Epicurean Kentuckian: A quick bite to eat 2017-08-05 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Thanks to those master tomato growers, Ricky & Mitzi Bault, and Basil supplier Darrell Bunnell, Green Pepper purveyor Margie Rooks, and onion supplier in this case Walmart, and some of Mr. Tyson's chicken, this supper of Skillet BBQ Chicken with a salad was put together in no time. Accompanied by some white wine from Carmel, it did very well. The tomatoes cut in half and sprinkled with a bit of salt and drizzled with Bragg vinegar, was downright pretty good, too. Clean up was simple, too, since Cast Iron Skillet Chef Robert Flowers told how easy it is using only salt. Spills at home are easy too, so long as one remembers the advice of the late Master Chef Donald Pedigo who gave us the always-cook-in-your-socks advice. Just wipe the spill up with your socks. It's the handiest way. The Monroe County Style BBQ sauce is basically his, too, using a lot of cayenne and black pepper, Frank's, butter, with some added East India spices. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Jane Aaron visiting for 50th Class Reunion, with girlfriend Izzie 2017-08-05 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Jane Aaron wouldn't be anywhere else today but Columbia, KY for the 50th Anniversary of the Adair County High School Class of 1967 at City Farm, 134 Moore Street, Columbia, KY, at 6pmCT this evening. Her dog Izzie made the trip with her from their Lexington, KY home. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Granddaughter's bike is retired to flower garden art 2017-08-05 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Ruby Smith's granddaughter, Page, Robin's daughter, who once rode this little girl's bike to her grandmother's house in Columbia, no longer needs the bike but it is right at home in the gardens they worked in together. Page is 26 and living in Bowling Green now, but her bike makes for inviting art in this garden spot. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Spider Lily backed by Purple Wave Petunias 2017-08-05 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). A pretty white Spider Lily stands out in front of Purple Wave Petunias and the deep green of Elephant Ears in Ruby Smith's garden. She takes the Elephant Ear bulbs inside for winter and has amassed enough through the years for a good supply to share with friends and neighbors like Susan Breeding. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Elephant Ears growing tall in Ruby's garden 2017-08-05 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Elephant Ears are getting so tall they hide the pretty blossoms in the window box behind them in Ruby Smith's garden. This fall she will take the bulbs inside for the winter. She has been growing and caring for them for so many years she says she always has plenty to share. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The tire swing is now part of her flower garden 2017-08-05 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). When the grandchildren outgrew the tire swing, it got incorporated into Ruby Smith's flower gardens. - LW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ruby Smith shares her new garden feature, the gnome house 2017-08-05 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). Ruby Smith is happy to share the variety of flowers she grows, but this season she is most proud of her new garden feature -- a gnome house made around a huge old tree that had to be cut. Ruby said she instructed the tree people to leave a good bit of its lower trunk for a project she intended to do; they questioned her wishes but she held firm. Her son Steve then worked with her idea and completed the gnome house on the tree trunk. It resulted in the newest garden feature in her yard that admirers call the best kept secret in Columbia. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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