Thank you to all of you who went to Paul's blog and left him comments of support and encouragement. (Read my last post if you missed it!) That was so very kind of you. I appreciate it so much and Paul has left me word that it really lifted his spirits! If you are reading this blog for the first time, you are in very good company. The folks who read my little blog are the BEST. Thanks again!
As I told you, Richard and I watched "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey". Well, what can I say, I loved it! How can you not like it? It has a great story with a perfect cast and beautiful music all through it. "Honour, loyalty and a willing heart"...so nice to have a movie made these days that is true to the author's intentions! (Okay, I admit it, I haven't read the books, but I think I do understand them, maybe just a little!) One of the songs was extraordinary. It is only short so I hope you will listen to it. The actor, Richard Armitage, is the main singer, and he is joined by the other dwarves, James Nesbitt being one of them. (I know this actor from other British TV shows.) I have read that when folks came back for repeated viewings of the movie, many of them would sing along with this song. I love that, but only if they could sing as well as these actors!
You know, I did tell you that we have been having quite a bit of rain. We saw the most water cascading down over Arabia Mountain that we have ever seen. I wish you could hear this water with the birds singing and the low whistle of the train from three miles away...that is all we heard on this day. It was beautiful.
It is a beautiful, haunting tune...I haven't see the Hobbit yet, but one of these days I'll get to it! There's something haunting about the sound of a train whistle off in the distance too, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this movie, I think you would too.
DeleteA train whistle somehow sounds mournful to me. I don't know why, it is just trying to warn people a train is coming through!
Beautiful! I should watch the Hobbit again-it has been a while. I used to love to listen to the train whistle at night on the mountain top. We could hear it on cold crisp nights as it echoed up from the Valley. xo Diana
ReplyDeleteWe used to live in town and quite close to the train tracks. We got used to it, and it never woke us up. I can't say the same for those who visited us! :-)
DeleteWhat a great mental sound-image - the rippling water, bird song and the train whistling in the distance! So serene!
ReplyDeleteIt was! And for once, no loud airplane flyovers and loud car engines from the road, just those peaceful sounds I described!
DeleteWe are still having snow here. The little birds must be quite confused. Hope you have a terrific Tuesday there.
ReplyDeleteWhatever weather that you have, I KNOW you will look on the bright side! :-)
DeleteThat's a wonderful song...it makes me even more eager to see "The Hobbit." (By the way, I had a dog named Hobbit once---he had furry feet and loved to eat.)
ReplyDeleteI also loved your description of the sounds of the flowing water, birds, and train whistle. I could hear it very readily in my mind---lovely!
Hey Beth!
DeleteI love the name you had for you dog, that was perfect!
I wish I could bottle the smells and sounds of the mountain for you, but I can only give you my words.
Wow, is that photo at Arabia? It looks like a crazy amount of water! It has been raining a LOT but still. I would LOVE to see that!!!
ReplyDeleteThe waterfalls that sometimes created are always nice, but after two inches of rain, these were outstanding!
DeleteHi Kay! I'm catching up on all the blog posts I missed while being up in Calgary. And I do love your blog! Your description of Arabia Mountain's water and the birds singing. And I loved The Hobbit song. I've read that song aloud so many times to my kiddos in third grade. They always enjoyed this part of the novel so much. You've got to read Tolkien! I'm going to buy the DVD of TH to go along with my LOTR DVD set. I hope that life is treating you well ~ sounds like it's super in the aural department!
ReplyDeleteYour header is gorgeous!
DeleteThanks so much, Louise, you are so sweet. The Hobbit is one of my son's favorite books. I really must read all of the books by Tolkien, I know I really should.
DeleteAnd Richard took that photo of course...can you see Stone Mountain outlined behind the tulip tree?
Every time you post a picture of that mountain, it makes me want to visit more.
ReplyDeleteOur 6th grade teacher read The Hobbit to us -- a chapter or section each day was a reward for getting all of our other work done -- and i've loved it since.
That 6th grade teacher sounds like my kind of teacher!
DeleteYou know you want to come to Atlanta and climb a monadnock!!
Amazing. If you hadn't told me James Nesbitt was part of the group, I would never have recognized him. Now I feel I must get the DVD and see the rest of the movie! xoxox
ReplyDeleteOh, I think you would like it too! I must admit, it would have scared me silly when I was a kid, I was so afraid of giants!
DeleteI started reading "The Hobbit" to Kate when she was about 6 years old. I thought it was a bit soon but she loved it and then we moved on to "Watership Down". Have you read that book? Wonderful. Thank you for reminding me. I have just taken it off my bookshelf to read again. Arabia Mountain is getting to be a must to read about as well as Stone Mountain!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kay. x
Hmmm....I might have read Watership Down, it is the one with the rabbits, but if I did, I can't remember it!
DeleteAnd I am so pleased that you are enjoying Arabia Mountain just as much as Stone Mountain. You will become an expert on these monadnocks!!
I see very few movies, but this is one I really want to see.
ReplyDeleteI liked it, as you can tell!
DeleteNext time I am in Georgia I must visit Arabia Mountain. Your photos are always amazing. Best wishes for a lovely Easter, Kay. I am hoping the weather will warm up a little for Easter and spring break.
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Let me know, I would so much love to climb over this mountain with you!
DeleteA lovely Easter to you as well, dear Mairead!
Thank you for this review, Kay. I'm going to write this down. I did read the book a few years ago. It sounds like a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kay!
DeleteI truly enjoyed it and that song just impressed me so much.
Have just been catching up on some of your recent posts, Kay - wonderful! Those magnolia's (?) in your header are quite something. Thanks for sharing your fascinating snippets from both today and yesteryear. Wishing you a meaningful and greatly blessed Easter.
ReplyDeleteDear Valerie,
DeleteThank you so much for your kind words!
I just looked at your blog and those photos of where you went to Victoria, the ones where the waves are crashing on the shore? WOW! I want to go there, right now! So beautiful!
That tree in the header is called a tulip tree (that is what we have always called it anyway!) and that pink was such a pretty color. It was taken at Stone Mountain.
A blessed Easter to you as well, my friend.
I watched "The Hobbit" on Saturday night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've read all the books but haven't seen "The Lord of the Ring" series yet. I really want to watch those soon. Thanks for sending me over to Paul's blog. I enjoyed reading his past posts.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Sharon
Sharon,
DeleteI'm glad you enjoyed "The Hobbit" too! Weren't you just blown away by that song? And to think that it was the actors themselves doing the singing!
My son's favorite book is "The Hobbit" and he LOVED all the Lord of the Rings movies that came out for 3 Christmases in a row.
When The Hobbit first came out, you can bet in was first in line!
Glad you went to visit Paul, I know he appreciates it! xx