A Bug's World - Mantis in a leaf hammock? 2018-06-21 - Along an Adair County Byway - Kentucky - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. This picture was snapped for the comforting sight of a weathered wooden fencepost and the identify the as yet unidentified plant, a pesticide survivor. But the more interesting element was the variety of insects on the plant, particularly beneath the second bloom from left. Looks a bit like a baby mantis in a hammock or cradle. - EW Comments Billy Joe Fudge - Mystery Flower #79375: Mantis Hammock=Asclepias syriaca, Common Milkweed leaf Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Preliminary work is underway on Rollen Coomer Road Bridge 2018-06-21 - Johnson School Road, Gadberry-Fairplay, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Charles Marshburn, from the other side of the stream, sent a note, yesterday, June 20, 2018, asking if his neighbor's field had become "A Parking Lot for Old School Buses." After an intense interrogation, he sent a follow-up that the bus is an Adair County Road Department and that preliminary work on the Rollen Coomer Road Bridge is underway, inviting us to see for ourselves. This scene was captured after leaving. The bridge builders - the span is being built by the Adair County Road Department - were busy as beavers. Adair County Judge Executive Michael Lee Stephens said he expects the bridge, in Magistrate Sammy Baker's 3rd District, to be completed in as little as four to six weeks. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wildflower Mystery ID 79372: Bloom joining trumpet vine 2018-06-21 - Along an Adair County Byway - Kentucky - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. You may have identified this one before. It's a beauty whether beneficial or not. These twins appeared to be either ready to open or were closing in their role illuminating orange day lilies. It's a hearty plant, having sustained a drenching of herbicide. If anyone can readily identify the plant, that would be great. - EW. Photo Wed 20 Jun 2018. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Basketball camper Landry Brown working on a shot 2018-06-21 - Campbellsville High School, 230 W Main Street, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Calen McKinney, Public Information Officer, Campbellsville Independent Schools. Campbellsville High School boys' basketball coaches and players hosted a "Hoop It Up" basketball clinic June 11-14, 2018 at the CHS gym. About 30 students entering first through eighth grades this fall participated. At the clinic, participants learned fundamentals and competed in shooting and fundamental contests and three-on-three and five-on-five play. Pictured is Landry Brown practicing shooting. - Calen McKinney Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kind-eyed ogre in weathered driftwood 2018-06-20 - Beside soon-to-be-replaced Rollen Coomer Bridge - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. This vine covered drift wood along side the soon-to-be-replaced Rollen Coomer Bridge, appears to have the face of a kind-eyed ogre (not Bud Mullins; he was/is a bad ogre) in the lower part of the frame. Photo 20 Jun 2018. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Day of the First Hay Harvest on Johnson School Road 2018-06-20 - Johnson School Road, Gadberry-Fairplay, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Scene at 1:16pmCT, Wednesday, June 20, 2018 looking from higher point on Johnson School Road across the same road as meanders through the Pettit's Fork Valley. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

New boy at Miss Vicky's Pampered Angus Ranch 2018-06-20 - Greater Bliss, KY - Photo by Miss Victoria Pike of Miss Vickys Pampered Angus Ranch. Pampered Angus has a new family member On Friday, June 15, 2018, at 2:15pm the Pampered Angus Ranch added a new family member. No name, yet, but we are working on that. This fine looking gentlemen is from Oak Hollow Angus Smiths Grove, KY, owned by Ken Lowe and family. He looks right handsome, with Miss Shannon’s Quick Lube in the background in New Columbia while he stands in the farming community of Greater Bliss. Sure is a hot one, here today, but I remember some mighty cold days we dreamed of hot weather like this. Happy Saturday from the girls. - Miss Vicky Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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