Swan Lake in Snow Time: Downtown 2014-01-26 - Downtown Fountain Plaza, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Had never noticed, until Linda snapped the shotin the snow, how expressive the swan's eyes are. This one appears a little sad, perhaps thinking the snow would bring out hungry hunters. Taken Saturday, January 25, 2014. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Magic Wands 2014-01-26 - Photo by Pen. Birthday decorations made from marshmallows, straws, and sprinkles, by Hailey and Amy. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A hero gets a hug: Gabe and Greta 2014-01-26 - Russell Springs, KY - Photo by Troy Harris. Greta with her young owner, Gabe Harris.. She's always been great - downright perfect - as long as her people are around, as she is above with Gabe. She suffers from separation anxiety - but that's never been a problem for the Harris family of Russell County - someone is always home, as a would be burglar found out this past week when Greta proved herself a heroine. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Greta: From separation anxiety problem dog to hero 2014-01-26 - Sugarfoot Farm Rescue, 860 Sparksville Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Peg Schaeffer. Over and over the big, lovable chocolate lab from a rescue in Crossville, TN, was returned by her new adoptive people. Finally, a Russell County family, fully knowing her history of misbehavior at moments of separation anxiety attacks, took her home to live with them. This past week, Greta more than proved her worth and proved she's got the right stuff to be a hero dog. Above, Greta showing her lab - drinking and wearing water while on one of several sojourns at Sugarfoot Farm Rescue. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Pawn Shop: What do those three balls in the symbol mean? 2014-01-26 - Adair Gun & Pawn, 320 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Most know - though many ask, the meaning of the pawn shop symbol the three balls hanging from an arched bar - that it's the universal symbol of a pawn shop. Still, only a few may know it's history, that it derives from the a legend in the family history of the Medici Family of Florence, Italy. There's more detail within the Wikipedia entry on pawn, at Pawnshop symbol. Many other business and professional symbols including the barber pole, like the one at Wid Harris' Town Barber Shop on the Square in Downtown Columbia and the Caduceus for the medical profession and he mortar and pestle are familiar symbols whose origin and meanings might not be so well understood. There's an article, Hidden meanings of 10 professional symbols which explains the backgrounds for the symbols for Barbers, The Marines, Pawnbrokers, Boy Scouts, Live Theater, Pharmacists, Wall Street, Firefighters, and Freemasons for those who woke up wondering about such this Sunday morning. - CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Beyond the Gadberry Crest: Tabor Valley 2014-01-26 - Scenic KY 704, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. The lowland, Tabor Valley and the view beyond gets a bit busier with time. Whether that is good or bad depends on one's outlook, one would guess. There are more new houses, a few less of the wonderful old ones. It's still primarily farmland, but one wonders for how long. The one constant for those of us who have loved KY 704 since the time of Harry Truman is the undulating ribbon of road with delightful twists and turns and ups and downs engineered by following the paths of least resistance that we hope never changes - just as we hope the red roofed house on the left - the old Forrest Jones place, or the Morrison place or the historic Tabor Church - will always remain, and that we lose no more to fire, as one was in the last year or so. There are other fascinations with the valley, most notably Billy Joe Fudge's focus on it in Kentucky Color - Adair County's Largest Sinkhole, that let us know this is the biggest sinkhole plain in the county. There will be changes, we know, and gains, but with those gains, losses too. That's the steep, steep price we often overpay for "progress." - EW. Paired Photo: See also -Late Snow of January: What's beyond the Gadberry Crest Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Late Snow of January: What's beyond the Gadberry Crest 2014-01-26 - Gadberry, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. KY 704 reaches for the sky beyond the squiggly "30 MPH" sign at Gadberry. We know what's over the hill, but always wonder what first time, northbound travellers are thinking as they approach the scene beyond Tim and Rhonda Bradshaw's beautiful home on the crest (right). Does the world just drop off? Or is there something magic over the horizon? The crossroads here is where official Gadberry used to be, where there's one of those curious - to a newbie - Adair County Road changes: east is Loy Cemetery Road, west is the north intersection of Johnson School Road, and it's right where Monty Gadberry grew the best strawberries a few decades ago, and where a milliner's shop once stood. And the crest? It was once Butterp'int Ridge, or so Joe Johnson used to tell me. And it a place where a deadly sin, envy, has to be fought hard, thinking about how good those ridge line dwellers have it all the time, being able to just look out the window and see what's over the crest of the hill, you see, in the Paired Photo to follow: Beyond the Gadberry Crest: Tabor Valley - Ed & Linda Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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