The Girdle of Melian

p on the Dole! A picnic on the mountains over the summer. A sort-of cave, some intriguing flora, and a good hike! I'm posting this in advance, so my future self had better be cracking on NaNoWriMo! I found this raising the stakes post by Nathan Bransford, Close off your protagonist's easy off ramps , really helpful while I was plotting. Are you writing or working on another project during NaNoWriMo?

oats! Part 3 of my series on boats ! "To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying, The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying. West, west away, the round sun is falling. Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling, The voices of my people that have gone before me? I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me; For our days are ending and our years failing. I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing. Long are the waves on the Last Shore falling, Sweet are the voices in the Lost Isle calling, In Eressëa, in Elvenhome that no man can discover, Where the leaves fall not: land of my people for ever!" Legolas' song, from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien A port along Lake Geneva/Lac Leman Flags Setting sail... Metaphorically speaking The Jet d'Eau in the distance A paddle steamer! Silvery trees A treehouse! A lovely house on the lakeshore Hello, swan A clipper(?)! Yoga by the lake... Planes coming in to land ...