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    On the return flight from one of my latest trips to Kentucky, I was re-routed to Oklahoma City where we spent an hour sitting in the plane waiting for the lightning storm to clear Chicago.
    Never been to Oklahoma City and I did get a good view of their bridge system so that was good.
    Olahoma City Bridges

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    Pearls before swine, in kentucky

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    One of the great things to do while in Louisville is to visit the Louisville Slugger factory and museum. While there, you can get a close up and personal tour to watch the bats being made. Then, at the end of the tour, they give you a small bat of your own as a souvenir. Trouble is, you can’t check those bats through with your carry-on luggage when leaving via the Louisville airport. I am guessing this is the only airport in the country that has such a large display of bats that have been confiscated from travelers who have tried to get the bats through security. I am also guessing that this display is only a small portion of the bats they have actually seized. The rest probably go back to the factory, to be given out to the next set of tourists taking the tour. Isn't that what recycling and re-using our natural resources all about?
    Louisville Slugger bats seized at airport

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    Here is a photo of a Magnolia in bloom, on a cool Louisville morning. This tree is in the yard where Honey grew up. I took a series of photos to give to her aunt who thought she might like to paint the blooms. It is really a stunning tree. Anyway, I'm posting the picture today, since she is back home in Louisville for the week visiting her family and friends. Have a good time Honey.

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    Our latest trip to Kentucky was all too brief. During our trip to the east coast we learned of the passing of a very close family friend, H.L.Hinton. We were able to get a rush flight into Louisville, rent a car and drive directly to the evening visitation with the family. Then returning the next morning to the east coast. I was able to meet with Mr. Hinton on one weekend. We spent a wonderful sunny Kentucky morning visiting with him and listening to his stories. He will be missed.

    H. L. Hinton D.M.D.

    Dr. H.L. Hinton, D.M.D., died Monday, August 27, 2007 at his home in Louisville with his family by his side.
    Dr. Hinton was a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Dentistry and his practice was in the Jeffersontown area.
    He was a gentleman farmer, real estate investor, and a member of Southeast Christian Church, Jeffersontown United Methodist Church, Jeffersontown Optimist Club, the Masonic Lodge, and an Army veteran of the Korean War.
    He achieved diamond status in Amway and was a professional motivational speaker.
    He was loving, accepting, and supportive to all who knew him.
    Dr. Hinton was preceded in death by his first wife of 44 years, Sue Catherine Shaver Hinton in 1995.
    Dr. Hinton is survived by his wife, Rita Cox Hinton; his son, Dr. Stephen Shaver Hinton, an internist in Campbellsville, KY; daughters, Jane Corbett Hinton Ruemmele, an attorney in Indianapolis, and Jennifer Strother Hinton Lawson, a nurse at Jewish Hospital in Shelbyville, KY; his stepson, Mark Cox; brothers, Paul J. Hinton of Madisonville, KY and David Hinton of Greenville, KY; his sister, Marjorie Putnam of Florida; and by nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

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    fleurdelis

    ~ The Fleur-de-lis ~

    • Here is the Wikipedia entry on this symbol
    • The Fleur-de-lis is significant to us for two reasons
    1. It is used to represent the city of Louisville, as the name came from the French King Louis.
      This significance is made obvious within this page.
    2. The fleur-de-lis is the main element in the logo of most Scouting organizations, representing a major theme in Scouting: the outdoors and wilderness.
      The boys were both very sucessful, and learned a great deal in Scouting, which helped them grow up to be fine young men.

    Our Fleur-de-lis collection seems to be growing.

    • Last Chrstmas: Fleur-de-lis Christmas Stocking holder
    • On a trip back to Louisville: Fleur-de-lis of glass made at Louisville Glassworks
    • "A just looking" shopping trip: An antiqued Fleur-de-lis for the mantle, or floor, or wherever Honey decides.

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    My wife was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky.

    I had never been there before, so it was good karma that she would find her way out to Oregon.
    It is here that we met.

    I have since been back to Kentucky several times.
    It is a great state that has many attractions.
    Some I have seen in the few times I have been there, others, we hope to see on future trips.
    Those that I know of so far.....in no organized order.

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    Some Kentucky Photos by GoLiNiel

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    Louisville Water Meter Cover Nice Colonial Style Apartment Bowman Field
    watermeter colonial apt bowman field
    Cassius Clay's Childhood Home Churchill Downs Churchill Downs
    ali churchill downs churchill downs

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