Finger-like corn roots: One of God's great engineering feats 2011-07-27 - Gradyville, KY - Photo by Betsy Fausnaugh. Betsy Fausnaugh marvelled at the strength of the finger-like corn roots: "They keep the corn in a vertical position," she writes. "And when you see the size of the ears they are helping to support, it is really one of God's great engineering feats!" Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Gradyville Crops: Mr. MacGregor Scott's tall corn 2011-07-27 - Gradyville, KY - Photo by Betsy Fausnaugh. Betsy Fausnaugh captured this late July 2011 photo of neighbor MacGregor Scott's corn. "One of the nicest fields around," she says. The corn crop this year in Adair County seems to have really benefited from the rains. Sometimes, driving along one the long tall rows, the corn is more evocative of Cass Co., IN or Central Illinois than is the case in a typical year in Kentucky. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

DeKor and More, LLC Back to School Sale 2011-07-27 - Photo by Wooten Mediawork. DeKor and More, LLC. 904 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY Phone (270) 380-1106 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Whitehurst Diaries: Okra plant has surprising kin 2011-07-27 - Old Gradyville RD, Columbia, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. These blossoms will produce raw material for a Southern delicacy, pickled okra. In addition to their utility, the blooms are gorgeous flowers, evocative of another sometimes maligned hibiscus cousin, the Not Rose of Sharon - at least not by Billy Joe Fudge standards. The plants are thriving in one row planted in the garden on the farm at Gradyville. According to the fascinating account of the plant in Wikipedia, Okra, the seed pods aren't the only edible part of the versatile plant. The leaves are cooked as greens or used raw in salads, and a form of coffee can be made from the dried seeds, the article says. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dean Rudd of Utah College, suicide expert, welcomed to LWC 2011-07-27 - Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC Photo. University of Utah College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Dean David Rudd is welcomed to Lindsey Wilson College on Tuesday morning by members of the LWC academic community. From left: LWC Associate Professor of Human Services & Counseling Jennifer Williamson; Rudd; LWC Vice President for Academic Affairs Bettie Starr; and LWC Associate Professor of Human Services & Counseling Daniel Williamson. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Three from CU spend summer working in Nicaragua 2011-07-27 - Nicaragua - Photo from Campbellsville University. Campbellsville University students have spent their summer working in a Nicaraguan orphanage on a long-term mission trip. From left are: Amaris Vest, a sophomore from Muskegon, MI; Jordan Cornett, a senior from Lexington, KY; and Kristi Ensminger, a 2010 graduate of CU from Kingston Springs, TN. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Blue Grosbeak nesting in ficus 2011-07-26 - Photo by Heather Evans. Rarely seen bird around here "Just wanted to share with birders everywhere. Noticed this bird nesting in my ficus tree, outside for the summer. From the picture and characteristics of the nest, came to the conclusion she is a Blue Grosbeak. Not something I see every day!," writes Heather Evans. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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