Art of the Day: Fuchi with Cherry Blossoms and Petals
The black fuchi is decorated with falling cherry blossoms and petals, along with sprinkled gold “maki-e.” Cherry blossoms are the most celebrated flower of spring. This is part of a mounted set. Learn more about this object in our art site: http://bit.ly/2ru2BnB
“Of course. I may or may not accept, but you may always ask.”
Khamûl
bows deeply in respect and gratitude. “Your cats, my Lord. They are lovely creatures, and I have noticed that the Lady Adûnaphel is quite taken with them. It was my hope that she might be permitted a kitten from the next litter.”
“Oh, say no more! I can think of no better custodian for a wayward kitten than our own Adûnaphel!” Sauron rose with a smile, all too eager to drop state affairs for the important matter of kittens, who he’d been doting on tirelessly since they came into his possession, escorting his servant to the allotted chamber of his new pets.
“So young, and already such strong opinions!” He laughed, cradling the little animal in the palm of his hand, where it fit neatly. “She’s welcome to come and pick one out for herself, of course. Two, even! One ought to have company, don’t you think? They’re very playful, and strong-willed– aren’t you, you little gremlin?” He cooed as it gnawed the calloused pad of his finger. “No regard for authority whatsoever! Aren’t they delightful?”
@ Shadow of Mordor, I have no idea what the fuck you’re doing, but I support any endeavor that allows me to be friends with Brûz the Chopper.
Helleborus X Hybridus Winter Thrillers // Grape Galaxy
Chocolate Cosmos
Black Calla Lily
Asiatic Lily
Black Velvet Petunia
Karma Choc Dahlia
Just a few flowers I’d put in the “goth section” of my dream garden, alongside gargoyles. I’d probably throw in some Persian shield for foliage, maybe some other dark coleus.
Speaking of the flora and fauna of Mordor, and Sauron being extremely Extra about his breeding projects in order to maintain that Aesthetic….
AHA! Little did you know that I was lying in wait, ready to pounce the second this topic was brought up!
The two kitties on the stools are meant to be more traditional Thai Cats (whether they came across that way in my not-especially-well-acquainted-with-cat-anatomy style is another question), but I couldn’t resist giving the one Sauron was holding the modern American Siamese long snooty snoot snoot, because they have matching aquiline profiles. :3
The Cats of Mordor– RivkaZ 2017
“I fear that to me Siamese cats belong to the fauna of Mordor, but you need not tell the cat breeder that."― J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 219
“Moon-Diamond Cats”, the emissary called them; one of seventeen types of auspicious cat that could bring prosperity and luck to their keepers. Six breeding pairs, and one litter of kittens (born during the long voyage over the Encircling Sea), had come on the trading convoy of a great king from lands far to the south east of Harad– a gift to the Lord of Mordor and its vassal states.
“I am more accustomed by far to the company of wolves, but these creatures also are to my liking,” said the Lord of Mordor, and promised they would be treated with utmost hospitality, and that for however many generations the cats chose to make their home in his kingdom, they would be welcome. Gold and iron and scrolls of lore were given in return, many times the weight of the lissome beasts they bought. From then on, cats would live in the grand palaces of Umbar, and as guardians in the Temple of the Giver of Freedom, and even in Barad-dûr at the foot of Sauron himself, for they delighted him.
And so it was, even after the eastern empire fell, and rose for a time in shadow, and fell once more, the cats of Mordor, who live still in the crumbling gardens at Umbar and run feral in the port cities of South Gondor, have ink-dipped points, and a diamond stain over the bright moons of their eyes.
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