Occasionally I will be reading a book and some little phrase or sentence grabs hold of me. Usually it will be something that creates a vivid visual image.

This happened when I was reading The Fellowship of the Ring, the first of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy known as The Lord of the Rings:

"Night came beneath the trees as they walked, and the elves uncovered their silver lamps."

From this came the name for my blog.