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Thread: JRRT CALENDAR COLLECTING GUILD
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I do enjoy your posts everynow and again of different calendars Parmastahir, and it moved me so much so that I thought I'd buy a 2009 Tolkien Calendar. Ted Nasmith is the artist I think, and it depicts some events of The Silmarillion, they are quite impressive.
Keep up the links, I like to browse
Keep up the links, I like to browse
Hi Loss -
I am glad that you find my posts of interest. I'm completely OCD about the calendars. So you'll forgive me if I rave on about them. I got a copy from Ted himself at MythCon 39 this year. He signed it for me. Indeed, he was gracious enough to sign all my copies of the Tolkien calendars that he has illustrated over the years. I was THRILLED! He's a true Renaissance man and one of many talents. He's quiet and very modest and well deserves every bit of success that he has achieved.
Not that I begrudge HarperCollins (and Ted) a sale. But if you want a unique calendar, you might consider the 2009 Heren Istarion/Northeast Tolkien Society issue that is now available. Having collected so many calendars, I had wanted to one day create one myself. That opportunity came in 2007 when I created the HI/NETS calendar. It's a fundraiser for HI/NETS. Ted allowed us to use many of his works as did Jef Murray. My daughter did the graphic design and printing and I worked with her to fold, staple, drill, and envelope them all. We did the same again this year. Jef again did the cover (and a few sketches) and Catherine Chmiel (kasiopea) and Colin Williams (an amateur from Australia) contributed all of the other artwork. You can see (and order, if you then wish to) it here:
www.herenistarion.org
Sorry for the shameless promotion. But it supports the good work and scholarship of HI/NETS. We only printed 100 and 65 have been sold. Ted got some and liked the graphic design and the work of kasia. What was that about the praise of the praiseworthy?
Thanks!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
I am glad that you find my posts of interest. I'm completely OCD about the calendars. So you'll forgive me if I rave on about them. I got a copy from Ted himself at MythCon 39 this year. He signed it for me. Indeed, he was gracious enough to sign all my copies of the Tolkien calendars that he has illustrated over the years. I was THRILLED! He's a true Renaissance man and one of many talents. He's quiet and very modest and well deserves every bit of success that he has achieved.
Not that I begrudge HarperCollins (and Ted) a sale. But if you want a unique calendar, you might consider the 2009 Heren Istarion/Northeast Tolkien Society issue that is now available. Having collected so many calendars, I had wanted to one day create one myself. That opportunity came in 2007 when I created the HI/NETS calendar. It's a fundraiser for HI/NETS. Ted allowed us to use many of his works as did Jef Murray. My daughter did the graphic design and printing and I worked with her to fold, staple, drill, and envelope them all. We did the same again this year. Jef again did the cover (and a few sketches) and Catherine Chmiel (kasiopea) and Colin Williams (an amateur from Australia) contributed all of the other artwork. You can see (and order, if you then wish to) it here:
www.herenistarion.org
Sorry for the shameless promotion. But it supports the good work and scholarship of HI/NETS. We only printed 100 and 65 have been sold. Ted got some and liked the graphic design and the work of kasia. What was that about the praise of the praiseworthy?
Thanks!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
That is brilliant, to have the artist sign your calendar and have him appreciate your (and your 'teams') work. You must be very proud. Unfortunately, I already have my 2009 Calendar as said, but I will be sure to take a nosey at some of the ones available for 2010.
I sincerely hope you do sell those remaining 35 calendars. It looks like a good hobby that is worth something, which is always the best kind of hobby
Keep it up!
I sincerely hope you do sell those remaining 35 calendars. It looks like a good hobby that is worth something, which is always the best kind of hobby
Keep it up!With the addition of the 2009 Parmadili (Polish TS) and Elendilion (Polish Tolkienist Newsletter) calendars, the catalog of Tolkien calendars reach 300! You can view the many issues and variants at:
www.angelfire.com/tn3/tolkiencalendars
Fewer than 20 of the 2009 HI/NETS calendars remain.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
www.angelfire.com/tn3/tolkiencalendars
Fewer than 20 of the 2009 HI/NETS calendars remain.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
NEW TOLKIEN CALENDAR WEBSITE!!!
I have not posted in a while. But I have been busy!
After talking about it for the longest time (almost a year and a half), I pushed my son to help me create my new website:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
He designed it when he was in college (fall of 2007.) I had registered the domain name before then. I found someone to host for it me, and got my son to map it to that server. He set up some templates, and I have been spending most of my free time over the last month transferring all of the content from the Angelfire site. I think it is now all there . . . and I have added some content. I am now creating pages with the monthly illustrations. I am using the photos that I shot for the many Calendar of the Month features. I have programmed four so far:
1969 Ken Rudolph
1986 Hobbit Presse
2002 Pocket
2003 Ronnie Sellers (postcard)
I have 23 more that I will create soon. You can access the monthly illustrations by clicking on the year/publisher (which is a green, underlined link for those entries.) Once I get all of those programmed, I will start creating new Calendar of the Month features. Those now appear on the homepage of the website. In this manner, I will someday get most (if not all) of the calendar illustrations documented.
The only thing I need him to add is a visit counter. Then I’ll abandon the Angelfire site. Actually, I think I’ll program a simple link that will take visitors to the new site.
Comments welcome!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
I have not posted in a while. But I have been busy!
After talking about it for the longest time (almost a year and a half), I pushed my son to help me create my new website:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
He designed it when he was in college (fall of 2007.) I had registered the domain name before then. I found someone to host for it me, and got my son to map it to that server. He set up some templates, and I have been spending most of my free time over the last month transferring all of the content from the Angelfire site. I think it is now all there . . . and I have added some content. I am now creating pages with the monthly illustrations. I am using the photos that I shot for the many Calendar of the Month features. I have programmed four so far:
1969 Ken Rudolph
1986 Hobbit Presse
2002 Pocket
2003 Ronnie Sellers (postcard)
I have 23 more that I will create soon. You can access the monthly illustrations by clicking on the year/publisher (which is a green, underlined link for those entries.) Once I get all of those programmed, I will start creating new Calendar of the Month features. Those now appear on the homepage of the website. In this manner, I will someday get most (if not all) of the calendar illustrations documented.
The only thing I need him to add is a visit counter. Then I’ll abandon the Angelfire site. Actually, I think I’ll program a simple link that will take visitors to the new site.
Comments welcome!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
New Calendar of the Month
I posted a new CotM on:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
It is an interesting calendar in that it is not supposed to exist!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
I posted a new CotM on:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
It is an interesting calendar in that it is not supposed to exist!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Hello to all -
It had been a while (OK, a long while.) But I have reinstituted the Calendar of the Month feature on my new website:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
The CotM for May is the 2009 Middle-earth New Zealand calendar. My intent is to post these for a month, then create a permanent page upon which to display them. The monthly illustrations from almost all of the previous CotM features can now be found throughout the many entries. Hope you enjoy this one.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
It had been a while (OK, a long while.) But I have reinstituted the Calendar of the Month feature on my new website:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
The CotM for May is the 2009 Middle-earth New Zealand calendar. My intent is to post these for a month, then create a permanent page upon which to display them. The monthly illustrations from almost all of the previous CotM features can now be found throughout the many entries. Hope you enjoy this one.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
June CotM
Created a new Calendar of the Month for June on the homepage of:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
It is probably appropriate given all of the talk about The Hobbit movie. Hope you enjoy it.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Created a new Calendar of the Month for June on the homepage of:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
It is probably appropriate given all of the talk about The Hobbit movie. Hope you enjoy it.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
July CotM
Created a new Calendar of the Month for July on the homepage of:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
It is a VERY rare calendar, and one that is unique in my collection because of the format. Hope you enjoy it and comments welcome!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Created a new Calendar of the Month for July on the homepage of:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
It is a VERY rare calendar, and one that is unique in my collection because of the format. Hope you enjoy it and comments welcome!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Created a new Calendar of the Month for September on:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Hope you like this one!
Happy end of Summer to all.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
p.s. - If you missed the August CotM, it was the 1980 LotR Film calendar. Its illustrations can now be found via the link in its entry in the 1978-1980 section of my website.
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Hope you like this one!
Happy end of Summer to all.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
p.s. - If you missed the August CotM, it was the 1980 LotR Film calendar. Its illustrations can now be found via the link in its entry in the 1978-1980 section of my website.
October CotM
Although October is 2/3 done, you can still check out the October Calendar of the Month at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Hope this finds everyone doing well!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Although October is 2/3 done, you can still check out the October Calendar of the Month at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Hope this finds everyone doing well!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Novembre CotM and Other Calendars
Hello to all -
Updated the Calendar of the Month for Novembre (not a typo!) at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Hope you enjoy it. Also, added a page (which is very much under construction still) for the 2010 issues that have started coming out.
Also, my daughter and I will soon print the 2010 HI/NETS calendar (now the third in this series.) Malcolm will have some for the exhibition at ADC in March, and René will have some on his Tolkienwinkel site, too. And Beyond Bree (as members already know) will issue their first calendar since 1994 for 2010 (many thanks to Lotho Sackville-Baggins) and in color, too!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Hello to all -
Updated the Calendar of the Month for Novembre (not a typo!) at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Hope you enjoy it. Also, added a page (which is very much under construction still) for the 2010 issues that have started coming out.
Also, my daughter and I will soon print the 2010 HI/NETS calendar (now the third in this series.) Malcolm will have some for the exhibition at ADC in March, and René will have some on his Tolkienwinkel site, too. And Beyond Bree (as members already know) will issue their first calendar since 1994 for 2010 (many thanks to Lotho Sackville-Baggins) and in color, too!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
December CotM
Hello to all -
Updated the December Calendar of the Month on:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Beyond this feature, have started a 2010 page where you can find the new ones that are coming out. I LOVE this time of year! The Green Hill Country turns white, the 2010s start arriving, and the holidays are near at hand. Merry Christmas and a VERY Happy New Year to everyone!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parm
Hello to all -
Updated the December Calendar of the Month on:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Beyond this feature, have started a 2010 page where you can find the new ones that are coming out. I LOVE this time of year! The Green Hill Country turns white, the 2010s start arriving, and the holidays are near at hand. Merry Christmas and a VERY Happy New Year to everyone!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parm
January CotM and New Entries
Updated the Calendar of the Month and added some new 2010 issues at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Happy New Year to all!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Updated the Calendar of the Month and added some new 2010 issues at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Happy New Year to all!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
February CotM
Hello to All -
Posted a classic for the February Calendar of the Month at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
With the 2010 issues catalogued, there are now 320 calendars listed.
Hope everyone is well and enjoying the winter (whether you're in the Northern or Southern hemisphere!)
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Hello to All -
Posted a classic for the February Calendar of the Month at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
With the 2010 issues catalogued, there are now 320 calendars listed.
Hope everyone is well and enjoying the winter (whether you're in the Northern or Southern hemisphere!)
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Posted another classic for the March Calendar of the Month feature at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Thanks for looking in!
Happy Spring to all!
Away from The (soon to be) Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Thanks for looking in!
Happy Spring to all!
Away from The (soon to be) Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Enjoyed looking at the March Calander! I haven't visited your site for awhile and it was nice to catch up and VERY exciting to read about THE calender 
Hello Sian -
Thanks for visiting. Am pleased that you liked the website. As to The Calendar, I would keep that one if I had to give up all of the others in my collection (which number well over 350!) I marvel that the Master handled it at a point in time (sadly, as his time was growing short.) It's like the light of the Silmaril in the phial of Galadriel to me. Hope this finds you well and enjoying some Spring weather!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parm
Thanks for visiting. Am pleased that you liked the website. As to The Calendar, I would keep that one if I had to give up all of the others in my collection (which number well over 350!) I marvel that the Master handled it at a point in time (sadly, as his time was growing short.) It's like the light of the Silmaril in the phial of Galadriel to me. Hope this finds you well and enjoying some Spring weather!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parm
I totally understand about your feelings for that special calender, I would feel the same and would be in awe to just look at it. I lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during my high school years and didn't know that some of Tolkien's original manuscripts are there in the library of Marquette University. I so wish I had been able to see them! But now I'm 1000 miles away and don't know when I'll get back there.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you,
Sian
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you,
Sian
April CotM
One month ends. Another begins. Posted a new Calendar of the Month for April at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
This one is a new (2010) issue. Hope you enjoy it!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
One month ends. Another begins. Posted a new Calendar of the Month for April at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
This one is a new (2010) issue. Hope you enjoy it!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
May CotM
Updated the Calendar of the Month feature at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Here's your chance to walk down memory lane with a calendar that is today somewhat rarely seen. Happy May to all!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Updated the Calendar of the Month feature at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Here's your chance to walk down memory lane with a calendar that is today somewhat rarely seen. Happy May to all!
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
June CotM
Posted the Calendar of the Month for June at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Chose to post this issue to honor the June birthday of Fangorn, a wonderful gentleman and giant in the Tolkien world.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir
Posted the Calendar of the Month for June at:
www.tolkiencalendars.com
Chose to post this issue to honor the June birthday of Fangorn, a wonderful gentleman and giant in the Tolkien world.
Away from The Green Hill Country,
Parmastahir