Today would have been Alan Alexander Milne's 135th birthday -- can you imagine all the candles on that cake! A.A. Milne wrote the Winnie the Pooh stories in 1926 and they were based on the toys his sone Christopher Robin played with at their home in East Sussex, Hartfield England. Their home - Cotchford Farms - was in Ashdown Forest - the inspiration for the 100 Acre Woods. An amazing author and amazing stories.