Epicurean Kentuckian: Plantanos Maduros 2012-01-31 - Photo by Pen. They look like giant bananas in the produce section, but plantains have a whole different flavor. Cooked when they look like a ripe banana, they have a flavor closer to potatoes than fruit. But if you let them get much, much riper, until the skin is nearly all black, they take on a sweet tropical fruitiness. They are delicious sliced and fried, with a tiny sprinkle of sugar, and served with a cheese like chevre or a more traditional queso blanco. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Spire, Rotunda from Hill of Lindsey Wilson 2012-01-31 - From the Hill of Lindsey Wilson, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The sun in the western sky leaves a warm glow over the new Adair County Judicial Center and pleasantly outlines the cross on the Christian Church Spire. A perfect time for the Columbia Baptist Church chimes to play "Now the day is over," and a time to reflect. A time to remember that feelings the scene evokes will never again be quite as well as Gordon Crump did, when he recalled his thoughts looking out over Columbia in the evening from Lindsey Wilson in his classic story, How I discovered Columbia . . . when Columbus didn't, so overwhelmingly popular with graduates of the school, if not yet equally discovered by hierarchy. And memories of Miss Katie Murrell, the Lindsey librarian who immortalized the phrase which describes Arbor Vitae Hill in a more poetic manner. But a mischievous thought arises, too: An unforgettable bit of theatre in the first Silent City when Richard Phelps, as Circuit/County Court Clerk William Caldwell, compared his tiny office on Greensburg Street to the Adair Judicial Center. From the City Cemetery, he pointed a cane toward the construction site, and told the crowd, "And they tell me that Mr. Dennis Loy is building a 35,000 square foot office for himself, just over that fence. My, My." To be fair, Dennis' Courthouse is shared a bit for other functions than drivers' licenses, penitentionering processes, and signing up those with real Golden Rule principles as organ donors. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Covered Bridge near Pellyton 2012-01-31 - Near Pellyton, District 1, Adair Co., KY - Photo by George Rice. Picturesque View: While driving across Caldwell Ridge Road and turning down the beautiful Barnett's Creek Road I was stricken with awe when I saw this picturesque bridge about a mile north of Hwy 206 in the Pellyton community. The covered bridge spans Barnett Creek and leads to a private residence about half a mile up a ridge, which was another beautiful view.I just might use the picture for my screen saver or even a calendar. -George Rice Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Adair Co. Bookmobile Schedule - February 2012 2012-01-31 - 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Anita Riddle. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lindsey Hill safer now 2012-01-30 - Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Lindsey Hill was made safer today for pedestrian crossings with the installation of signs before the crossings. The photo was taken as the evening sun was putting on a light show with the crowns on Begley Chapel. The signs were installed as part of Mayor Mark D. Harris' sidewalks and safety measures. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Gabions prevent Crocus Creek erosion 2012-01-30 - Inroad, Fairplay Road, District 3, Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Clear waters of Crocus Creek: This channel is reinforced with caged stone gabions, cages of loose stone formed into wire mesh "boxes" to build retention wall to keep Crocus Creek from eroding the bank and undercutting the piers on the Adair County Bridge on Melson Ridge Road at Inroad, beside the old Grace and Dewey Turner place, now the Travis Coomer Longhorn Cattle Ranch. The retention wall was constructed by the Adair County Road Department, Jobe Darnell, Superintendent. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bicycle Friendly embroidered cloth patch created 2012-01-30 - Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY - Photo by Coach Dave Grigsby. LWC photo. David Grigsby, LWC Cycling Coach writes: Here is a patch I had made up and sewn onto my new messenger bag. I sent one to the bag company in hopes they might offer it as an option on some of their custom bags. Either way I think it's a great way to represent the movement. -David Grigsby Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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