I am a HUGE fan of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. If any of the three LOTR movies comes on television, there are only a few things that will tear me away. And by few, I mean somebody better be dying!
There are a number of scenes that involve butterflies or moths. Moths/butterflies are messengers, in the movies at least, for the eagles. My favorite moth/butterfly scene from the trilogy has got to be the final battle at the black gate. The key moment starts at about the 3:00 mark in this clip.
The eagles are almost always associated with a sudden and unexpected turn of events in Tolkein's books, and they are always on the side of good in the movies.
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Nearly everyday, our dogs get a nice little walk, usually just over a mile. On our last couple of journeys we were led out of the gate by some brilliant reddish-orange moths. To be honest, I've been a little nonplussed over their consistency in behavior and presence.
My walk this past Wednesday was something a bit different, though.
The dogs were leashed as I walked to the gate. The reddish-orange moth was there again to lead us out the gate. We walked down the road to the end of the block, more reddish-orange moths lined our path. As we approached the corner, a massive Monarch butterfly met up with us, and guided us for almost a quarter mile!
It guided us around the corner.
It led us down the street.
Amazingly, it continued to lead us around another turn.
Finally, it flitted off over a fence.
It was about this time, I started looking up to the skies. I was a little freaked out. At any moment I expected to see the Great Eagles of Middle Earth bringing about a sudden an unexpected turn of events.
But, alas, I was just walking the dogs. And they did not suddenly behave themselves on the walk, so maybe that butterfly omen is one to remain in Middle Earth, and not here and now in this world.
Pity. It was a really magnificent butterfly.
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Nearly everyday, our dogs get a nice little walk, usually just over a mile. On our last couple of journeys we were led out of the gate by some brilliant reddish-orange moths. To be honest, I've been a little nonplussed over their consistency in behavior and presence.
My walk this past Wednesday was something a bit different, though.
The dogs were leashed as I walked to the gate. The reddish-orange moth was there again to lead us out the gate. We walked down the road to the end of the block, more reddish-orange moths lined our path. As we approached the corner, a massive Monarch butterfly met up with us, and guided us for almost a quarter mile!
It guided us around the corner.
It led us down the street.
Amazingly, it continued to lead us around another turn.
Finally, it flitted off over a fence.
It was about this time, I started looking up to the skies. I was a little freaked out. At any moment I expected to see the Great Eagles of Middle Earth bringing about a sudden an unexpected turn of events.
But, alas, I was just walking the dogs. And they did not suddenly behave themselves on the walk, so maybe that butterfly omen is one to remain in Middle Earth, and not here and now in this world.
Pity. It was a really magnificent butterfly.
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