"They seemed to have left winter clinging to the hills behind. Here the air was
softer and warmer, and faintly scented, as if spring was already stirring and
the sap was flowing again in herb and leaf."
- The Three Hunters descend from the Emyn Muil onto the plains of Rohan, Feb 27
(Frodo meets Faramir on March 7).
Here on the east coast of Ireland, it certainly starts to feel like spring in
February. After living in Ontario for many years, I can attest to the fact that
it feels like it should be impossible, but it
isn't!
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But even while he spoke so, to keep fear away until the very last, his eyes still strayed north, north into the eye of the wind, to where the sky far off was clear...
