Bag End, Blyth Bridge

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

Grey sky, occasional heavy rain, explosive sunlight, reticent rainbows, iridescent greenery. Croissants for breakfast, reduced ready meals for lunch, toad in the hole for tea. Weeding and watering in the tunnel. Clothes washed and dried. A fire in the stove.