by Emily Burkhart
November 20, 2023
Millard H. Sharp, Adult Female Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), uploaded August 3, 2017. Photograph, dimensions unavailable. Image courtesy of Fine Art America.
In honor of Thanksgiving, I thought it might be fun to look at a few pictures of turkeys and post some reflections on the holiday itself. I wish everyone a memorable Thanksgiving full of family, friends, and good food.
1. “If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the eons, it’s that you can’t give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.”
-Rick Riordan
Robert Havell (1792/1793-1878), Family of Turkeys, ca. 1835. Oil on canvas, 42 x 59 in. Natural History Museum, London, UK. Image courtesy of the Natural History Museum.
2. “Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not the mind.”
-Lionel Hampton
Hans Droog, Wild Turkey in Missouri Woods in the Fall, uploaded May 25, 2008. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in. Image courtesy of Fine Art America.
3. “Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.”
-Franz Grillparzer
Millard H. Sharp, Adult Female Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), uploaded August 3, 2017. Photograph, dimensions unavailable. Image courtesy of Fine Art America.
4. “Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.”
-Nigel Hamilton
Wilhelm Goebel, The Suitor-Wild Turkeys, uploaded March 12, 2020. Oil painting, dimensions unavailable. Image courtesy of Fine Art America.
5.”Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
-Marcel Proust
Guy Crittenden, Big Poppy-Eastern Wild Turkey Gobbler, uploaded July 12, 2022. Oil painting, dimensions unavailable. Image courtesy of Fine Art America.
6. The Little Girl And The Turkey
The little girl said
As she asked for more:
“But what is the Turkey Thankful for?”
-Dorothy Aldis
Amanda and Christopher Elwell, What’s Christmas?, uploaded October 19, 2012. Photograph, dimensions unavailable. Image courtesy of Fine Art America.
Until next time, Happy Thanksgiving!