Every historic building has a story to tell
Between 1890 and 1895, a one-story frame house was built on Mulberry Street in Lebanon, Kentucky. It wasn’t very large, maybe three to four rooms, but had a projecting, canted gable on the west side of the facade, and a small porch. It was the only dwelling on that block of Mulberry Street at (read more)
Category: Marion County
Tags: #kentuckyarchitecture, #lebanonky, #oldhouses, #vernaculararchitecure
Years ago, I fell in love with what I call the central cross gable, which looks like a peaked, triangular shaped projection on the long side of a side gable house. My great-great-great grandfather’s house, built in 1844, sports this feature (I like to call it a “CCG”) and I like how it can (read more)
Category: Woodford County
While Columbus, Indiana deserves its reputation as “the Athens of the Prairie” for its collection of mid-century modern architecture, my recent stop there found me captivated by a historic building of a different sort, one with roots extending back to the last quarter of the 19th century. The Crump Theater, an outstanding Art Moderne/Art (read more)
Categories: Indiana, Other Places
In February, I ordered my tomato seeds, for I determined that this was the year for me to start all of my own tomato plants! I would save money and grow delicious heirloom varieties destined for canning jars or tomato sauce. On April 1, assembly of the grow lights and planting of the seeds (read more)
Categories: Gardens, Kentucky Gardens
Tags: #kentuckygarden, #tomatoplants, #vegetablegardening, Gardens
The drone of the cicadas (Brood 14 is in full voice after 17 years of dormancy!) and the sudden escalation in temperatures makes me think of hazy August days, winding down a rural Kentucky road. I came across the Lick Spring United Baptist Church and the neighboring Prater Cemetery on one such August afternoon. (read more)
Category: Magoffin County
Tags: #kentuckyarchitecture, #magoffincountyky, #ruralchurchesofkentucky
It’s been an odd spring. Actually, odd is becoming (has ready become?) the new normal. We’ve been very wet, and lest you think I am relying on my handwritten notes recounting rainfall amounts (scribbled on the calendar on our fridge), greater minds than mine confirm my assessment. Lexington has received 20 inches of rain since (read more)
Category: Kentucky Gardens
Tags: #garden, #kentuckygardens
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