Thursday, November 1

The Red Day

Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!
Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!
Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!
I wonder if Tolkien ever saw a day as actually red as this one.
No camera tricks here, this evening the sky turned as red as any on mars.  I have seen a lot of strange skies but nothing that looked more like the end of the world than this day.



Cordia boissieri
Mexican Olive (Cordia boissieri)

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