Treat of the Day: People with vision, paired with people that can turn vision into reality are gifted by God to bless us! And we were certainly blessed today!
The landowner allowed Peter Jackson access to 30 acres of his 1200 acre sheep ranch to film the Lord of the Rings trilogy for a 3 month period. They built temporary sets and when filming completed they returned the hillsides to their original sheep farm use. But then! When Peter requested filming the Hobbit, Mr. Anderson, the land owner, negotiated for permanent construction that would remain after filming ended. Brilliant move! They created a 50/50 partnership and have been "shoveling cash" ever since! 40 people per bus, $100 per person, every ten minutes, every day, 8 hours each day, always full! Do the math!
And yet, it's so worth it! Check out these uncaptioned photos, because if you know, you know, and see what I mean:
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| In 2023 they opened up 2 hobbit holes you can enter, and they were amazing! |
It helped that the weather was beautiful, the colors were brilliant and hiking in, around and through Hobbitton was a 6000 step journey!
And to cap off the lovely day, we enjoyed dinner at the house and a beautiful sunset.
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| Love the clouds, the colors and the glory! |
We had a crystal clear night and Kevin has a Pixel 7 phone, with an excellent camera. He did a time lapse to show how, in the Milky Way, there is such a quantity of stars our eyes don't pick up, and he captured the Southern Cross.
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| The bottom is at about 5 o'clock and the top is at 11, with the cross beam at 2 and 8. Hopefully you can pick it up. |
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| So many stars! The heaven's declaring the Glory of God! |
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