Ringer Spy Andrew sends word on a new Bob Catley album called ‘Middle Earth’, check out all the details here. [More]
Day: March 12, 2001
From: Strider
Empire Magazine has an article on Christopher Lee, in which he shows his huge dissapointment that his film Jinnah, which he starred in 1997, still hasn’t had a theatrical release. [More]
Ringer Spy Pierfrancesco put two and two together and have seen a great pic of Harry Sinclair (Isildur) in action on the official site! [More]
No, we haven’t become greenthumb.com, but if you remember a few weeks ago we reported that this years show has an entire section devoted to LOTR and The Hobbit. Well Ringer Spy (can you really be a spy at a flower show?) Odo IV sends us the pics and a report! [More]
No, we haven’t become greenthumb.com, but if you remember a few weeks ago we reported that this years show has an entire section devoted to LOTR and The Hobbit. Well Ringer Spy (can you really be a spy at a flower show?) Odo IV sends us the pics and a report!
I happened to be in Chicago for the weekend with my wife, and rushed over to check-out the “Hobbit’s Garden” at the 2001 Chicago Flower & Garden Show.(I got to see something LOTR – *and* score points with the Missus! Cha-ching!)
The display was VERY well-done, incorporating signage with appropriate quotes from the Hobbit, but more impressively – they used many of the plants and flowers to which Tolkien was so fond of making reference.
As you can see in the photos, the hole itself came complete with a round, green door (brass knob in the exact middle, of course!) and a nicely done stone chimney. (Apologies for the lo-res photos, but my digital cam only does 640×480, and the lighting inside the pavillion was terrible.)
I was impressed with the size of the display – it goes a full 360 degrees around the “hill” … bounded by a nice little hand-made fence. There was a stone path, a miniature hay-wagon, a few walking-sticks leaning about, and even a small stone statue of a dragon!
They really put a lot of work and care into this, and the display won two of the show awards. It seemed to be drawing a fair amount of attention, and there were many obvious Tolkien fans about the place.
Although the tickets were a bit pricey (at $11 USD for adults), it is worth checking out if you are in the area. Just the thing to get you in a “hobbity” sort of mood.
Took me right back to fourteen-twenty, it did – and that’s saying something!
sign me …
Odo IV
Ian Holm (Bilbo) has spoken a bit about LOTR in the latest issue of ‘Total Film’ Magazine. He mentions that he wears both young and old makeup for Bilbo, perhaps we’ll be seeing some flashbacks?
Thanks to JUSTBob for the story