Carnimírië by Himring  

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For the accompanying text see the Image Notes.

For a note on the title, see the End Notes.

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Photograph of a tree in autumn (lightly edited) with two lines of accompanying text.

Originally submitted (without the title) for the Manwe's Mailbag challenge for a postcard prompt.

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Carnimírië

In every autumn a different red—

red-jewelled boughs against clear skies.

Bare tree branches with clusters of red berries, photographed from below

Chapter End Notes

The title is based on the name of one of the lost rowans that Quickbeam laments for in The Two Towers. The name carnimírië means "red-jewelled" (Quenya). 

The first line of the text in the image notes also alludes to one of Bilbo's songs (in every wood in every spring / there is a different green).

Comments on Carnimírië

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I'm so glad you posted this here so we get to enjoy it! I love this image, the bright red on grey contrasting against the clear blue sky. What a fitting epitaph for the Rowan. Lovely, thank you!

Thank you so much! I'm so glad that you like it.

But I have to confess it isn't a rowan. At least, I don't think it is, although I'm not sure what tree it is.

I took the liberty of re-purposing the "red-jewelled" name a bit, as I thought it suited this tree, too!

This is such a beautiful image, and I love the allusion to Bilbo's song! And the phrase suits the idea of lamenting for lost rowans so well, as if Quickbeam could tell them apart by the varying reds of their berries.

(And if I correctly understood the clue about the pen name becoming an island after the War of Wrath, would you happen to have a Scavenger Hunt prompt for me?)

Thank you! I hadn't thought of it quite like that but I am sure Quickbeam could indeed tell the colours of the berries of his favourite rowans apart!

Here is your prompt:

It is a question about a character in your work. How do they feel about plants? Do they like them, in general? Is there any plant in particular that they like or dislike? You can use your answer to the question just as narrative background, but maybe it could also have an impact on your plot.