"The feasting people were Wood-elves, of course. These are not wicked folk. If they have a fault it is distrust of strangers. Though their magic was strong, even in those days they were wary. They differed from the High Elves of the West, and were more dangerous and less wise. For most of them (together with their scattered relations in the hills and mountains) were descended from the ancient tribes that never went to Faerie in the West. There the Light-elves and the Deep-elves and the Sea-elves went and lived for ages, and grew fairer and wiser and more learned, and invented their magic and their cunning craft in the making of beautiful and marvelous things, before some came back into the Wide World. In the Wide World the Wood-elves lingered in the twilight of our Sun and Moon, but loved best the stars; and they wandered in the great forests that grew tall in lands that are now lost. They dwelt most often by the edges of the woods, from which they could escape at times to hunt, or to ride and run over the open lands by moonlight or starlight; and after the coming of Men they took ever more and more to the gloaming and the dusk. Still elves they were and remain, and that is Good People." J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Hobbit"
Old Westbury Gardens, Westbury, New York
"There's earth under his old feet, and clay on his fingers; wisdom in his bones, and both eyes are open."
Tom Bombadil on Farmer Maggot, J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Fellowship of the Ring"
Fisher's Renaissance Fair, Fishers, Indianapolis, Indiana
Medieval Festival, Sands Point, New York
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Medieval Festival, Sands Point, New York
 To view large or order fine art prints and posters of this image, click here  Sands Point Medieval Festival, September 2009, Sands Point Preserve, Sands Point, New York
Medieval Festival, Sands Point Preserve, Nassau County, New York  Sands Point Medieval Festival, September 2009, Sands Point Preserve, Sands Point, New York
Medieval Festival, Sands Point Preserve, Nassau County, New York  Sands Point Medieval Festival, September 2009, Sands Point Preserve, Sands Point, New York
Medieval Festival, Sands Point Preserve, Nassau County, New York  Sands Point Medieval Festival, September 2009, Sands Point Preserve, Sands Point, New York
Old Westbury Gardens, Westbury, New York
Old Westbury Gardens, Westbury, New York
Old Westbury Gardens, Westbury, New York
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Copyright 2012 Todd Atteberry, www.historytrekkershoppe.com

Copyright 2012 Todd Atteberry, www.historytrekkershoppe.com