Happy Birthday! The picture below is the last-known picture taken of J.R.R.T., standing in front of his favourite tree in the botanical gardens in Oxford, Aug. 9, 1973. Not quite a month later, he had died.
To the man who loved trees, could feel the life pulsing through them, hear them breathe, even speak.
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Tumble Hill (drawing dated 1928):
Old Man Willow (undated), cropped:
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Jan. 3, 2013 ~ Happy 121st birthday, Professor Tolkien.
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Happy 126th birthday J. R. R. Tolkien, with poem by jan-u-wine.
~*~ Happy 126th Birthday, Professor Tolkien! I am so grateful this man lived and created such wonders for so many to enjoy and…
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Jan. 3, 2014 ~ Happy 122nd Birthday, Professor, with poem by jan-u-wine.
~*~ Happy Birthday, Professor Tolkien! Jan-u-wine has delivered yet again, writing a beautiful personal reminiscence of the Professor in…
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Happy 120th birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien, plus Jan's 'On the Greatness and Littleness of Being'
~*~ Happy 120th Birthday! I am so grateful this man lived and created such wonders for so many to enjoy and cherish. And I love the photo…
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Happy 126th birthday J. R. R. Tolkien, with poem by jan-u-wine.
~*~ Happy 126th Birthday, Professor Tolkien! I am so grateful this man lived and created such wonders for so many to enjoy and…
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Jan. 3, 2014 ~ Happy 122nd Birthday, Professor, with poem by jan-u-wine.
~*~ Happy Birthday, Professor Tolkien! Jan-u-wine has delivered yet again, writing a beautiful personal reminiscence of the Professor in…
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Happy 120th birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien, plus Jan's 'On the Greatness and Littleness of Being'
~*~ Happy 120th Birthday! I am so grateful this man lived and created such wonders for so many to enjoy and cherish. And I love the photo…