Pip: If you have ever wished your calendar had more meals on it, Pollywog’s Place Blog may be the site you did not know you needed.
Mara: Susie at Pollywog’s Place Blog has been writing about exactly that — from a full Hobbit Day celebration with pictures to a September calendar stacked with food-forward holidays. Let’s start with the Hobbit Day territory.
Hobbit Day Celebrations
Pip: Hobbit Day falls on September 22nd, and the question here is whether a family can actually pull off a full Hobbit-style meal schedule — Breakfast, Second Breakfast, Elevenses, Luncheon, Afternoon Tea, Dinner, and Supper — in a single day.
Mara: The Hobbit Inspired Menu post lays out exactly that spread, and the philosophy behind it is direct: “Don’t make it HARD for yourself and just do the best you can… the memories will still be special.”
Pip: That is the whole pitch in one sentence — ambitious menu, realistic execution. Frozen quiche, canned biscuits, and deli croissants are all explicitly on the table as substitutions.
Mara: The follow-up post, A Hobbit Day Celebration with Pictures, documents how it actually went. Prep started the night before — quiches baked in silicone cupcake liners, chicken salad made ahead, potatoes peeled and waiting in the fridge.
Pip: And it rained, so the planned Elevenses under the garden arches did not happen — which is honestly very on-brand for a Hobbit adventure.
Mara: The conclusion lands somewhere meaningful. The post calls it “as much a Hobbit Day celebration as it was a celebration of Our Family,” and notes the kids have already requested something similar for a birthday.
Pip: Seven meals is a lot. But the printable menu in the first post means you can hand the whole plan to someone else and let them worry about it.
Mara: Speaking of planning ahead — the September meal calendar takes that same instinct and applies it to the whole month.
Seasonal Special Meals
Mara: The September Edition post is built around a simple tension: fall gets busy, so having your special meals mapped out before the month starts means you are not scrambling when the day actually arrives.
Pip: The post pulls directly from a Perpetual Meal Plan and lists food holidays across the entire month — and Hobbit Day on the 22nd sits right there alongside National Coffee Day, Apple Dumpling Day, and International Bacon Day.
Mara: The post puts it plainly: “Now is the time to start making your bucket list for Fall things, if you haven’t already.” It also links a blank meal planner and grocery list so readers can build their own version.
Pip: A calendar where every Saturday before Labor Day is International Bacon Day is a calendar I can respect.
Mara: The list even extends into October and touches on Biblical feast days, so the framework stretches well past September.
Pip: Seven meals in a day, a month mapped to food holidays — there is a throughline here about making ordinary time feel deliberate.
Mara: Next time, more from Pollywog’s Place Blog on what that looks like in practice.
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