Smokey Blue, aka Hat Trick, not as worthless as appears 2015-05-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Has it also puzzled you how people are willing to poke fun at one's hair, clothes coordination, even one's walk-away wheels, your tired old car? It's cruel, but endurable. It's part of life up with which we put - but we draw the line at criticism of our cat. Sometimes, the glimpse one gets of a cat is not the whole picture, as in the case of Smokey Blue, above, looking a bit unnecessary. What can't be fully appreciated is the performance Smokey put on while we were at table, watching his seven o'clock crazy antics. He had just defeated more than a dozen falling leaves. He had laid in wait for a chance to pounce a much larger butterscotch cat, and he stalked some groundhogs, but thought the better of a showdown with them. He is the most athletic creature in town. He can play soccer by himself for dozens of minutes at a time. And, if there were a soccer cat stadium here - perhaps the most needed new infrastructure facing the community at this time - he'd be the star. Hat Trick Smokey, they'd call him. Anybody else have a similar issue? Something needs to be done about it, now. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wildflowers of KY: Vinca Major - Periwinkles down by Old Waterworks 2015-05-08 - Waterworks Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. They're quite eyecatching, these relatively large blossoms - periwinkle or myrtle or vinca - growing along an urban country lane, Waterworks Street in Columbia, KY. This bloom was spotted across the road from the old Columbia Waterworks plant, soon to be razed by new owners Columbia Adair County Utilities to make way for a Trail Towns, USA, Paddle Trail park. Some work is already underway by Pyles Excavating Company. - CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Helen Strong, Casey County, KY (1928-2015 2015-05-08 - 142 KY 49, Liberty, KY - Photo from Bartle Funeral Home. Helen Strong, Casey County, KY (1928-2015 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Kentucky Color: What is it? 2015-05-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge, Vice President, Homeplace on Green River. This flower which Ms. Helen Flatt gave to me a couple of decades ago has no bark and I need your help. I'm sure she told me the name of the plant along with a very eloquent explanation about who gave it to her, the occasion for which they gave it, why she planted it behind the low rock wall in her back yard and a plethora of additional descriptive flavors, all of which have escaped my recollection. - BILLY JOE FUDGE Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

16 LW Nursing program students in May 2015 pinning ceremony 2015-05-08 - 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from Duane Bonifer, LWC. he Lindsey Wilson College Nursing Division honored its 16 seniors Thursday night, May 7, 2015, with a pinning ceremony in V.P. Henry Auditorium. The 16 seniors, who will receive a bachelor of science degree in nursing on Saturday from the liberal arts college, received a lapel pin from the college's nursing faculty to symbolically welcome them into the nursing profession. Seated, from left: Alexander Lucas Sneed of Columbia, KY; Destiny Janelle Ryan of Manchester, KY; Alison Nicole McGaughey of Mount Eden, KY; Michelle Lee Meredith of Summersville, KY; Jessica Nicole Bardin of Columbia; Ashley Marie Emmitt of Glasgow, KY; Chelsey Renee Foley of Louisville, KY; and Susana Maribel Salvador Meda of Guatemala City, Guatemala.Standing, from left: Brandy Gayle Wooldridge of Owensboro, KY; Musa Mawanda of Kampala, Uganda; Morgan Ann Lawson of London, KY; Jessica Ann Wilkinson of Columbia; Nicole Bernard Garner of Russell Springs, KY; Ashley Nicole Harris of Edmonton, KY; Cambry Brooklyn Underwood of Greensburg, KY; and James Allen Johnson of Russell Springs, KY. - DUANE BONIFER Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Taylor Co. Ministerial Association's National Day of Prayer group 2015-05-07 - Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, CU Photo. Program participants and planners came together at the annual Taylor County Ministerial Association’s National Day of Prayer breakfast held May 7 in Winters Dining Hall at Campbellsville University. They are, from left, Dr. Carolyn Garrison, REV. EARL WEST, Representative Bam Carney, Stan McKinney, CU President Michael V. Carter, Campbellsville Mayor Tony Young, Taylor County Judge/Executive Eddie Rogers, Dr. John Hurtgen, Rev. Pamela Young Buford, Mr. Larry Bowen, Dr. Twyla Hernandez, Rev. James Washington III, Rev. Ronnie Dooley,, Rev. Michael Caldwell, Dr. Brian Rafferty, Rev. Stanley Perkins, Rev. Eric Gilbert and Dr. John Chowning. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Max the Cat 2015-05-07 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Barbara Shepherd. The daily struggles of Max the Cat while humans are away. - Barbara Shepherd Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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