Today's News

A couple of weeks ago, one of the prettiest flowers in the garden started to bloom. This great cut-leaf Japanese peony, Paeonia tenuifolia, opened its simple ruby-colored petals to reveal bright yellow stamen. The finely cut foliage, reminiscent of the most finely cut foliage of a Japanese maple, allows the plant to be interesting in the mixed border the rest of the growing season, too.

The third- and fourth-grade classes at Taylorsville Elementary helped raise money for Spencer County Relay for Life by participating in the name a lamb contest.  The classroom raising the most money for the 4 Purple Clovers Team was Mrs. Catlett’s room.  They are pictured with Darilyn Browning and her lamb, now named Angel.

Have you noticed how many people seem to have a never-ending supply of words, often spoken rapidly, even at warp speed, trying to say as many words as possible in the shortest length of time.
Well, maybe if you are one of those, it would be helpful to give your listener a chance to respond to your long presentation. While there are many like I just described, there are also many who have so few words, that some elaboration is needed. One or two words is not enough.

The other day my wife dropped one of her favorite coffee mugs and it shattered into hundreds of little shards.  It was almost like it exploded instead of simply breaking.  It took a while to clean up the mess and we kept finding little pieces for a couple of days after.