I went down to #Delphi, to talk to #Apollo:
Ask Him some questions, the "how?" and the "why?"
I went down to Delphi, petitioned the #Oracle;
All I got back was this cryptic reply:
"Cottleston, Cottleston, #CottlestonppPie."
The Milnic Codex #Milne #AAMilne #Pooh #WinnieThePooh #booksOfMastodon
#Delphi #apollo #oracle #cottlestonpppie #milne #aamilne #pooh #winniethepooh #booksofmastodon
"If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble." — A.A. Milne — — — #AAMilne #quote #quotes #English #language #quip #snarky #he #she #humor #funny
#aamilne #quote #quotes #english #language #quip #snarky #he #she #humor #funny
Just received this rather nice #FirstEdition #AAMilne #HouseAtPoohCorner with scarce dust jacket. #Pooh
#pooh #houseatpoohcorner #aamilne #firstedition
Coming 11th August!
Available for the first time:
The Complete Songs of #aamilne and #lewiscarroll by H. Fraser-Simson.
7 singers, 1 pianist, 75 songs!
#britishmusic #operasingersofinstagram #operasinger #britishmusician #classicalmusic #20thcenturymusic #artsongs #christopherrobin #ChristopherRobin #pooh #aliceinwonderland #kidsmusic #childrenssongs #musicforchildren #childrenssongs
#aamilne #lewiscarroll #britishmusic #operasingersofinstagram #operasinger #britishmusician #classicalmusic #20thcenturymusic #artsongs #christopherrobin #pooh #aliceinwonderland #kidsmusic #childrensSongs #musicforchildren
Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
-- A. A. Milne
#Nature #AAMilne #Quotes #Panopainting #Bot Under Development
#nature #aamilne #quotes #panopainting #bot
Halfway down the stairs
is a stair
where i sit.
there isn't any
other stair
quite like
it.
i'm not at the bottom,
i'm not at the top;
so this is the stair
where
I always
stop.
#poetry #aamilne #cats #catsofmastadon #caturday
Our upcoming recordings for 2023!
The War of Wrath (Late May/June)
The Complete Songs of A. A. Milne (August)
Blithe Spirit (Nov/Dec)
#pooh #childrenssongs #christopherrobin #childrenssongsforadults #aamilne #poohbear #musicforchildren #kidsmusic #aliceinwonderland #ChristopherRobin #winniethepooh #milne #TheLordoftheRings #operatic #thelordoftheringstrilogy #thesilmarillion… #thehobbit #Silmarillion #thesilmarillion #blithespirit #NoelCoward #noëlcoward #britishmusic #tolkien #opera #composer
#pooh #childrensSongs #christopherrobin #childrenssongsforadults #aamilne #PoohBear #musicforchildren #kidsmusic #aliceinwonderland #winniethepooh #Milne #thelordoftherings #operatic #thelordoftheringstrilogy #thesilmarillion #thehobbit #silmarillion #blithespirit #noelcoward #britishmusic #tolkien #opera #composer
Here’s our wonderful cast of musicians for our upcoming album - The Complete Songs of A. A. Milne (and Lewis Carroll) by Harold Fraser-Simson.
Frederick Brown on Piano! Julian Boyce, Simon Crosby Buttle, Helen Greenaway, Rosie Hay, Philip Lloyd-Evans, Francesca Saracino and Stephen Wells are our singers!
#musicforchildren #winniethepooh #aliceinwonderland #poohbear #childrenssongs #pooh #christopherrobin #milne #ChristopherRobin #kidsmusic #aamilne #download #britishmusic #composer
#musicforchildren #winniethepooh #aliceinwonderland #PoohBear #childrensSongs #pooh #christopherrobin #Milne #kidsmusic #aamilne #download #britishmusic #composer
Time to officially announce a special project that we’ve been working on for well over a year!
Coming in August 2023 on Double CD and Digital Download - The Complete Songs of A. A. Milne (and Lewis Carroll) by Harold Fraser-Simson.
Seven singers, one pianist and over 70 songs… some of which are being recorded for the first time!
Beautiful songs from a bygone era for children and the young at heart.
#aliceinwonderland #kidsmusic #aamilne #christopherrobin #poohbear #childrenssongs #pooh
#aliceinwonderland #kidsmusic #aamilne #christopherrobin #PoohBear #childrensSongs #pooh
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.”
― A. A. Milne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne
#bot #quote #FamousQuotes #love #aamilne
Who doesn't love Winnie-the-Pooh, which is post #135 of my #bookcovers and #firstsentences homage on #Instagram?
Interestingly, I only became acquainted with A.A. Milne's stories as an adult when I bought Winnie-the-Pooh (Methuen 1973) for my wife after seeing Winnie-the-Pooh play in Worthing, England, in 1998. (I think we were the only "unaccompanied" adults in the theatre, and I still have the programme!)
But my wife and I read stories from this book to my son from an early age, and we visited the Pooh Corner in the Hundred Acre Wood (and played Pooh Sticks!) with him when he was five!
As for the book's first sentences — how's this for an introduction:
Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn't. Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you. Winnie-the-Pooh.
TallAndTrueBooks post on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BpYAjflFFHQ/
#bookcovers #firstsentences #instagram #books #homage #winniethepooh #aamilne
#Quotes #AAMilne #SayingGoodbye #Death #Fathers #Loss #Grief
A dear friend sent me this today. My 91 year old father passed away last week--much too long a story for here, but I did see him the day before. This quote fits so well, because though we were apart due the last decade or so, we spoke occaisionally and I know he had love for me, it was just shitty circumstances. This quote adds a layer or perspective.
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” -A.A. Milne
#quotes #aamilne #sayinggoodbye #death #fathers #loss #grief
We had a brilliant first day of recording yesterday on a special project we have coming in August.
The official title of the album is going to be The Complete Songs of A.A. Milne (and Lewis Carroll) by Harold Fraser-Simson. An amazing collection of over 70 songs written in the early 20th Century and we’re recording all of them with a cast of seven singers and one amazing pianist.
#artsongs #aamilne #pooh #poohbear #winniethepooh #christopherrobin #ChristopherRobin #aliceinwonderland
#artsongs #aamilne #pooh #PoohBear #winniethepooh #christopherrobin #aliceinwonderland
Author A.A. Milne (1882-1956) was born #OnThisDay.
He based "Winnie the Pooh" — published in 1926 — on his son Christopher Robin's stuffed animals.
#winniethepoohday #Books #nostalgia #winniethepooh #aamilne #onthisday
[1985] Jackanory - Willie Rushton reads Winnie the Pooh.
Each year the 18th January is National Winnie the Pooh Day in the United Kingdom - a day that celebrates the bear and the author of the Winnie the Pooh stories, A. A. Milne.
Happy Winnie the Pooh Day!
#OldBritishTelly #aamilne #winniethepooh #WillieRushton
Happy Winnie The Pooh Day! 🍯🍯🍯 #winniethepoohday #winniethepooh #AAMilne
#winniethepoohday #winniethepooh #aamilne