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Scenic Adair Co., KY: Paulownia 2012-04-11 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Paulownia trees are blooming everywhere now, to the great pleasure of folks who love this lavender color best of all. In our family, the tree was the favorite of Addie Turner Leftwich, who often repeated the story of a trip to Glasgow from Bellview in Metcalfe County, along the windingest road ever engineered - old KY 80 - when Paulownias were at their peak. Billy Joe Fudge says the trees at the front door of Sparksville School are among his favorites, maybe surpassed only by the Green River Hill Paulownias on the way to Campbellsville. "My father in law told me that the locusts blossoms from Betty's OK restaurant to Campbellsville were so thick and beautiful this year that it felt like one was driving through a snow tunnel," Billy Joe said, "and he said it was one of the most beautiful drives in the world," Billy Joe said, "and I reminded him that it got even prettier than the locusts when the Paulownias are in bloom." One of my favorite Kentucky Color columns is the one on the these imports from Asia, who have found Kentucky quite to their liking. To access that essay, click to Kentucky Color: Royal Paulownia Tree. There are also many other Paulownia photos to be found on the site. I wonder where I was when I took this photo? If anyone can help, let me know. No big deal, just like to remember where I was today. Looks like a farm setting. - ED Permalink | Comments?

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