Even some Brandybucks found Frodo odd occasionally. For example, on the anniversary of his parent’s drowning, instead of visiting their graves as was proper he took a small boat and drifted down the Brandywine to a certain small pool and moored there with a book and a picnic.

The first few years Esmeralda accompanied him, but when older he went alone, and did so whenever in Buckland on that date.When asked why he didn’t throw flowers into the river as did others who had suffered similar losses he would reply, “Why drown something else that is precious and beautiful?