Happy Birthday to both of you. I'm sorry I didn't catch either of you on the day, but as I haven't posted for the better part of a year, I'm glad I'm still within a week or two.

ancalime, I hope that you, Hana and Maia enjoyed one another's company on your birthday. I hope they provided plenty of purrs, and some chuckles and amusement for you.

lilybaggins, I haven' ( Read more... )

Hobbits on the Coast

(Being a mild-mannered and equally mildly-humorous miscellany of Victorian* curios and oddities.)

* = an RL reference to the city of Victoria or places within it

( Hobbits on the Coast )

I am a few days late, but I do want very much to wish you happy birthday, my dear friend. It's hard to believe that it's been 15 years since I "met" you on Fanfiction, shortly before I followed your lead in coming onto LJ ( Read more... )

If any American (and anyone else too) would like a gentle, caring hug, I have some for you.

I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating YOU! I am celebrating your holiday today with a day off work (and so are all other Canadians). So, you have a whole country celebrating your birthday! Hurrah ( Read more... )

A little while ago, shirebound posted a YouTube link of a cat purring. It inspired a delightful ficlet from elwenlj, which in turn prompted me to write this. It has been a long time since I've written in LotR, so please forgive my rustiness ( Read more... )

I walked home tonight from a small gathering where we shared stories of childhood and sipped mulled wine. It had snowed during the evening and it was a fine, dry, powdery snow -- the kind that prairie Alberta excels at. You see, it is -14 C (7 F), and when it snows at colder temperatures, the fine dry snowflakes glitter, and all the world had a ( Read more... )

I've been a long time away from LJ, but I wish to slide in there before too much time has passed and wish you a very Happy Birthday ( Read more... )

Oh dear... I am such a tardy LJ person. I missed dear Claudia's birthday by more than a week! But I can't miss it! Not Claudia ( Read more... )

Dearest Mews, sweet, gentle lady of the Hobbity corner of LJ, I am sorry I missed your birthday. I wish you all good things for this year and may it treat you kindly. I look forward to more of your wonderful pictures that you put in your posts. I have always thought you're so skilled at finding so many pictures that tug at our heartstrings, or make ( Read more... )