Demo day on DQ property 2020-07-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mayor Pam Hoots. It's demo day on the former CJ Holt property, home to the new Dairy Queen in Columbia. The property has been a well-known service station since 1948, owned by C.J. Holt since 1976. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Joining Carol Perkins in pretense this summer 2020-07-24 - Atlantic sunrise - Photo by Jane Todd, 2019. My sister Jane and I join Carol Perkins in pretense that we're at the beach, feeling the sand on our feet, and the breeze coming in off the Atlantic. We stroll, think, read, sleep the night through, relax, eat, relax some more. Carol and I can remember Metcalfe County High School teacher Mr. James Ennis who stood before a class of 30 or so sweating geography students in the August heat and humidity in the un-airconditioned building and said, "think Alaska, think cold!" So if we survived that heat, we're good pretenders and we can be oceanside in a minute. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: Red Tobacco Barn 2020-07-24 - Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. The Red Tobacco Barn at Homeplace on Green River is a simple, yet grand structure. It stands as a sentry; a sentry which guards a glorious past of family life, strong rural communities and a livelihood dug from the ground. Today it has slightly repurposed duties of hosting thousands of young and old alike in its Kiddie Hay Maze during Homeplace festivals and providing a very authentic, historic setting for beautiful brides and handsome grooms to be joined together in Holy Matrimony. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair County: appreciating the green 2020-07-24 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. On a clear day you can see waves of green all the way to blue hills and sky. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Local book to help preserve Adair Rosenwald School 2020-07-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo Donna Banks White‎, Adair County Ky History and Genealogy. Copies of Rodney White's book, A History of Rosenwald Schools in Adair County, Kentucky, are now available for purchase at the Adair County Public Library for $12 each. If you would like one mailed, send your check to Rodney White, P.O. Box 504, Columbia, KY 42728, and add $2 for shipping. All proceeds from the sale of this book will go toward the continuing preservation of the Flatwoods School, the only remaining Rosenwald School in Adair County. Click here for more about the school. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lord Baltimore 2020-07-23 - St. Matthews, Louisville, KY - Photo by Judy Goldring. Judy shares that her Lord Baltimore Hibiscus is blooming - looking good!! Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

It's Always Best To Share! 2020-07-23 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Sandy Evert. Sandy writes, "We found our cat in our flower pot this morning. He seemed to say, 'This small "Bird" looked cold and lonely, so I thought I would keep him warm.'" Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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