18 January 19

Happy Winnie-the-Pooh Day! This day honors the birthday (in 1882) of A(lan) A(lexander) Milne, chronicler of the adventure stories in the Hundred Acre Wood and creator of poetry loved by children and their parents. With Beth's help I learned today that the silly old bear's name is truly Winnie-the-Pooh, according to Milne and Christopher Robin, while the producers at Disney Studios  always leave out the hyphens. My tie, celebrating a picnic for Pooh and Piglet (and some bees), is from the collection of Allan Durand Stevens. I know it's Friday, when I routinely do not wear a tie, but I'm going to need several Fridays this year to show off some wonderful ties that are new to me!