Spring Birthdays

[rabidsamfan]

September was always a good time for birthday parties in Hobbiton, being nine months after the longest night of the year and the Yule feasts and all. It was a good time to have a party as well, with all the barns and cellars brim-full and plenty still hanging ready to be gathered and eaten without much to do but wash it clean first. And you could have an outdoor party in September, most years, without too much worry over any passing cloud. Not like a Spring birthday, Sam thought sometimes, where the sun might shine one year and folks might have to come through a late snow the next.

Still, in September you could never give out kites and send the hobbitlings out to play until their cheeks were bright as their eyes from laughter and wind. And all the food of autumn never tasted as special as the first bright berries garnered from vines and bushes to grace a birthday table after months without that sweetness. There might not be as much dancing at a Spring birthday, but it was sure to end by a fireside with singing and with stories, and that was good enough for Sam.

Comments

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

How beautiful - I can see the parties, and the laughing children, and the berries on the table. Never tell me again that you're not capable of painting impressive images.

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Thank you! (And it's not too early - it's half past seven in the morning over here)

*hugs*

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

Very nice! Every season has it`s qualities, doesn`t it? :)

[rosiegardener.livejournal.com]

how beautiful ! I too am happy to be born in spring :-)

[dreamflower]

*grin* Just like Sam. I can just imagine it.

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

Wonderful. I guess every season has its good and bad sides, but it doesn't do to want something you can't have :)