The town I moved to this year was once called Turkeytown, due to the presence of wild turkeys in the area. Haha...They changed the name to New Providence in 1759 because a divine providence happened..Anyway - it would be funnier if it was because they tried to catch too many of the turkeys, so they had to change it.
Here is the real town sign now that still shows the turkey in it. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Thanks for your kind comments.
30 comments:
awesome! cute turkey halloweenville!
Smoking bullet holes and all! Cute picture!
ha! I like your sign better!
Where are the mice?? LOve the illo, good job! (I still miss the mice!)
I also like the Turkeytown sign better. Holes and all.
Cute illo! Maybe they should add your illo to their sign! :-D
yeah, I like it better too!
This is so cute and funny. Love your mice as well.
haha... great story and illustration. Those smoking shotgun holes are a nice touch!
Adorable! I especially like his hat :)
Great concept...as one from the backwoods I can relate and had to laugh...
I like that turkey—he looks disturbed. Its like he's pretending to be a pilgrim to not be dinner. Poor turkey.
Love it - would be great to see that sign when you enter town! Happy Thanksgiving!
Sweet. I love his little hat!
Anette
www.wynlen.no
Fun, good story!
Funny story and lovely illo :D
He is so cute! Thanks for the history lesson. I love to hear how towns got their names. It would have been better to leave it at Turkeytown and your illo would have been perfect for it.
Hope your Thanksgiving is delicious.
The poor turkey is never safe. Not even on signage.
Nice job!
Ha! Ha! I like the illo and the sign too. So Halloweentown and Turkeytown eh? Cant' wait to see what you'll post for 'xmas!
nice work!
nice illo and interesting writing, eh eh!
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Love the turkey, nice touch with the spiders!
The turkey is cute, the story is amusing and your sense of humor is always so welcome! We have wild turkeys up here in NH. They often walk through the yard on Thanksgiving Day... just as a tease. Then off they go into the woods. They seem to know they are safe in the forest behind our house....it is a protected area.
turkeytown, that's awesome, haha.
(have you seen the new harry potter trailer yet?) thanks for the great comments :D
I also like your sign better. I recognize, have designed and have dealt to often with "Community Entrance" signs like the one you have photographed. They are quaint but say little about the area. If they ever decide to do a new one, you should jump in and say "I'll do it!" and design it 1750-ish. Thanks for the history, also.
Awesome signboard!! Nice illustration!
Your sign is definitely better! :)
Great work and nice story! Happy Thanksgiving!
awesomeness!
*thank you for your words so much, really.
This is well done, very nice turkey :*
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