Scenic Adair Co., KY: Face to face with Fortune Street catalpa 2012-05-20 - Fortune Street on Town Creek, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Our 'breakfast flowers' - seen from our dining room window - are in full bloom again and they are showy. Unlike the beautiful flower of the tulip tree, which have to be fully appreciated up close, catalpas make grand displays from any distance. Being up close and personal is just a bonus feature. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Ladybug in Knifley wheat field 2012-05-20 - Knifley, KY - Photo by Lisa Ferguson. Lisa Ferguson captured this critter out making its living: A ladybug in a Knifley, KY, wheat field. Taken in April, 2012. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Portraits - A C/AC Chamber Icon: Charles Barnes 2012-05-20 - 275 Country Club Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, CU photo. It just wouldn't seem like a Columbia/Adair County Chamber meeting without the presence of Charles Barnes. He's always there, always being useful. The paper he has in his hands is the guest registry; he was surveying the room to make sure everyone present had signed. - Linda Waggener. Photo taken May 15 2012 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Green Co., KY: My Greensburg/Home. Going home corner 2012-05-20 - N. Main & Hodgenville Street, Greensburg, KY - Photo by Larry Smith. Larry Smith/My Greensburg: If there is one thing I love about my home county, it is the way wonderful things - historic landmark treasures - have an eternal quality. They never change. This corner is one of those treasures for me. It represents strength, stability, and, in a way nobility. The Greensburg Presbyterian Church has been home to so many great Greensburg families. Its masonry always reminds me of Thomas Metcalfe, the Kentucky governor who is so associated with my home county. And the home across the street, that's the Woodson Lewis House - a veritable mansion to a boy from Summerville - and the home of an iconic Green County business family, the Lewises. Lewises and Durhams - those are merchant deities to Green Countians to this day. This intersection represented something else, it was the the indelible marking place going home, home to Summerville. I've learned that the corner had the same effect on folks using the road to get to Louisville - from Edmonton, Columbia, Burkesville, Albany, and Russell County. Some of the older folks tell me their cars seem to automatically go for this turning lane, even though the 'big road' - the main road, is now the turn north by the IGA shopping center, a mile east of this turn. I hope this place never changes. It means so much to me. - Larry Smith, as told to Ed Waggener. Larry Smith is Operations Manager of the Big Dawg, 99.9FM, Campbellsville, KY. But he never forgets his earliest radio experience was on top of Buckner Hill, while a student at Green County High School, Greensburg, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

All seven children of Grace Piercy help celebrate her birthday 2012-05-20 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Cameron Campbell. The family of Grace Piercy gathered at her home this weekend to celebrate her 81st birthday, which takes place on Monday, May 21, 2012. Her extensive family, including numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, wishes her many more! All seven of her children were present for the occasion: From left to right and front to back: Janet Wilkerson, Nancy Cravens, Grace Piercy, David Piercy, Richard Piercy, Danny Piercy, Linda Gillispie, and Shirley Campbell. - Photo taken by Cameron Campbell on May 19, 2012. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Portland swimming pool already open 2012-05-19 - Portland Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Cows were already enjoying a summer swim well before labor day in Portlandia, well before Memorial Day weekend, the time Councillor Craig Dean said the Columbia City Pool will be open. We're expecting official work from Greg Thomas, City Park Pool Manager, any day now. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Kentucky: Classic Roadster on an Evening Drive 2012-05-19 - Henry Co., Kentucky - Photo by Amy Waggener. This classic roadster was spotted heading south on Highway 322, just outside of Smithfield, Kentucky, after a dinner at locally famous Our Best Restaurant. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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