Winnie the Pooh

Following on from yesterday's flowers, another of my favourite English things is Winnie-the-Pooh and the books by A A Milne. I still have my childhood copy of When We Were Very Young AND I can still remember the words to quite a few of the poems. From here I moved on to Winnie-the-Pooh, Now We Are Six and the House at Pooh Corner. I have always had a soft spot for Pooh. I remember around 1970 queueing for hours to see an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum with the original toys that the stories were based around. Here they are

Earlier this Fall, I was in Collingwood for Wordstock - a great new literary festival. Fab opening evening and then a day of workshops, book signings and celebrities. I had a photo with one of them.

He was a little modern for my taste but at least not a full blown Disney Winne the Pooh. [Note no hyphens. Disney dispensed with them. Why?] The friend who took this wondered if my husband new about another 'love' in my life. I told her Winnie-the-Pooh and I go back years. We're old friends. Why I've even played poohsticks with my kids. Come on now - be sensible!

Anyway, was in the local Post Office this afternoon and saw a new stamp collection on sale. You're there already aren't you? Yup it was - Winnie-the-Pooh and here are the stamps. Not Disney's Pooh pictures, the original E H Shepard illustrations. I just love them.

I mentioned a few posts ago that we were a hankie collecting family - I have some belonging to my Grandmother, so Ivy will have some that belonged to her Great Great Grandmother! We are also a stamp collecting family. I have some old letters and postcards that were sent back during WW2, my Mum collected special ones for me, I did the same for the kids and it would seem I am about to start collecting again for my Grandkids thanks to my trip today. Oh well, what goes round, comes round.

Promise will get back to weddings and Canada next time.