So Many English Things This Week!

 Greetings to my fellow cocooning friends!

Some days have not a lot going on, and it is difficult to find interesting things to blog about.

However... April 23rd, actually has too many things!

First of all...today, April 23rd is St. George's Day, and St. George is the symbol of England...not the Union Jack....

 Which is thy symbol of the United Kingdom, but this is the flag of England...it's the symbol on the National teams of England. St. George is the patron saint of England and believed to have died on April 23rd. 

He is thought to have been a Roman soldier, and, of course...reputed to have killed a dragon.....

 This is a Dunoon, England bone china mug we have at Time Was Antiques with the ubiquitous image of the St. George Cross, symbol of England...so...

April 23rd is also famous in England because it is celebrated as Shakespeare's birthday in 1564, and also his date of death in 1616...

 which is a big deal in parts of England...especially Stratford-upon-Avon where he lived...big celebrations there every year...

 This the is Church Of The Holy Trinity in Stratford where the Bard is buried...

This is a cake plate from 1904-1906 of the church...

And Shaespeares gravestone within the church. My husband was born just a few miles from here, so we have visitied many times and loved rambling along the River Avon along the picturesque Shakespeare Trail.

Speaking of my husband... 

April 23rd in the anniversary of the founding of the Coldstream Guards, a unit of the Queen' Own Guards brigade of 5 units, and special to us because it was my husband's old unit. For more on the guards, I have posted previously about it HERE