Today we"re in England"s Ashdown Forest, a tranquil patch of woods 30 miles south of London in East Sussex. We"ve wandered here because this is the enchanted forest that inspired author A.A. Milne"s depiction of Winnie-the-Pooh"s neighborhood, the Hundred Acre Wood. It"s our way of celebrating Winnie-the-Pooh Day, observed each year by the Pooh faithful on January 18, Milne"s birthday. The author, along with help from illustrator E.H. Shepard, introduced the world to Pooh and his many forest friends with the beloved "Winnie-the-Pooh" books, first published in 1926.
Winnie-the-Pooh Day
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
National Napping Day
-
Legacy mural in Philadelphia
-
An icy extravaganza
-
Dark Sky Week
-
Colle Santa Lucia, Dolomites, Italy
-
New Zealand s loneliest mountain
-
Here’s looking at you, teachers
-
I see one!
-
New Year’s Day in the land of the rising sun
-
Diwali
-
Jasper Dark Sky Festival
-
200th anniversary of Brazilian independence
-
Hyalite Creek at Custer Gallatin National Forest, Montana
-
A universe underground
-
Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
-
Snow aglow in central Japan
-
Cold? What cold?
-
Dragon dance performed in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
-
Atlanta Botanical Garden
-
Tree of many colors
-
Victory Day in Valletta
-
A crush in Lavaux
-
Merry Christmas
-
Land of the midnight sun
-
Honoring the fallen
-
Crescent Lake near Dunhuang, China
-
A tower of light
-
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
-
A stunning sight in Mexico s wilderness
-
A monastery in the mountain