I was stuck and found the answer here:
thought I would share it with the community. It's a workaround. Solution I prefer was provided by xdavidliu.
OS X-OTHER
The answer I provided above is basically as follows:
1. Go to safari bookmarks bar on top and look at what and look at what the icon currently looks like (It will be a small icon.) remember what it looks like.
2. Go to finder on the top menu bar select Go>Go to folder and type:
~/Library/Safari/Touch Icons Cache/Images/
3. Browse through the icons until you find the one you identified above. Replace with same named png. Be sure the size is 144x144.
4. Restart Safari.
The answer I provided above is basically as follows:
1. Go to safari bookmarks bar on top and look at what and look at what the icon currently looks like (It will be a small icon.) remember what it looks like.
2. Go to finder on the top menu bar select Go>Go to folder and type:
~/Library/Safari/Touch Icons Cache/Images/
3. Browse through the icons until you find the one you identified above. Replace with same named png. Be sure the size is 144x144.
4. Restart Safari.
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