Scenic Cumberland Co., KY: Stars in Garrett Creek Road Barn 2011-03-20 - Garrett Creek RD, Cumberland Co., KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. Another intriguing star gabled barn on Garrett Creek Road. Sharon Whitehurst discovered the folk architecture on a recent wheeling/dealing day trip with her husband Jim. And, though she doesn't mention it in the accompanying article, it's apparent that she's finding what many South Central Kentuckians are finding, that Cumberland County offers some of America's most beautiful landscapes, in some of the most unheralded places. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Cumberland Co., KY: House on Old Garrett Place 2011-03-20 - Garrett Creek RD, Cumberland Co., KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. Inspired by an artistic woman "This is a view of a house on the old Garrett Farm." Sharon Whitehurst writes. "Note the rather Gothic trim which crowns several of the windows. I think there must have been an inventive carpenter involved in this feature as well as the star pattern on the barns. Perhaps a woman with artistic sensibilities inspired her good man to such detail." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sharon Whitehurst: Hand cut stars - folk art, folk architecure 2011-03-20 - Garrett Creek RD, Cumberland Co., KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. Sharon Whitehurst accompanied her husband on a wheeling/dealing trip to Garrett Creek Road north of Burkesville in Cumberland Co, and south of Breeding in Adair, and significantly for the incomer from Vermont, in the general area of Subtle in South Metcalfe County. She'd wanted to see the area since reading about a daytrip to Subtle suggested by Billy Joe Fudge. While she was on Garrett Creek Road, she spotted this delightful barn on the Old Garrett Place, and couldn't help but wonder how the stars were carved, and what their influence might have been on today's penchant for metal star adornments on houses and other buildings. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Bear on Corbin's Bend Road 2011-03-20 - Photo by Rob Wilkerson. While me and Billy Joe Fudge, and Herbert Turner and Officer John Harris are trying to keep a sober, serious, concerned, scholarly outlook on the growing numbers of Adair County Bears, there are (possibly) pranksters in high places - even a vice president and a vice mayor, and now, a CEO at Kentucky's largest assisted mobility company - who may not be taking developments as seriously as we. Rob Wilkerson, in real life the head man at the van conversion plant in Green River Commerce Park wrote, "Here is a brown bear spotted on Corbins Bend RD in Adair Co, KY." Regardless, the Blue Ribbon Bear Board takes all leads seriously. So This photo from Rob Wilkerson is still being analyzed by the BRBB photo experts. -EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Northern Blue Jay, recovering 2011-03-20 - Powell Creek RD area, District 3, Adair Co, KY - Photo by Heather Evans. GLENS FORK, KY "This bird flew into the window," Heather Evans writes. "My kids and I went outside to see if it was still alive. It was, and he/she perched on my hand for several minutes. I had chores to tend to, so I placed him in the tree. I was able to take a few pictures. After putting the camera outside, I came back outside and he flew away to another tree." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Lincoln Co., KY: Old and new blend beautifully 2011-03-20 - Stanford, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Stanford, KY has a timeless quality about it, consciously maintained through a careful blend of old and new. In the background, above, is the clocktower of Lindoln County's ancient courthouse, 102 E. Main ST, taken on the hill above, from the stately new Lincoln County Public library, at 201 Lancaster ST. Peeking between the two is the relatively new Lincoln County Judicial Center, a pleasing, structure which is far more subdued, far less intrusive on the townscape, than so many of its Kentucky counterparts. For most Adair Countians, Stanford is closer physically than it is in mind. It's not on any of the most frequently traveled routes. The town, a model for preservation, provides a nearby study which is less than 60 miles away from Downtown Columbia, whether traveling via Somerset and the newly four-laned US 27 all the way north to Waynesburg, or by Liberty and and number of blue highway byways. It's downtown walking campus provides hours of pleasant, pedestrian friendly strolls and a unending opportunities for picture perfect postcard photos. It's a place for ideas to see what can happen when a town is loved to new life. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Sunrise Fairplay, KY 2011-03-20 - Fairplay, KY - Photo by Crystal Hayes. Crystal Hayes writes: "The view of the Saturday, March 19, 2011 sunrise from my patio in Fairplay."Seen in the ColumbiaMagazine group on Flickr. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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