Bill,
I am attaching two pictures of Sunset on Saturday afternoon....taken fromHappy Valley Road...approximately 3 minutes apart...hope you enjoy...Tommy

Our exchange student, Octavio Gomez De La Funte (from southern Mexico) has been enjoying the snow - his first real winter. These are photos he took Saturday. One is a self portrait in the snow...

Thanks, Mrs. Reece!

"Martin's Lawn Care owner, Rick Martin, starts training 'em young! A sunny day gave the perfect opportunity for Chad Martin to show his nephew, Draven Spann, a bird's eye view of the neighborhood. Chad is Rick's son and Draven is Rick's grandson. Now if we can just teach Draven to drive the John Deere..."

Dear WebMeister,

These are pictures I took last Friday in Bowling Green at Club Deluxe. These guys are members of a band from Glasgow called GEAR. The Saturday after this show they earned first place in a battle of the bands in Louisville, beating out 49 other groups. They'll be in Lexington for a big show this weekend. Here's a link to the GEAR homepage: www.glasgow-ky.com/gear.

Jefferson Sorley

Thanks, Jefferson!

Hi Bill,
These 80 degree days are bringing out all the Spring flowers.
Wendell

Hi Bill,
This lonely Holstein cow greets the foggy sunrise of a cold winter morning.
Wendell

Sloan's Pond (the beaver pond) at the Park City side of Mammoth Cave National Park has been improved with a boardwalk all the way around. Disabled visitors can now tour that site. Hats off to MCNP and its private sponsors.

Trail around Sloans Crossing PondThousands of motorists pass this pond every day on their way to and from Mammoth Cave, never suspecting what they're missing. You're one of the lucky ones who stopped to catch the show! Take a few minutes to walk the short trail around Sloans Crossing Pond and learn a bit about its surprisingly rich and diverse living communities.

The pond was created through the combined efforts of people and beavers. First, a spring-fed stream was dammed to form a small farm pond here in the 1930's. Not long after the establishment of Mammoth Cave National Park, beavers were re-introduced into the region after a lengthy absence due to over-trapping in the 1800's, and these industrious creatures enlarged the pond to its present size.(at the bottom of the sign are warnings about Poison Ivy, ticks, rattlesnakes and copperheads)

Hey There, Bill,

Got this picture today. This is a picture of the Barren County Beef Producers getting ready for the big upcoming "Relay for Life." They will be selling Ribeye sandwiches there this year.

Don Houchen

I think you need to show some city folks that if you don't mind a 4 or 5 mile horse ride there is still some very nice scenery in South Barren County near Peters Creek...

Hi Bill,
This old house reminds me of the Stuart Hamblin song "This Old House." If it could speak, it could tell about all the children who were born there and all the old folks who died there, family gatherings at Christmas, etc.
Wendell

Here are some pictures I took at Old Mulkey in Tompkinsville last fall. Some people I've talked to have never been to Old Mulkey. Daniel Boone's sister, Hannah, is buried there.

Mr. Anderson,
Wednesday, April 5th, I (and two other bagpipers) played "My Old Kentucky Home" at the Rotunda of our State Capital. This was with respect to a proclamation giving Kentucky its very own tartan (Thursday, April 6th was "National Tartan Day"). From left to right in the picture: myself (J.P. Johnson), Bill Dearman, Mayor Charles Honeycutt, Governor Paul Patton, Bob Harrison (President of the Glasgow Highland Games), and Gene Shy.

In honor of National Tartan Day, would you please also give referenceto my site "Bagpipes At Best" (http://www.bagpipesatbest.com). Thanks.

Cheers,
J.P. Johnson

Congratulations are in order! The official Glasgow National Weather Service weather station has new tenants. An English sparrow has constructed a nest and has hatched 2 of her 6 eggs as of April 4. The new family's presence is away from the equipment so I plan to allow her to complete her task. Possibly this is the first federally-funded and protected sparrow nest in the City.

Not sure if he's checking email or looking for a good birdseed Website? My daughter, Linda, took this.

These two Dutch tulips stood guard over the iris fronds through wind, snow and rain.

Hi, Mr. Bill,

Anne and I are learning how to export digital pictures. Anne gave me a nifty digital camera recently, so bear with us if we use you and your Website as our guinea pig. This is a photo taken Friday night at the 8th grade Scottie baseball team season opener. By the way, they won both games of a double-header resoundingly! It wouldn't hurt my feelings if you posted this on your Webpage.

Tell Eddie I said "hi".

Jim

Bill,

Here is a picture I took Saturday of a gorgeous dogwood tree on the corner of Leslie and Cleveland Avenues. It wouldn't hurt my feelings one bit if you posted it on the Glasgow Webpage.

Thanks,

Anne Gardner

This photo doesn't do these tulips justice. They're just about gone now, but up close and personal, they were blinding. The white azaleas are the next big show in line at my parent's house, Joe L. and Mary L. Travis on Uncle John's Lane.

This beautiful tree is on corner of Park City Glasgow Road and Stovall Road.

This is a photo of the WKU Cheerleaders and Big Red. They recently competed in a national competition in Daytona Beach, Florida, where they received fourth place. Four of these girls are from Barren County: Mandy Honeycutt, Nikki Saltsman, Windy Goad and Jamie Bewley.

Hi Bill:

From the looks of the dogwood trees in and around Glasgow, this weekend must be the "Lighting of the Dogwoods" weekend. This photo lacks only the central bloom being open for being in full bloom.

Thanks, Joe! Now, where are your pictures?

Hi, Bill:

Happy Valley second and third grade had the annual campout at the school last Friday night (yes, during the thunderstorm at about 3:00am). But these brave second and third graders slept through it all.

Thanks, Don!

These are pictures from a recent day spent four-wheeling near the Cumberland River. The guy in the black shirt is Glasgow Police Corporal David Graves. The guy in the Nike shirt is Glasgow Police Officer Matt Mutter. The guy in the overalls is Glasgow Police Officer Maxie Murray.

These Glasgow Candy Tuft Carnations are loving the rains and warmth.

The photo is wild chicory, this plant blooming just behind Glasgow's MacDonald's. In pioneer times, coffee wasn't always available, so chicory was dug, its root ground, then roasted and boiled into "chicory coffee." During various national depressions, chicory was used in this way to stretch expensive coffee (such were the improvisational qualities of past generations).

Here are some pictures I took of the storm that went through Barren County yesterday (Tuesday), May 23...

Hi Bill:

I will send you a series of random photos taken over the past few years at the Glasgow Highland Games. I hope those memories will help get a big crowd down to Barren River Lake for GHG 2000. On the left is an (as of yet) unidentified piper. On the right is a blacksmith. In older days, the blacksmith and tinkerer came around to repair and make pots and pans, to say nothing of shoeing horses and mules.

Hi, Bill:

I will send you a series of random photos taken over the past few years at the Glasgow Highland Games. I hope those memories will help get a big crowd down to Barren River Lake for GHG 2000. On the left, I had never seen anyone cast a sterling silver spoon until I watched this fellow at the Games. Right, Colin Grant-Adams has performed at the last several Scottish Games. He's a newlywed, too. Come and pass congratulations on to him.

Here's a photo taken the evening before Mother's Day at Western Sizzlin'. It was kids' night and there was face painting and balloons for all, even the mule team got decorated. Pictured standing are employees Wanda Smith and Bessie Martin. Wanda's husband, Bill Smith, provided a special treat for the children (and some parents too). He's seated in the covered wagon surrounded by the young Sizzlin' patrons just before taking off on a short ride. A good day was had by all.

Hey, Bill!

I took this awesome picture last week during the many thunderstorms that plagued South Central Kentucky. It was taken Wednesday, May 24, from the back porch of my house, facing west (located on Waterford Lane). Scary looking, huh?

Hi, Bill:

Our dog "Moose" just couldn't tolerate a groundhog. Moose is gone now and we miss him very much. The groundhog population can't say the same.

Wendell

What is that wonderful, sweet smell wafting from the fence row? It's the time of year that bushels of honeysuckle blooms open and present us with one of Kentucky's most erotic aromas. I wonder how many viewers actually know how to eat honeysuckle blossoms?...

This picture was taken Monday, June 12, at Gorin Park. Director Jody Bingham and several high school tennis coaches conducted the second annual tennis camp. Players from 5 different high school tennis teams participated in the 2-day camp.

Family reunions are being held all over. Mine are oddly challenged. (Society for Creative Anachronism? -- The WebMeister)

"Aye, Laddie, the trick is learnin' to miss the spike."

On Memorial Day, the Glasgow Highland Games 5K Run followed a brisk rainstorm. Runners enjoyed the cool mist. My station, shown here, was the 1 mile post. (Notice the "Bridge Slippery When Wet" sign? - The WebMeister)

Young Kyle Holley of Knob Lick, listens at the Disaster Drill that hams (ham radio operators) call "Field Day." Kyle was at Glasgow's American Legion Park last weekend.