(Ad) Adair Co. Christmas: Denim If U Dare 2011-11-28 - 340 Hoffice Park Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Audra Wheat. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Encore: Frostflower kite with a kite tail 2011-11-28 - Amandaville, Cumberland Co., KY - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. 2009-12-20 Billy Joe Fudge is making this area as famous for Frost Flowers as the Lindsey Wilson Cycling Team is making it famous for being Bike Friendly. The photo above is one of my favorites. It ran two years ago just before Christmas, and it had one of the naturalists great essays accompanying it: Kentucky Color: Rare sight. Patch of frost flowers: With the photo, Billy Joe Fudge wrote this of the beautiful variation above:"Frost flowers are very delicate. It's amazing how fragile they are. This is quite evident in the tail on the bloom above, in the lower part of the photo, and the twisty swirl on the other end." This photo is one of many in an album which accompanied his article that day, which included a bit of advice for watching for them. Click "Readmore" to view the album and learn more about his discovery that year. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

(Ad) Fabulous dining this Sunday evening at the Circle R 2011-11-27 - 712 Russell Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by David Isaacs. Maine Lobster, China Duck, Kentucky Steak, Alaskan Salmon, Roma Chicken Marsala - at the Circle R Restaurant starting at 5pmCT. With live music by CIMA performers. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Whitehurst Diaries: Sunset as Cranes go out of sight 2011-11-27 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. After the last shush of beating wings passed overhead, the strident cries of the cranes fading as the sun withdrew behind the woods....the dooryard settled into the sudden quiet of a November evening, the cooling air rich with the scent of woodsmoke and the sharp tang of freshly split maple. -SHARON WHITEHURST Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Whitehurst Diaries: Sandhill Cranes and contrails 2011-11-27 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. The ancient Sandhill Cranes overlay their timeless mark across the jet contrails in perfect alignment for an anachronistic game of tic-tac-toe. The birds winged through cloud wisps and jet trails over Big Creek Valley, veering southwestward - SHARON WHITEHURST. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Whitehurst Diaries: Crane flight formations ever changing 2011-11-27 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. Everchanging formations of the Sandhill Cranes were fascinating to watch, even more so than the intriguing patterns of the crisscrossing man made contrails which fill the skies over Gradyville, more than most places. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Whitehurst Diaries: Sandhill cranes, almost perfect V 2011-11-27 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. 'We gazed at them with the sense of primeval wonder which such sights always inspire.' -SHARON WHITEHURST wrote with this photo as the birds formed an almost perfect V. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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