Fourteen Mile Creek 2021-01-02 - Charlestown, IN - Photo by Graham Waggener. Fourteen Mile Creek, as seen from the Portersville Bridge that connects Charlestown State Park with the old Rose Island Amusement Park, just across the Ohio River from Louisville, KY. According to the Wikipedia entry on Rose Island, "In 1923 David Rose purchased the property, added an amusement park, hotel, and swimming pool, spending $250,000 in the process, and renamed it Rose Island. It included a wooden coaster, termed a racing derby and named the Devil's Backbone in honor of the rock formation, and a Ferris wheel. There were wolves in a pen, monkeys in a cage, and a black bear named Teddy Roosevelt." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New Year's Day sky 2021 2021-01-01 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Hoping the sun coming out after an early morning rain is a good omen for a good year. Happy New Year's Day everyone! Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lights of the season still shining 2020-12-31 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Christmas 2020 lights will all soon be taken down but for this night, they are still shining on Lowe's Lane. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Is spring just around the corner? 2020-12-31 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Mike Watson. This hearty survivor was photographed on South High Street in Columbia Wednesday, December 30, 2020! Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Pine Siskin 2020-12-31 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Derek Coomer. Derek writes, "Here are a couple of photos I took of birds at my dad's (Steve Coomer's) feeders on Christmas morning. The first is of a downy woodpecker, the second is of a pine siskin. Siskins, along with several other species of boreal finches, are moving south in record numbers this year. I encourage people to keep an eye out for them at their feeders this winter." Paired photo: Birds of Kentucky: Downy Woodpecker Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Downy Woodpecker 2020-12-31 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Derek Coomer. Derek writes, "Here are a couple of photos I took of birds at my dad's (Steve Coomer's) feeders on Christmas morning. The first is of a downy woodpecker, the second is of a pine siskin." Paired photo: Birds of Kentucky: Pine Siskin Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Whey Soda 2020-12-31 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Marie Freeman. Marie writes, "I made a lot of cheese over the holiday from Kefir. Which left me plenty of whey. So I've been making my own soda pop :-) This is white grape peach juice no sugar fermented with whey. And it is indeed bubbly... Bubbly for the New Year!" You can read more about whey soda at CulturedFoodLife.com Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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