Tanzanite's Castle Full of Books

In honor of hubby's (and mine for trhe next few weeks) new home in Charlotte, North Carolina, Monday Mosaic is back with a mosaic of England's Queen Charlotte, consort of George III.  Charlotte and the county its in (Mecklenburg) was named for the Queen who married King George the year before the city was founded.  While driving around yesterday, I noticed little crowns on many of the street signs - how cute!


Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (a small duchy in Germany)  was born in 1744 and at age 17 she married the King of England.  She gave birth to fifteen children and was a great patron of the arts.  She died in 1818 and is the second longest serving consort in British history  (after the present day Duke of Edinburgh).

(Despite several attempts, I couldn't get the mouth to come out right - it looks a little funky...).