Friday, 1 July 2022

DG's Favourite Tolkien Drawings - Part One

Spring 1940

 

Mithrim




Merry Christmas 1932




The Gardens of Merking's Palace




A Shop on the Edge of the Hills of Fairy Land





Doors of Durin




Númenórean carpet



* Images taken from 'J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator' by Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull *

One Art Please! Part Deux!

 Bagend by John Howe





Painting gifted by uncle YW (title and artist unknown)






Orchids painted by AB






Le Petit Dejeuner (Atelier Nouvelles Images)





Chop Suey by Edward Hopper






Phoenix's Embrace by Dawn Holliday






The Canal House by DH (interpreted from the book 'By The Pricking of My Thumbs')







Home Remedy for Dry Hands

Ingredients

1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon (14g) raw honey (preferably manuka honey)
2 tablespoons (26g) extra virgin olive oil


Method

Mix everything together in a bowl.

Apply onto hands. Let the mixture soak into the skin for 20 minutes before rinsing/wiping off.

Best done close to bedtime.



* Remedy provided by Dr Eric Berg DC *