June 8, 2019 Trooping the Colours For Her Majesty's Official Birthday

Queen Elizabeth's official birthday, is a moveable date in June as opposed to her actual birthday on April 21st... not always known for good weather...

So the nation celebrates Her Majesty's birthday in June...

this year today, June 8th, for her 93 official birthday...

There is first a carriage procession down the Mall... always packed with folks wanting to glimpse members of the royal family...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Duchess of Cambridge and Duchess of Cornwall....

with other members of the family riding horseback....

Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Andrew and Anne, Princess Royal...

to St. James for a review of the troops...

Queen Elizabeth used to do the review on horseback...here on her favorite horse Burmese in 1970... and depending on the temperature a guardsman usually  goes down.

My husband was in the Coldstream Guards, and remembers several of these incidents... one guardsman went down beside him once, but just after the Queen had passed by...

 Then it's back to Buckingham Palace for the balcony appearance...this year with Prince Louis and Meghan on a rare maternity leave appearance for the festivities...

aerial passby... and a lovely time had by all!

 Trooping the Colour was used as a motif for the coronation in 1953 of Her Majesty....

And her Majesty Trooping The Colour on Burmese was the subject of a commemorative coin struck for the Silver Jubilee in 1977 as well...

and

Happy birthday Ma'am!

 

Happy St. Piran's Day... Patron Saint of Cornwall

Photo: Courtesy of Mammoth Screen for BBC and MASTERPIECE

Just in case you didn't know... today,  is St. Piran's Day, commemorating the patron saint of Cornwall...Poldark would have known!

Cornwall is a favorite area of England...and the site of many wonderful holidays over the years...

St. Piram is famous for being credited with discovering tin. The metal was a major reason for the development of the area.

 

This is Mousehole...pictureseque and we just loved the name!

Fowe, where my husband has cousins we visit...

 

Polruan, where a niece lives...and a wonderful place for a holiday...

And Poldark is not the only famous literary work set in Cornwall... there is always Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier and her Jamaica Inn...a tale of pirates and smuggling....lots of books! The horse brass above is a favorite souvenir of the area. Click on the photo for more info.

Agatha Christie lived and wrote in the area...

 And of course, the famous Cornish Pasties...nothing better!

So happy St. Piran's Day!
I'll have a cup of tea to celebrate!