[quote]"The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf did not mind. He had seen the grass of many countries, and found them all good, in their season. He had been to places where the grass was the colour of silver or gold, or deep blue in twilight under endless stars, and to places where it was red in the sun, or dim and pale under the moon. 'Nice weather for the time of year,' said Gandalf, who, as all hobbits knew, was fond of pipe-weed."[/quote]

[i]The Fellowship of the Ring - chapter 1 "A Long-Expected Party"[/i]