In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.-TR
The Founders readily acknowledged the founding was flawed.
They spent their retirement years saying so.
What's really dangerous is teaching people that we had a flawless founding.
We didn't.
And the process of reckoning with the flaws defines the arc of American history.
What my garden fat feeders are looking like at the moment.... ๐
What you can't appreciate from the picture is the noise these juvenile Starlings make!
Such characters though, I love them! ๐๐ฆ
Have you ever photographed a bird in flight? ๐
They're one of the toughest, but most rewarding, nature images to get.
Please post your favourite 'bird in flight' pictures, that YOU have taken, in this thread! ๐โฌ๏ธ
(This is a male Chaffinch. ๐ฆ)
For #TartanDay weโve got some fabulous examples of Tartan advertising and design from the Scottish Business Archive @UofGlasgowASC
From our favourite tipples, holiday plans, and home furnishings, thereโs nothing that canโt be improved with a little bit of Tartan! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Happy #TartanDay in the USA ๐บ๐ธ Today is about celebrating all of the connections between the USA & Scotland ๐
Do you have Scottish heritage? ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Happy #TartanDay to all of our followers in the USA ๐บ๐ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Although there's no parade through the streets of New York this year, no matter where you are in the world, you can enjoy a wide range of online events this week โก๏ธ https://t.co/jtG5xFeyXF #ScotlandIsNow#NYCTW
Today is the 701st anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath ๐
Did you know that the US Declaration of Independence was partly modelled on medieval Scotlandโs most important document? ๐บ๐ธ
More about Scotland & USA links ๐ #TartanDay#ScotlandWeek21 https://t.co/wLFe8uzabY
๐ In honour of #TartanDay, here's a brilliant costume design from our archive!
This illustration by Attilio Comelli was created for the play Proud Maisie, shown at @TheAldwych in 1912.
Comelli, a prolific designer, was house designer to the Royal Opera House in the 1890s