Travel: Feed the Bear 2018-06-05 - Texarkana, TX - Photo by Pen. Decorative trash bin cover, spotted in Spring Lake Park on a recent stay in Texarkana. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

LWC Bonner Scholars receive Governor's Group Service Award 2018-06-05 - Frankfort, KY - Photo from Travis Smith, LWC Assistant Public Relations Director. Abby Biddle, LWC Campus Kitchen Program Coordinator, accepts the Governor's Group Service Award on behalf of the Lindsey Wilson College Bonner Scholars at the 23rd Annual Governor’s Service Awards ceremony held in Frankfort, KY on May 30, 2018. The Bonner Scholars were one of only four groups honored by Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton and Executive Cabinet Secretary Scott Brinkman during the ceremony. Pictured from left are: Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary (CHFS) Scott Brinkman, Abby Biddle, Executive Director for Serve Kentucky Joe Bringardner and Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: At the Eastern-most In-and-Out Burger 2018-06-05 - Rockwall, TX - Photo by Pen & Evan. In-N-Out Burger, Rockwall TX A single with onion, and a single with cheese and onion, hold the tomato, plus two sides of fries, Animal Style, from the eastern-most In-N-Out to date. - Pen Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: A Robin's Happy Song 2018-06-05 - N Reed Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Was it happy because it sang, or did it sing because it was happy. This one had the stage to itself in the Downtown Opera House of the Outdoors, on a stage commanding the full attention of attendees at the Columbia City Council meeting last night. If you aren't familiar with the American Robin as much as you should be, there's a wonderful primer at: Allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Robin including an audio, and information on their occasional intoxicated behavior, and their rather admiral family values, and more. It's a quick, fact-filled read with nuggets of information to satisfy the most inquisitive nine-year-old. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Homage to Dad, red barns, green country side, Walking Dead 2018-06-05 - Columbia Bypass & Pelham Branch Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Linda stopped the car, turned around, and took aim for a picture of this scene when she saw it. It is a gorgeous scene, and inspires mania to think there ought to be a law to require barns to be either weathered gray or painted red. That's homage to my father, who believed red was the most wonderful color in the spectrum. It's homage to these fabulous green days. And it's homage to Walking Dead, to paraphrase the nun, "Everything is better than its worst trait." Nodding thistle, the bane of agriculturists, has no place in cow country. But it does have, besides it's beauty, a benefit to some wildlife, including hummingbirds, goldfinches, butterflies, and bumbly & honey bees. Sometimes, there are two sides to a story. Never in telling the truth - that's a constant - but in plant life , it is sometimes amazing how wrong headedness tries to exterminate some of the really good guys - like hemp and marijuana - before looking at the big picture. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

From across the campus - the tree in the Crown 2018-06-05 - Lindsey Wilson College from Fairgrounds to A.P. White (main) campus - Photo by Ed Waggener. One sees, momentarily, the illusion of a tree growing through the crown of Begley Chapel; at first, reminiscent of those wonderful old abandoned silos with with a trumpet vine 'do. A bit ironic, since the architect drew on silos as an inspiration for the famed structure. But it's not, of course. Begley Chapel is one of the most meticulously maintained places of worship in the nation, and is certainly one of the most famous. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Loveliest of flowers now - Catalpa blossoms 03 Jun 2018 2018-06-05 - Lindsey Wilson College, A.P. White Campus, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Up close each bloom is as exquisite as an orchid. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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