Into the Mist

The cool nights have brought some impressive fog and mist several mornings in a row. I stopped on this particular morning to photograph a field of cows that I've blipped once before. Somehow, though, on this occasion, I liked the scene better without the cows. I felt like I could take about 10 steps and disappear quite happily into the mist, perhaps never to be heard from again!

I am a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's work, and of the movies about the hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. This scene reminded me of a song called Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold that appears in the book The Hobbit. The lyrics are reproduced here, and I found a version of it on YouTube sung by an a capella group out of Nashville called Street Corner Symphony. Their performance of it has the feeling of the chanting of monks (or perhaps dwarves), but is a bit more melancholy than that. (And here I have to admit that fog does NOT make me feel melancholy, but I enjoyed the song nonetheless. If you like this group, you can find more of their songs by searching on the group's name on YT, and they also have a Facebook page.)

P.S. I've fallen a bit behind on blip, so I am posting several blips in one day to catch up. Please be sure to check out the Tuesday and Thursday photos as well!