Life in the Holler: Red Brick Studio, a perfect face lift 2014-03-16 - 200 Quadrant, Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Shamarie Claiborne. Red Brick Studio not only gave a building on the square a needed face lift. It also has made a perfect canvas for light and shadows to create a late afternoon dance that makes the mind drift to endless possibilities. The first thought for me was a window into a alternate dimension where things are the same yet different. There seems to be trees, street lamps, and light everywhere but nothing moving or alive to be detected. Maybe a lonely place full of brightness but no one there to see or enjoy it. The same happens on this side of image when people have lives full of things to rejoice about but focus on the negative. As I said the same but different. - Shamarie Claiborne Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Life in the Holler: Obsessed, but mind and body both got workouts 2014-03-16 - Topside, The Holler, Old Clearsprings Road, Ozark, KY - Photo by Shamarie Claiborne. OK it is officialI was obsessed with lighting, perceptive, and the full moon yesterday. After my endless pursuit to capture the perfect Courthouse/Moon picture it was on to LWC and a Chapel/Moon shot. After parking in the road sideways, parking in two different lots, squatting leaning on a tree, and then finally standing in the middle of the road. I got a shot I was happy with. If nothing else yesterday my mind and my body both got their workouts . . . - Shamarie Claiborne Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Life in the Holler: Round and around we go 2014-03-16 - Topside, The Holler, Old Clearsprings Road, Ozark, KY - Photo by Shamarie Claiborne. As I alluded to with another picture posted in this same grouping. Folks yesterday might have thought I had lost my mind. I drove around in a circle from the square to High Street Guardian then back around and down Fortune Street and then back around again trying to capture the perfect shot. After about three laps and different vantage points I found this perspective and loved it. - Shamarie Claiborne Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Life in the Holler: Bewitching hour 2014-03-16 - Topside, The Holler, Old Clearsprings Road, Ozark, KY - Photo by Shamarie Claiborne. The bewitching spell of the full moon was even transforming time last night. Many folks say there is a bewitching hour. Not sure if it is 10:10 or 7:35 I guess it depends on where you are coming from Greensburg Street or Burkesville Street. - Shamarie Claiborne Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Life in the Holler: The Jolly Green Giant's slingshot 2014-03-16 - Topside, The Holler, Old Clearsprings Road, Ozark, KY - Photo by Shamarie Claiborne, Adair Co. The light was shining perfectly on the base of the Jolly Green Giant's slingshot. He must have dropped it during his last time through. Shana beware here he comes! (To understand fully the last sentence you will need to see Life in the Holler: The frightening, bookstarter tree . . . to refresh your memory.) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Trail Town: Grimsleys are enthusiastic supporters 2014-03-16 - 801 Westlake Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo By Linda Waggener, CM Photo. Charles and Holly Edwards Grimsley are among those helping Columbia move forward with the Trail Town application process, the subject of Thursday night's first public meeting. Charles has been identifying trails on a large wall map in his store on the square and welcomes anyone who would like to stop by and add a trail. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sugar became Joe Ann's dog 2014-03-16 - Summit Manor, 400 Bomar Heights, Columbia, KY - Photo by Peg Schaeffer. ". . . I got a call from Summit Manor one day that a dog was found wandering in the parking lot. Could I come and get it? I got there later in the day and was told at the nurses’ station that the dog was in Joe Ann’s room. Of course, where else would it be? I went to her room and sitting on her lap was a tiny, tan Chihuahua. Joe Ann and she had hit it off. Joe Ann had already named her “Sugar” and it was a very fitting name. I stayed and visited with her for a while and when it came time to leave I practically had to pry Sugar from her arms. They had bonded in that short time. . . " - PEG SCHAEFFER. POSTSCRIPT Sadly, Joe Ann Grant passed away this past week. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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