Scenic Adair Co., KY: Moss covered wall, W Guardian Street 2015-01-19 - W. Guardian at Burkesville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggenere. On a most beautiful Springlike January 19, 2015 - a beautiful moss retaining wall on W Guardian Street, Columbia, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Buell Collins Road 2015-01-19 - Buell Collins Road, Adair County District 3, Columiba, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. A beautiful, beckoning Buell Collins Road rises over the crest of the hill right near its intersection with KY 55 S Road, near Crocus, KY. Photo taken from D. Acree Road at its intersection with Buell Collins Road. - LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Switch to KY popcorn catapults Louisville kettle corn business 2015-01-19 - Louisville, KY - Photo Kentucky Department of Agriculture photo. Greg Reece of Louisville prepares a kettle of popcorn at the 2014 Kentucky State Fair. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Boudin w/Egg Soup, Toasted Taco 2015-01-19 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Easiest, quietest pre-dawn Breakfast: Pretty Cheap: About 93 cents. Pretty Quick: Prep time - 11 minutes, clean up: 3 minutes. Meets Resident Philosopher standard: Eating is about getting full. Ingredients: Boudin from Walmart meat case. One link. One poached-in soup-egg. 1/16th Diced Sweet Red Pepper. One egg, fried. Cayenne & Black Pepper to personal Scovill limit. One dash of Frank's Hot Sauce. 1 pat of real butter to support Adair County Dairy Industry. One dollop of brought-on (we're waiting for a Tucker's Station Farms version) Sriracha. One more dollop of olive oil. Adair County Water Plant/Taylor County H2) to thin to taste. 1 toasted Flour Taco. Serves one. Minimal cooking apparatus: Soup & Egg prepared in iron skilled, Taco in table top oven. Outcome: Should you try it Recommended, especially if a Real Breakfast can be anticipated within 4 hours, even for timid eaters. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

KY Color: West Fork of Crocus Creek and its gentle falls 2015-01-19 - South Adair County, KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge, Retired District Forester, Kentucky Division of Forestry. A gorgeous little fall on the West Fork of Crocus Creek: "From this falls Eastward, West Fork meanders down through bottoms bordered on the South by steep wooded slopes leading up to Traylor Ridge and Jones Ridge and on the North by even steeper wooded slopes leading up to Greenbriar Ridge and Big Pond Ridge," naturalist Billy Joe Fudge writes in the accompanying essay. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Crocus-the-flower watch now on 2015-01-19 - Mercer Co., KY - Photo by Mike Watson. Two years ago, on January 7, 2013, Mike Watson observed the phenomenal early sprouting of crocus at his other home in Harrodsburg, KY. With the "winter thaw" (See Wikipedia entry: Thaw, which includes January thaw and the end of January approaching, CM is asking contributors to be on the lookout for this early heralds of Spring, which always invoke salivation for Springtime and Easter, for farmers markets, and home grown onions and salad greens, just around the corner. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sunset and a trick of the eye, at Egypt, KY 2015-01-19 - KY 551/Knifley Road, Egypt, Adair County, KY - Photo by George Rice. Beautiful lake with snow capped mountains in the back ground. Actually it’s an awsome sunset from Egypt, KY. As seen from the George Rice farm taken Sunday, afternoon January 18, 2015 by George Rice. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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