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melyanna_65, who asked for more pics of the Bag End set, and who I know likes kitties with her hobbits:
Mr. Frodo, you look different, and no mistake! Still, you have the biggest blue eyes I have ever seen, me dearnext to Stinkers, that is.
Saki figures that if her name is Murasaki Took, then she has a right to be on this set, and I agree. She's 4 hobbits rolled into one, because though she is totally my loyal Sam-cat, always sitting guard, she has Frolijah's eyes, she's a fool of a Took, because what siamese isn't, and she could be called Murry/Merry as well as Saki. If I had met her after the FotR film came out when I was reacquainted with the Tolkien love, I bet I would have named her Smeagol. The first thing she did when she invaded the set is run her cheek all over Sam doll--she is definitely a Sam identified cat.
I named her after Murasaki Shikibu, both because it's the name of a cool early woman writer I had just read, and because Murasaki means "Lavender" in Japanese. I thought of Saki's coloring as lilac point siamese mix, and lavender is close to lilac, so that was what was relevant. I've since learned its more accurate to call Saki a tortie point, asdelux_vivens first pointed out to me. I didn't give her the Took part until the FoTR film came out, though. So anyway, I kind of share my LJ name with my cat, though inadvertently.
As you can see, this is the coffee table in the middle of my living room, where I've been doing all my shoots for Bingo that I've posted thus far. This and a couple of the pics I posted yesterday are with my new camera. I tookcyloran's advice, read up a little more, and got a Nikon S52 at a really good sale price at Ritz Camera, and I'm delighted with Ritz Camera right now, because they threw in some great freebies I had no idea about--the best being several free classes on digital photography at times and places I can get to--way cool.
This is a very, basic minimum Bag End set I wanted to throw together for the birthday toast, even though I didn't get back from taking shots in DC until 7:30 and had to eat supper. These are some of the props I collected over the last couple of years for my plan to build a Bag End for my 6" action figures--hat box lids, a glass and metal candle stand as the window, little silk flowers, and the bench, plus a bunch of green bath mats. That plan may be scrapped now that the 12" Sideshow dolls have taken over my life and think anything I make should be for them instead. I have been feeling like I can't reveal the Sam doll until he enters the story line and he should be in his box, but he and Bingo doll have other ideas, and use adorableness as an effective weapon. So they get "off the set" time together for now. Same with introducing the Bilbo doll, who is a Toy Biz figure my brother ordered for me for Xmas/Chanukah. I will do some more detailed Bag End sets when it suits story lines later. I'll have to take this set down this week to do some other shots, let alone having the use of my coffee table ever, but for now, Saki thinks it's pretty comfortable.
melyanna_65, who asked for more pics of the Bag End set, and who I know likes kitties with her hobbits:Mr. Frodo, you look different, and no mistake! Still, you have the biggest blue eyes I have ever seen, me dear
Saki figures that if her name is Murasaki Took, then she has a right to be on this set, and I agree. She's 4 hobbits rolled into one, because though she is totally my loyal Sam-cat, always sitting guard, she has Frolijah's eyes, she's a fool of a Took, because what siamese isn't, and she could be called Murry/Merry as well as Saki. If I had met her after the FotR film came out when I was reacquainted with the Tolkien love, I bet I would have named her Smeagol. The first thing she did when she invaded the set is run her cheek all over Sam doll--she is definitely a Sam identified cat.
I named her after Murasaki Shikibu, both because it's the name of a cool early woman writer I had just read, and because Murasaki means "Lavender" in Japanese. I thought of Saki's coloring as lilac point siamese mix, and lavender is close to lilac, so that was what was relevant. I've since learned its more accurate to call Saki a tortie point, as
delux_vivens first pointed out to me. I didn't give her the Took part until the FoTR film came out, though. So anyway, I kind of share my LJ name with my cat, though inadvertently. As you can see, this is the coffee table in the middle of my living room, where I've been doing all my shoots for Bingo that I've posted thus far. This and a couple of the pics I posted yesterday are with my new camera. I took
cyloran's advice, read up a little more, and got a Nikon S52 at a really good sale price at Ritz Camera, and I'm delighted with Ritz Camera right now, because they threw in some great freebies I had no idea about--the best being several free classes on digital photography at times and places I can get to--way cool. This is a very, basic minimum Bag End set I wanted to throw together for the birthday toast, even though I didn't get back from taking shots in DC until 7:30 and had to eat supper. These are some of the props I collected over the last couple of years for my plan to build a Bag End for my 6" action figures--hat box lids, a glass and metal candle stand as the window, little silk flowers, and the bench, plus a bunch of green bath mats. That plan may be scrapped now that the 12" Sideshow dolls have taken over my life and think anything I make should be for them instead. I have been feeling like I can't reveal the Sam doll until he enters the story line and he should be in his box, but he and Bingo doll have other ideas, and use adorableness as an effective weapon. So they get "off the set" time together for now. Same with introducing the Bilbo doll, who is a Toy Biz figure my brother ordered for me for Xmas/Chanukah. I will do some more detailed Bag End sets when it suits story lines later. I'll have to take this set down this week to do some other shots, let alone having the use of my coffee table ever, but for now, Saki thinks it's pretty comfortable.
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What could I ask more? There's a gorgeous blue-eyed kitty, two sweet hobbits (the sweetest hobbits ever), there's the most excentric hobbit ever, there's a tiny Bag End set to explore and enjoy!
Saki has indeed the biggest blue eyes, what a fantastic kitty! And she feels totally at home and very comfortable in the Bag End garden!
And I'm so happy to see that finally Sam arrived and immediately joined Frodo on the bench. Those two hobbits are indeed inseparable!
Thanks again for fulfilling my wish to see more of Bag End set! Now I suppose it's time for me to post pictures of my own dolls house. I hope to start posting soon, now that the Christmas holidays are over!
*purrs and hugs*
*pets Saki*
*blows kisses for the hobbits*
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Yes--I want to see more pics of your Bag End interiors!
*hugses*
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ETA: Doh, forgot to mention how beautiful Saki is! (And dredging up literature I read in high school, was she the author of the 'Pillow Book'?) We had Siamese cats when I was growing up.
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This Nikon is just a standard 3x zoom. As I understand it (and maybe I'm wrong), the zoom is for shooting distance, and not really relevant to the shooting of small close things, so I felt I didn't need more than standard. What I like with this camera is that the macro mode allows you to get as close as 4 cm. The other big features for me were the size of the LCD screen, and the fact that the telescoping lens is internal--it doesn't go in and out--so that's one less part I can get sand in and ruin (which I think is what happened to my old non-digital Canon Sureshot during Bingo's beach photo shoot.)
We thank you. She's sitting on the ottoman in front of me guarding me right now. Yay--you are also raised by meezers! That makes 3 of us in this corner of LotR fandom --
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Saki Took is quite the little character, and a good conversationalist, too. (-;
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