The Dwellings of Elves and of Hobbits

Of Elves:

I. Falathlorn Day this Sunday in the Elven homesteads. Come visit!

II. The Hall of Fire

Middle Earth Chronicles recently ran a screenshot contest looking for pictures of one’s favorite place in Middle-earth. So I sent Lennidhren over to Rivendell, where she put on her newest dress and went dancing in the Hall of Fire! That is indeed my favorite place, and you can read the reasons why in MEC’s post of the contest results…Yes, Lennidhren’s favorite spot won first place!

Here is the picture I selected to enter the contest with:

See the end of this post for some additional shots from the photo session. Meanwhile, on to the second portion of the post:

Of Hobbits:

The Hobbit dwelling in today’s post is my birthday cake! A while ago when the amazing Kiarane posted on A Casual Stroll to Mordor about her experiments in LOTRO cake decorating, complete with step by step picture tutorial for making a Hobbit Hole cake, I shared the link on Facebook with a comment along the lines of wondering if anyone would like to make me one for my birthday. Well, my cousin, who has some experience with cake decorating, suggested I should come over and make it with her. So, that’s what we did today! My mom and sister came along, as well as my niece and nephew. First we had lunch at the town festival that was going on this weekend (complete with a parade that we just missed), then while my nephew played with my cousin’s little girl and Mom held my baby niece, my cousin and I made the cake. Here we are with our creation! (I am the one with glasses.)

Silver Lining Screenshots

Something’s slow tonight, whether it’s the servers or my own Internet connection, so as Linett made her way through the tunnels of Laenan for the first task of Volume 3, dispatching the Orc raiders there went kind of haltingly with long pauses sometimes in between attacks. Frustrating – until I realized that Linett and her foes were poised there – I mean – POSED there, just waiting for the photographer to get the shots she wanted. I couldn’t continue the fight while waiting for the lag to pass, but there was a silver lining to the time spent waiting. Time enough to rotate the camera view around to see something other than Linett’s new cloak, and get in position to fire off one of her flashier skills just in time to get a screenshot of it. Here are some results…

More Fun with Floating Vegetables

Vanita picked up a new title today in the Lone Lands. An unofficial title, though, as you will never see it displayed on screen. But unofficially, you may refer to her as Vanita the Cabbagehead, thanks to her fancy new hat:

Hehe.