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Wild Turkey
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I looked out the window one day and saw this wild turkey perched on the bird bath getting a drink. It hadn't rained in almost two months, and I was glad we had kept the baths filled for the wildlife. However, I was a little surprised when this large bird didn't tip over the bath. It was Benjamin Franklin who suggested that the poorly drawn bald eagle looked more like a wild turkey than the noble bird the founding fathers hoped to use as a symbol for the country. Franklin went on to write to his daughter that the wild turkey was a more admirable bird, although a little silly. The eagle is a robber and a scavanger who can be driven off by a king bird which is "no bigger than a sparrow." The turkey, on the other hand, does not hesitate to defend its territory. All state maps $50 Laminated $30 Plain |
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Poor Richard's Almanack |
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Benjamin Franklin
Geography is often defined as a science that studies the lands, inhabitants, features and phenomena of the earth. Someone who was both an inhabitant and a phenomenon is quintessential Renaissance Man Benjamin Franklin. Born in Boston in 1706, he moved to Philadelphia when he was 17. His numerous writings and essays dealt with everything from the philosophical to the social, from the scientific to musical. Directly from the Almanack:
1. Tis easy to see, hard to foresee.
2. He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
3. An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow.
4. Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
Pennsylvania & New Jersey 36" x 54" Laminated $50 Plain $30
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