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I finally got a chance to see my brother Rick [and wife]’s handiwork. In decorating his son Jake’s room he had downloaded a PDF of JRR Tolkien’s map of Middle-earth, converted it to transparency, projected it onto Jake’s wall and painted it. Here is the impressive result. (Click on the image to see a large-scale photo.)![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/middle-earth-map-lg.jpg?ssl=1\")
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