The Petrified Frog found along the banks
of Corgi Creek...
Brought down creek from Corgi Falls.
Phineas T. Frog now is on exhibit in The
Corgyncombe Hall of Oddities, Curiosities, and Treasures.
Phineas T. Frog was named after Phineas
Taylor and his grandson Phineas Taylor Barnum.
Phineas Taylor was the father of Irena
(Taylor) Barnum b. 1784, who was the mother of the famous Phineas
Taylor Barnum (P. T. Barnum).
Phineas Taylor was likely related to
Diane's 4th great grandfather Elias Taylor. They were both
soldiers of the Revolution and from the Danbury, Fairfield Co.,
CT area. Phineas had a daughter Irena and Elias had two daughters
named Irena. Here is a link to the gravestone of Elias Taylor's
daughters both named Irena, the 1st b. abt 1780 and the 2nd b.
1787:
The great great great great grandson of
Phineas T. Frog reminds of Beatrix Potter's Mr. Jeremy Fisher in The
Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher. In the little round
photograph above is a snail. Can you find the same snail in the
last photograph of the frog? There is also a bug that had caught
P. T. Frog the VII's attention.
In Beatix Potter's illustration of Mr.
Jeremy Fisher in his damp house there is a snail on the wall.
Eliakim Corgi is exceptionally talented at
finding arrowheads and keeps his collection in the apothecary.
A hornet's nest makes an interesting
addition to The Corgyncombe Hall of Oddities, Curiosities, and
Treasures.
Katrina Corgi discovered this huge old
toad. The toad reminds us of Mr. Jackson in Beatrix Potter's The
Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse and Toad in Tasha Tudor
illustration's of Wind in the Willows.
