with his long dress. The text on the top right reads "Motus."

A Digital version of the previously mentioned paper doodle; A drawing of a Hobbit lounging lazily in a field. He has a very soft and doll-like appearance. He is laying on his side, torso upright as he braids his impossibly long hair. He looks sweetly at the viewer as if an old storybook. A small tail pokes out from behind. Text in the top right reads "Motus Bellbuckle."

Bard the bowman remains calm atop the burning tower, and readies his bow.

The smoke and fire are made of cotton. I chose a wind direction and made sure to tease out the cotton to match.
I gave thought to how the smoke would be pulled around the building, find it's way out of the ladder's hatch and through a hole in the railing.

#BardTheBowman
#TheHobbit
#TLotR
#Diorama
#Scratchbuilt
#DrH

Side views of Bard atop the burning tower.

High angle shots of the burning tower. Smoke clings to the side of the tower and pours out of the hatch.

High angle photos of Bard and the burning tower.

#StonerSaturday thot. Hubby isn't a hobbit but he has a hobby!
#WhatWasInThatPipe #TheHobbit #TokingWithTolkein

We're proud to announce our cast for our complete Demo Recording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from The Hobbit after the mythology of JRR Tolkien”.

Jasey Hall will be performing the roles of Nori, Galion, Bert and returning as Dain.

Coming 2026

For more information please visit our website:
www.volanteopera.wales

#tolkien #hobbit #thehobbit #demorecording #middleearth

Great Deal!

https://friendica.rogueproject.org/display/b71a4a1e-3269-2659-0c19-8eb103311128

Image <side-view> of box set of J.R.R. Tolien's 'The Hobbit' & The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Image <isometric-view> of box set of J.R.R. Tolien's 'The Hobbit' & The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

@lordkhan @Some_Emo_Chick
RE
how can we comprehend distances in space...?

All these many years and the space probe #Voyager1 has only traveled ⭕1 light day❗

"That's one small space skip for a bot, one giant slide for humans*
(*non #conspiracy and non #climatedeniers)

NOTE, kinda shows the estimated time to get to the nearest #exoplanet is 300,000 years and 12 lt yr away

@Lazarou
Thx 4 orig Franki boost

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#NeilArmstrong #TheHobbit J. R. R. #Tolkien #BilboBaggins #Gollum

When Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the Moon, he said: "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind"

People have speculated that the line was inspired by The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, in which Bilbo Baggins's jump over Gollum is described as "not a great leap for a man, but a leap in the dark"

After leaving NASA in 1971 and moved to a farm in Lebanon, Ohio, Armstrong named the farm "Rivendell", a valley in Tolkien's works. In the 1990s Armstrong also had email address related to Tolkien.

Armstrong however has said that it was only after Apollo 11 that he read the works of Tolkien

People have also speculated that the idea for the quote may have come from an April 19, 1969, memo by Willis Shapley in which he wrote "the first lunar landing as an historic step forward for all mankind"

Armstrong said however that did not remember reading the memo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_small_step

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1

Q: Where Did Rivendell Get Its Food?

ANSWER: This is a question that pops up once in a decade (give or take). On March 26, 2025 Martin left the following comment on the article How Did Middle-earth Realms Fund Their Governments?:

Although it isn’t described, it is clear that in Rivendell there was a plentiful supply of good quality food for the feast in Frodo’s honour after he recovered […]

https://middle-earth.xenite.org/where-did-rivendell-get-its-food/

A picture of Elrond and Gandalf eating a feast under the words 'Where Did Rivendell Get Its Food?'

🎭 #OlivierAward-winner #JackLowden (#SlowHorses, #Dunkirk) is joined by #Emmy and #BAFTA-winner #MartinFreeman (#TheHobbit, #Sherlock) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by #DavidIreland.

🎞 #TheFifthStep at theater.kino: Sunday, 7 December 2025 | 6:30 p.m. | kult.kino atelier | as a recording from the #NationalTheatre #London

🎟 Tickets online at: https://www.advance-ticket.ch/omniticket/kultkino/33131

Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden at The Fifth Step

We're proud to announce our cast for our complete Demo Recording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from The Hobbit after the mythology of JRR Tolkien”.

Alastair Moore will be performing the roles of Dori, Tom and 4th Elf.

Coming 2026

For more information please visit our website:
www.volanteopera.wales

#tolkien #hobbit #thehobbit #demorecording #middleearth #mirkwood #elves #troll

We're proud to announce our cast for our complete Demo Recording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from The Hobbit after the mythology of JRR Tolkien”.

Emma Mary Llewellyn will be performing the roles of Landroval and 2nd Spider.

Coming 2026

For more information please visit our website:
www.volanteopera.wales

#tolkien #hobbit #thehobbit #demorecording #middleearth #eagle #mirkwood

« The Burial of Thorin Oakenshield », 1997

by Alan Lee (British painter and illustrator, born 1947)
Watercolor illustration for JRR Tolkien 's "The Hobbit", Harper Collins, London, 1997

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #alanlee #jrrtolkien #middleearth #theHobbit #Bilbo #Hobbit #ThorinOakenshield #dwarves #Erebor

More Beorn and Bear diorama.

I followed the "official" colour scheme for Beorn, from what I found on Mithril Miniatures.

The bear, I painted up with reference to black bears. Black to grey with a hint of brown.

#Beorn
#TheHobbit
#TLoTR
#MithrilMiniatures
#Diorama
#DrH

Side view of the Beorn diorama. Bear side.

Front view of the Beorn diorama. Beorn side.

Close up of the side of both Beorn and the bear.

We're proud to announce our cast for our complete Demo Recording of Paul Corfield Godfrey's “Musical Chapters from The Hobbit after the mythology of JRR Tolkien”.

Gareth Long will be performing the roles of Ori, 5th Elf and returning as Gimli for the special appendix on this release "Quest of Erebor".

Coming 2026

For more information please visit our website:
www.volanteopera.wales

#tolkien #hobbit #thehobbit #demorecording #middleearth #dwarf #dwarvesoferebor #gimli