Controlled Burn Fire: Night skies 2014-04-07 - Jeff Biggs Farm, off KY 55, Columbia, KY - Photo by Janet Biggs. Burning 250 acres went on into the night, providing this dazzling spectacle, as though the whole world were going up in blaze. Everything, however, was for a purpose, and was well under control. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Controlled Burn: A huge spectacle - but carefully planned 2014-04-07 - KY 55 North, Columbia, KY - Photo by Janet Biggs. At times the controlled burn took on spectaular proportions but it was all carefully planned and monitored. This 250 acre controlled burn program was carried out on the Jeff Biggs Farm on April 1, 2014. The photo by Janet Biggs accompanies article and explanation by George Rice. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Controlled Burns: At first sight, a bit alarming 2014-04-07 - KY 55 N, Columbia, KY - Photo by Janet Biggs. At first sight The huge plumes of smoke are alarming. After learning that the fire is a 'controlled burn' fire, residents' and passers' fears are allayed. And in the accompanying article by George Rice, they learn how methodically and carefully controlled they are. Provision is made for wildlife in the area to escape. This controlled burn fire, over approximately 250 acres, was conducted April 1, 2014, on the Jeff Biggs Farm on KY 55 N, Columbia, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wildflowers of KY: Yellow Trout Lily 2014-04-06 - Todd Co., KY - Photo by Woodrow Martin. Woodrow Martin sent this photo of a Yellow Trout Lily. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

People Who Make You Smile: Havilland Roach 2014-04-06 - Adair County, KY - Photo Melissa Stone. Haviland Roach is a person who makes his photographer, Melissa Stone, smile. (See who else has been added to Ralph Waggener's List of people who Make You Smile ) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair County, KY: Sign of redbud beside W. Adams Alley 2014-04-06 - W. Adams Alley & Jones Street, Columbia, KY - Photo ColumbiaMagazine.com . The coming week should be great for redbud; this one on W. Adams Street at Jones Street is bright today. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Bomar Heights to Sparksville, KY 2014-04-06 - 300 Bomar Heights, Columbia, KY - Photo ColumbiaMagazine.com photo. On a clear day like today Sunday, April 6, 2014, one can see the practically the whole world and 1.75 million gallons of water, from Grider Properties' 300 Bomar Heights holdings, the old Adair Memorial Hospital/Aaron Medical Center Campus, across the Tommy & Marsha Grider farm with the pear trees in bloom, to the Raider Bob water tower on the Louis B Nunn Parkway, and, in the distance, in the upper right, the Sparksville Water Tower. (Does anybody know if this can be done from Pike Ridge Road, near Knifley, in the Far North?) - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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