Pear Tree blossoming in October up in Greater Gadberry, KY 2011-10-19 - Johnson School RD, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Charles Marshburn. Charles Marshburn sends this proof of confused Pear tree which thinks this October is Spring Time. He took the photo yesterday, Monday, October 17, 2011. His is one of many late early blooming phenomena reported yesterday: Lilac haven't last bloom in Cane Valley when they had oughta; a cherry tree and crabapple may be thinking its May in Gradyville, KY. The latter three have fairly easy science reasons: Cane Valley is a lilac sort of town, and the beautiful shrubs are striving to reciprocate; Gradyville is a spring/summer zippity-do-dah Mr. Bluebirds on my shoulder Southern culture place. But Greater Gadberry is near the Alpine, Arctic reaches, where the earliest snows cover the grounds and the school bus stoppers hit, so the Pear tree blooming in October may the strangest of all strange happenings we're seeing in this strange, almost weird weather. -ED WAGGENER Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dog with Hardinsburg, KY tag shows up in Jones Chapel area 2011-10-18 - Jones Chapel RD, Columbia, KY - Photo by Felicia Morgan. A dog has shown up at our house today on Jones Chapel Road(out torwards Burksville. It looks like it might be a chow/golden retriever mix. My dogs don't get along with her and i'm sure she misses her owner. She has on a purple collar and a rabies tag from Burke Vet Services in Hardinsburg, KY. She has been fixed because, she has the scar and stiches. felicia_morgan13@hotmail.com - FELICIA MORGAN Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Carroll Claude Keltner, Adair Co., KY native (1933-2011) 2011-10-18 - 209 W. Court Street, Greensburg, KY - Photo from Foster-Toler-Curry Funeral Home. Carroll Claude Keltner, Adair Co., KY native (1933-2011) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY: Maple Tree cut back at Courthouse 2011-10-18 - 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The Courthouse has a much different look on the Jamestown Street side after tree topping operations removed most of a maple tree. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Whitehurst Diaries: Strange bloomings - Big picture 2011-10-18 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. This photo is jury trial quality proof that of crabapples in October in Gradyville, KY, a sigogglin reminder of the greatest campaign slogan in history, when candidate for Mayor of Columbia Squaredeal Downey promised to make the roses bloom in January. He won, but as if, just to spite him, the weather deities sent Columbia three years of Siberian winters, just six days after the Inauguration was over and the World's Largest Chili Bowl failed to make it into either the Guinness Book of World Records, though it will live forever in the more important World Record Book of Guinnesses. Then again, it could be a sign of the second coming of Al Gore and the re-invention of the internet. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The Whitehurst Diaries: Strange bloomings in Gradyville, KY 2011-10-18 - Old Gradyville Road, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Sharon Whitehurst. This crabapple blossom appeared on October 17, 2011, a phenomenon which has perplexed Sharon Whitehurst. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: View in Brimstone Recreation 2011-10-18 - Huntsville, TN - Photo by Jessica Gaskins. Just over the Tennessee line: I took this picture while trail riding Friday, October 14, 2011. Great view from the top of the moutains, at Brimstone Recreation Park, whose main office is at 2860 Baker Highway, Huntsville, TN 37756-JESSICA GASKINS. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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