1893
From Tolkien Gateway
Summer (southern hemisphere)
- Tolkien spends the cool hours in the family garden usually watching his father plant vines or trees.
- Ronald is bitten by a tarantula and runs away in terror, his nurse grabs him and sucks the poison out.
- He shows interest in drawing, usually scribbling with pencil and paper.
- He is bothered by teething and his health suffers in the heat.
Years 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 |