A confrontation in Paradise: Dueling Swallowtails 2015-08-02 - Cool Springs Farm, Gradyville, Paradise, USA - Photo by Guy Babin. A Black and a Tiger Swallowtail fight it out, presumably over territory among the wildflowers along our neck of paradise. (I suspect MS Coomer would approve.) Happy lovely first August Sunday everyone. -Guy Babin, Cool Springs Creek Farm, Gradyville Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: The Gatekeeper Roller Coaster at Cedar Point 2015-08-02 - Sandusky, OH - Photo by Graham Waggener. Cedar Point, located on Lake Erie in Ohio, is the roller coaster capital of the world. According to Wikipedia, "As of 2013, the park is the most visited seasonal amusement park in the United States with an estimated 3.38 million visitors in 2013. The park also has several buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: an unfamiliar looking lunch 2015-08-02 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, CM. First green drink off first juicer was a success, it tasted exactly like the juice of mostly green veggies, containing kale, tomatoes, cucumbers, cillantro, a fourth of a lemon and a green apple. In preparation for this feast in a glass, the shopping cart was filled with vegetables, a first, and then the kitchen cabinet looked like the produce section of the grocery store instead of a collection of processed foods. I read the directions, washed and set up the juicer – there are lots of parts! Next I washed and selected vegetables, going by the recipes at hand. The juicer sounded like a train coming through the house but it worked as promised and this glass of juice became lunch. Cleanup was another adventure, not a bit easier than cleanup of a regular meal. CM readers who are experienced juicers are invited to advise and send photos and comments to share! -- LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scrapbook from Mr. Hixson & Mr. Robertson: Important reveal 2015-08-02 - Columbia, KY - Photo from scrapbook now owned by Hixson & Robertson . This page is the first one in the scrapbook which reveals the compiler's gender. It's "Miss" Vernon Rodgers. There are penned notes to her at the top of this photo, and, at the bottom the program for three act "The Path of True Love," presented at Lindsey Wilson Junior College, that May 10, 1935, with the cast. This is another page, bigger because of the neat foldout program in Miss Vernon Rodgers' Scrapbook 1934-35. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scrapbook from Mr. Hixson & Mr. Robertson: Graduation puzzler 2015-08-02 - Columbia, KY - Photo from scrapbook now owned by Hixson & Robertson . It isn't clear whether the reception contest goes with the commencement - they're both on the same date, nor does this page of the 1934-35 Scrapbook compiled by Vernon Rodgers and now the property of Kevin Robertson and Barry Hixson say who the engaged mentioned in the "Floral Love Song" are. Maybe some reader will recall this milestone marriage in Adair County History and enlightened those who think they almost remember. It may or may not be related to the later commencement event May 24, 1935 at L.W.C. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scrapbook from Mr. Hixson & Mr. Robertson: Pressings, paraphernalia 2015-08-02 - Columbia, KY - Photo from scrapbook now owned by Hixson & Robertson . Dried plants - hope someone will ID - and cigarette papers for "soft rolls" (as opposed to store bought tight rolls by the single or in a 20 pack of cigarettes of the day) were on one page of the scrapbook. In those days smokes were tobacco only, often from right out of the curing barn. From the scrapbook of Vernon Rodgers, 1934-35, now the prized possession of historians Kevin Robertson and Barry Hixson. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Rooftops of ACES, on a foggy morn, 28 Jul 2015 2015-08-02 - ACES, 870 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. A scene some may be seeing from school buses after the Adair County School District 2015-2016 school term opens at 7:45pmCT, Thu 6 Aug 2015. This picture shows the roof line over the hill with a view of woods and farmland beyond. Larry Smith of Radio Station 99.9 FM, the Big Dawg, religiously counts the fogs in August to know how many snows there will be in the coming fall and winter. Not all snows translate into school snow days, but many will. Coincidentally, the photo above taken at 7:42amCT, on 28 July 2015, about the same time some busses might still be arriving on campus. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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