At Blackaby Hill Farm: better, happier chicken farming 2014-08-03 - East Adair Co., KY - Photo by Tim Blackaby. Jason Blackaby opens up the mobile chicken house for the chickens to get another free range day in the pasture. Blackaby family members Tim & Lisa, and Jason, their son, take turns selling Adair County grown meats at area farmers' markets. There is a definite taste and texture difference, well worth, we think, the slight premium to get a taste some can still remember from when their mothers served fried chicken which just a short time before had been running around the back yard. We didn't eat as much meat then, but what we did eat had taste and texture. The quality difference with fresh farm raised vegetables is now a widely known and accepted; the locally produced meats are still something of a well kept secret, but not for long, we suspect. We've had chicken and eggs from the Blackaby's, and lamb from Knifley twice from Mike Meyer twice. Last night, a very few ounces of filet mignon was used in a stir fry. Amazing stuff. The lamb chops had a very mild flavor, the filet mignon was perfect as almost a condiment, and both were almost tender enough to cut with a fork. The real cost? In the end, for us, somewhat less for the farmers markets meats. We eat less than half the meat, it's that satisfying. And we think it's healthier. - Ed Waggener Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

A far less traveled path 2014-08-03 - Shelby Co., KY - Photo by Pen. Two trails diverged in the woods. Graham found a third, far less traveled way. Don't know how Robert Frost would have put this situation into verse. Granddad Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sydney: An amazing Adair County Australian Cattle Dog 2014-08-03 - Ocala, FL - Photo by Peg Schaeffer. This picture of Sydney was taken at HITS (Horseshow In The Sun) in Ocala, FL. Sydney was watching me and cheering me on. - PEG SCHAEFFER Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Following footsteps of father, big brother 2014-08-02 - Allen Schoolhouse Road, Adair County, KY - Photo by Tim Baker. Addie Baker, age 5, is following in her Daddy and big brother's footsteps by feeding bottle calves at Ridgeview Dairy. Addie is the daughter of Tim and Dawn Baker. Photo was taken on August 2, 2014 at Ridgeview Dairy on Allen Schoolhouse Road. - TIM BAKER Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Cycling in the golden hour 2014-08-02 - Shelby County - Photo by Pen. A nearly perfect time: Early evening, a golden hour for cyclists as well as photographers. - CM Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Plum Point Car Wash at Billy Rice Discount Auto Sales 2014-08-02 - Billy Rice Body Shop and Discount Auto Sales, 4100 Knifley Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Shauna Grant. The free car wash and bake sale is going strong at Billy Rice Body Shop today! Pictured here washing Sheriff Moss' car in no particular order Luke, Derek and Kayla Abbott, Grant and Kiley Feese, Kaitlyn Akin, Ella and Christian Kilgallin, Cassie and Cady Taylor, Jessie Bray, Megan and Ben York and Reed Thornton. Come join us! We will be here until 1pmCT, today, Saturday, August 2, 2014. Plum Point Baptist Church youth group and AWANA clubs are holding a bake sale and FREE car wash Saturday August 2, 2014 from 9am-1pmCT, at the Billy Rice Body Shop and Discount Auto Sales, 4100 Knifley Road, Columbia, KY We hope to see you there! All donations and earnings will go towards AWANA supplies. - Shauna Grant Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

At Summer Education Experience Program 2014-08-02 - Campbellsville University - Photo by Drew Tucker, CU. Campbellsville University hosted 14 students in the Summer Education Experience Program. Front row, from left: Nikki Cooper of Louisville, KY; Raven Rascoe of Fort Mill, SC; Emily Antle of Shepherdsville, KY; Malik Campbell of Tucker, GA; Bennett Cobban of Louisville, KY; Ron'Nesha Bussey of Louisville, KY; Sierra Williams of Ft. Knox, KY; Rose Robidoux of Rineyville, KY; Amanda Lindsey of Leitchfield, KY; Courtney Reece of London, KY; Demetrius Smith of Decatur, GA; and Jaclyn Perdue of Columbia, KY. Back row - Brittani Swearingen of Louisville, KY, and Alex Magsam of Columbia, KY. - JOAN C. McKINNEY Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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