Real Science Guy at Adair County Primary Center 2014-06-19 - ACPC, 158 Col. Casey Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Dana Harmon. Adair Primary Center students left were enthralled seeing reptiles close up. Brad Reynolds, center, the Real Science Guy .with a boa constrictor. This made the kids scoot way back. Justice Easley, right photo petting the Milk Snake and Evan Stotts waiting his turn. Students learned that the Milk Snake is nonvenomous and is a type of king snake, which eats other snakes. - Dana Harmon Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Critters of Cool Springs Creek: Soft shelled turtle 2014-06-19 - Cool Springs Creek, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Guy Babin. Found on the Cool Springs Creek crossing at the entrance to our place yesterday evening. She is the smooth variety about 12" long and was scooping out a place on the side of the road with her hind legs presumably to lay eggs. This morning on our walk all we could find was a vacant shallow hard scratch depression. She likely found better nesting digs closer to the creek. I was hoping she'd stick out her long neck to its entirety... but her smug expression told me to get lost. A lady needs her privacy after all. - Guy Babin Gradyville Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Opossum crossing 2014-06-19 - 100 Block Hudson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Bill Wheat. Columbia Police Department Code Enforcer Bill Bailey was helping an opossum cross the Road on 61 north from Chevron to Gate. He ended up calling animal control to pick up the momma, who, in turn, said he was going to take the opossum to another place and turn loose to finish having its babies. Mommopossum already had one clinging to it's underside. - BILL WHEAT Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Metcalfe County, KY: Rogers Mill 2014-06-19 - 1199 Wilbur Glass Road, Edmonton, KY - Photo by Theresa Smith Photography. Rogers Mill in the Randolph Community of Metcalfe County, can be visited by appointment only. Facilities at the retreat may be rented for weddings, reunions, business seminars, and similar uses. Mario and Raven Rodgers, the owners have opened the mill property for rental for weddings, showers, family gatherings, and business seminars. Contact: Rodgers at 270-590-1370 or email onedoorway1@gmail.com. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

E/MC Business after Hours visits Rogers Mill 2014-06-19 - 1199 Wilbur Glass Road, Edmonton, KY - Photo by Gaye Shaw. Those in attendance at the Edmonton/Metcalfe County Business after Hours at Rogers Mill, on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, were Dollie Mae Jones, Connie Shive, Sylvia Sidebottom, Carol Chaney, Roger Chaney, Faye White, Alicia Reed, Harold Stilts, Kenny Scott, Patricia Stilts, Kim Smith, Hosts Raven and Mario Rodgers, Chris Huffman, Greg Wilson, Christi Wilson, Freeda Reece, Carlie Howard, Lorrie Gilpin, Jamie Howard, and Jim Tsukagoshi. - Gaye Shaw Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sturdy Volunteers: Pink Cleome 2014-06-19 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. I set out perhaps three cleome seedlings last year - tenderly cosseted to transplanting size in small pots on the front porch. The first bloom opened on July 5. I was regretting that I hadn't time to start plants this year when I discovered that 'Rose Queen' had done the job for me and perpetuated her kind all around the big rock in the front yard. - Sharon Whitehurst Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sturdy Volunteers: Early Blooming Sunflowers 2014-06-19 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. I wasn't surprised to see sunflowers emerging in the neglected strips with the advent of warmer weather. The surprise has been at how quickly they reached blooming status. Scrolling through photos from 2013, I find the first sunflower in bloom on July 7. The scent of a pollen-laden sunflower has been familiar since childhood when my Grampa Mac planted a row at the bottom of the garden each year. - Sharon Whitehurst Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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