>> A TINY INSECT IS A BIG

PROBLEM IN THE APPALACHIANS, AND

AN OLD SHOPPING AREA WITH E

COLLECTIVE APPEAL, A STATUTE

HONORING WORLD WAR I VETERANS

AND FABRIC TOYS DESIGNED WITH A

CHILD'S IMAGINATION, ALL COMING

RIGHT UP ON "KENTUCKY LIFE".

HELLO EVERYBODY, I'M DAVE

SCHUFFETT, WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY

LIFE" IN MADISON COUNTY AT THIS

ITALIAN MANSION, HOME TO KASHUS

MARCELLUS CLAY, POLITICIAN.

BUT FIRST A THREAT IN EASTERN

KENTUCKY FOREST, THE HEMLOCK

WOLLY ADELJID IS ATTACKING MANY

TREES, AND MANY HAVE ALREADY

BEEN KILLED.

A NETWORK OF CONSERVATIONAL

TEAMS WORKS HARD TO STOP THE

SPREAD OF THE INSECT BEFORE IT

IS TOO LATE TO SAVE OUR KENTUCKY

FORstS.

>> HARD TO EXPLAIN, BUT THERE IS

A CALMNESS ABOUT THE WAY THE

HEMLOOK GROWS AND MANY PEOPLE

DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

I HAVE HAD PEOPLE ON HIKES WHO

HAD NEVER BEEN IN A HEMLOOK

STAND, AND IT IS A CERTAIN

CALMNESS AND QUIETNESS THAT

APPEARS FOR A MOMENT, ALMOST

LIKE IT IS BREATHTAKING.

>> WALKING IN THE WOODS AND

THINKING THIS IS THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL PLACE, IT WAS PROBABLY

IN A HEMLOOK STAND.

ANYTIME I THINK, IT IS JUST

MAGICAL.

>> KENTUCKY'S ENTIRE POPULATION

OF HEMLOOKS IS IN DANGER BY

NIECE TINY BUGS THAT WILL

REPRODUCE AND WILL EVENTUALLY

OVERWHELM THE TREES BY SUCKING

OUT ALL THE JUICES.

IT IS ESTIMATED THERE ARE 71

MILLION OF THEM IN KENTUCKY.

IMAGINE ALL OF THEM DEAD OR

DYING.

IT WILL HAVE HUGE IMPLICATIONS

FOR KENTUCKY'S FORESTS.

>> THE LOSS OF THE HEMLOOK WILL

AFFECT THE ENTIRE ECOLOGY OF THE

FOREST SYSTEM TO SOME DEGREE,

AND THINKING ABOUT SCALE OF

IMPORTANCE, IT WILL RANK UP

THERE WITH THE LOSS OF THE

AMERICAN CHESTNUT IN ECOLOGICAL

TERMS.

>> IF YOU CAN IMAGINE MILLIONS

OF STEMS OF HEMLOOK DYING, IT

WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF OUR

FOREST AND IMPACT OUR ROLE IN

FORESTS FOREVER.

>> MANY HEMLOOKS LINE WATERWAYS

IN EASTERN KENTUCKY,

CONTRIBUTING TO WATER QUALITY

ANDY ROW SHUN CONTROL IN AREAS

WHERE THIS IS A PROBLEM.

WE WITNESSED HOW THE LOSS OF

PINES TO THE SOUTHERN PINE

BEATLE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO FOREST

FIRES.

HEMLOOKS ALSO ARE IMPORTANT

CONTRIBUTORS TO SPECIES

DIVERSITY.

THE POTENTIAL LOSS WILL CLEARLY

AFFECT ALL OF US AND SO MANY

STATE AND NATIONAL GROUPS HAVE A

STAKE IN HEMLOOK PROTECTION.

THESE DIVERSE GROUPS HAVE JOINED

TOGETHER WITH LOCAL CITIZENS TO

CREATE "SAVE KENTUCKY'S

HEMLOOKS" WHICH IS WORKING TO

RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS, PROVIDE

SUPPORT FOR LANDOWNERS AND

ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO COMBAT

THIS INSECT.

ONE OF THE BEST LONG-TERM

SOLUTIONS WOULD BE THE

INTRODUCTION OF A PREDATORY

BEATLE.

AND SOME PARTNERS SUCH AS THE

CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORIC

PARK HAVE GONE WITH THAT METHOD.

OTHERS ARE CHOOSING LESS

EXPENSIVE CHEMICAL TREATMENT

METHODS UNTIL FUNDING COMES IN.

THIS CHEMICAL INJECTED AROUND

THE ROOTS WILL PROTECT THE TREE

FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

IT IS TIME-CONSUMING AND LABOR

INTENSIVE BUT EVERYONE SEEMS TO

AGREE IT IS WELL WORTH DOING

CONSIDERING THE ALTERNATIVE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD

REALLY LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH IN

THIS PROJECT WE ARE AFFECTING ON

OUR PRESERVES, WE WOULD LIKE TO

BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN A GOOD NUMBER

OF HEMLOOKS TO SAVE AT LEAST 80%

OF THOSE TREES, IF NOT MORE FOR

FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY AND

HELP SUSTAIN OUR RARE SPECIES.

I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT MYSELF

IN THE MIRROR IF I DIDN'T TRY TO

DO SOMETHING TO SAVE THESE

HEMLOOKS.

>> THIS ISSUE OF THE DEATH OF

THE HEMLOOK IS NONCONTROVERSIAL

IN ALMOST EVERY CIRCLE I HAVE

BEEN IN.

THERE ARE OFTEN TIMES

CONTROVERSIES WITH NATURAL

RESOURCE ISSUES, BUT THIS ONE

ISN'T ONE OF THEM.

EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE

WITH THIS ONE.

>> BUT MOST OF KENTUCKY'S

HEMLOOKS AREN'T IN THE HANDS OF

ORGANIZATIONS OR GROUPS, THEY

ARE IN THE HANDS OF PRIVATE

CITIZENS.

IT IS CLEAR THEY HAVE A STRONG

CONNECTION TO THE TREES AS WELL.

I GOT TO VISIT WITH JAMIE

JOHNSON WHO HAS HER OWN HEMLOOK

STORIES TO TELL.

>> THIS IS MY CABIN HERE I HAVE

BEEN LIVING IN FOR A FEW YEARS.

>> IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

>> THANKS.

>> I USED LOCAL LUMBER.

>> AND I KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

>> IT WAS NATIVE HEMLOOK ON THE

OUTSIDE.

WHEN I STARTED TO BUILD I DIDN'T

HAVE A CLUE ABOUT THE LUMBER TO

USE.

THERE IS WISDOM FLOATING AROUND

IN THE HILLS SO I ASKED THE

OLD-TIMERS AND EVERYBODY SEEMED

TO THINK HEMLOOK WOULD BE THE

BEST CHOICE ON THE OUTSIDE.

>> YOU BUILT A LOT OF THIS

YOURSELF.

>> YES, A NEIGHBOR BUILDER

HELPED FRAME IT AND MY DAD AND I

FAMILY HELPED ME GET A LOT OF IT

DONE.

MY FAMILY HAS SOME LAND ON THE

ROCKCASTLE RIVER THAT CAME

THROUGH MY GREAT GRANDFATHER,

TONS OF HARDWOOD FOREST FOR

HEMLOOKS TO GROW.

I GROUP UP IN THOSE WOODS, IT IS

A DEAR PLACE, HEMLOOKS ARE DEAR

TO MY HEART.

>> LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK.

>> I SPENT SO MUCH OF MY

CHILDHOOD DOWN HERE GROWING UP

UNDER THESE TREES, IT IS HEAVEN

ON EARTH.

>> TALKING ABOUT THE HEMLOOKS,

THEY ADD THAT NICE TOUCH OF

GREEN.

>> THEY REALLY STAND OUT WHEN

THE LEAVES COME OUT.

IT KIND OF PUTS YOU IN YOUR

PLACE, A TREE THAT IS SOMA JUST

PARTICULAR AND REE GAL.

IT MAKES YOU REALIZE THE

SIGNIFICANCE.

>> OR INN SIGNIFICANCE.

>> YES.

>> HOW OLD DO YOU THINK SOME OF

THEM ARE?

>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE WE KNOW FOR

AT LEAST 150 YEARS IT HAS NOT

BEEN TEMPERED, IN BETWEEN THAT

AND 200.

I HIKED QUITE A BIT IN THE

DANIEL BOONE AND IT IS THE

BIGGEST HEMLOOKS I HAVE SEEN.

>> YOU MUST BE PROUD TO KNOW IT

WILL BE PRESERVED.

>> PROUD, BUT IT IS ALSO A

RESPONSIBILITY.

I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO

PROTECT THEM.

AS A GIRL I SAID IF ANYTHING

EVER HAPPENED TO THE HEMLOOKS OR

ROCKCASTLE RIVER I WOULD HAVE TO

LEAVE KENTUCKY.

>> WE CAN'T LET IT HAPPEN.

>> WE HAVE TO DO WHATEVER WE

CAN.

>> YOU HAVE ONE UP ON A

CLIFF-LINE THAT IS HUGE.

>> IT IS THE BIGGEST ONE I'VE

SEEN.

>> CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE A LOOK AT

THAT GIANT.

>> THERE IT IS.

THAT'S A BIG BOY.

>> IT IS 189 INCHES AROUND.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE KING OF

THE WOODS, I GUESS.

>> WE MEASURED 189 INCHES, A

DIAMETER OF 60 INCHES, FIVE FEET

ACROSS.

WE COULDN'T MEASURE THE HEIGHT,

BUT IT MIGHT BE A NEW STATE

RECORD.

EITHER WAY IT HIGHLIGHTS THE

IMPORTANCE OF EVERYONE DOING

THEIR PART TO PROTECT THESE

GREAT TREES AND THE KENTUCKY

FOREST.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO BUSINESSES

ALONG SOUTHLAND DRIVE, ONE OF

LEXINGTON'S OLDEST SHOPPING

AREAS WANT TO INCREASE THE

AREA'S APPEAL.

THE EFFORTS HAVE PAID OUT.

TODAY IT IS A POPULAR

DESTINATION FOR DINERS AND

SHOPPERS FROM ACROSS THE CITY

AND THE STATE.

TAKE A DRIVE ALONG SOUTHLAND

DRIVE AND YOU ARE LIKELY TO FEEL

NOSTALGIA, LINED WITH MOM AND

POP BUSINESSES THAT HAVE

SURVIVED IN THE AGE OF GIANT

CHAINS.

OLD KENTUCKY CHOCOLATES HAS BEEN

AROUND FOR 47 YEARS.

>> I STARTED WITH THE BAKERY

BUSINESS, CALLED UP IN THE

RESERVED IN 61, I BOUGHT A LARGE

MESS HALL IN FRANKFORT AND

STARTED MAKING CHOCOLATES, I

KNEW ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE TO DO

WITH CHOCOLATE, AND IT STARTED

FROM THERE.

WE DEVELOPED THE KENTUCKY DERBY

MINT, AND WE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE

IN THE COUNTRY OR THE WORLD THAT

HAVE BOURBON CHERRIES AND WE

MAKE A BOURBON TRUFFLE.

WE LIKE TO USE THAT UNIQUE

KENTUCKY PRODUCT.

THE LAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE HAD

A VERY ACTIVE SOCIALIZATION AND

HAVING THE MERCHANTS GET

TOGETHER TO TRY TO COLLECTIVELY

BRINGING SOUTHLAND TO WHERE IT

WAS IN THE '50S.

>> THAT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF

WHAT CAN BE FOUND ON SOUTHLAND

DRIVE, THE ECCLECTIC DISTRICT IS

ONE MILE LONG.

ACCORDING TO ONE RESEARCHER,

THERE IS A SERIES OF STATUES

THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN BY MORE

PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER IN THE

UNITED STATES ASIDE FROM THE

STATUE OF LIBERTY.

WE HAVE SEVEN OF THEM IN

KENTUCKY AND THERE ARE SOME 130

MORE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SKULL

UP THE BY ERNEST VORCAINEY,

NAMED ONE STANDS TALL IN

MONTICELLO.

>> THE SOLDIERS WENT FORWARD

THROUGH NOMAN'S LEFT, LEFT HAND

HOLDING RIFLE POINTED FORWARD

AND MID--THIGH HEIGHT.

HIS RIGHT ARM IS EXTENDED

UPWARD.

>> HERE IN MONTICELLO DURING THE

FIRST WORLD WAR THERE WERE

PROBABLY UPWARDS OF 500 MEN FROM

WAYNE COUNTY WHO SERVED IN WORLD

WAR I.

THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD PART OF

THE POPULATION, PERCENTAGE OF

POPULATION OF WAYNE COUNTY.

AND 250 OF THOSE 500 ACTUALLY

SERVED IN COMBAT.

AN OF THOSE MEN WHO SERVED FROM

WAYNE COUNTY IN WORLD WAR I

THERE WERE TEN WHO WERE KILLED

IN ACTION AND 13 THAT DIED AS A

RESULT OF WAR, NOT NECESSARILY

COMBAT.

45 MEN WERE WOUNDED, SO THERE

WERE A LOT OF CASUALTIES.

EVERY FAMILY WAS AFFECTED.

WHEN OF YOU LOOK AT THE

DEMOGRAPHICS OF A LITTLE TOWN

LIKE THIS, EVERY FAMILY WAS

AFFECTED WHETHER IT WAS A SON, A

FIRST COUSIN OR GRANDSON OR

WHATEVER.

PEOPLE FELT THIS GREAT INTEREST

AND MAYBE ALMOST A DUTY THAT WE

HAD TO DO SOMETHING TO REMEMBER

THE SACRIFICES THESE SOLDIERS

WERE MAKING.

SO I THINK IF IT WAS JUST A

GENERAL ATTITUDE THAT EXISTED

AMONGST PEOPLE HERE IN

MONTICELLO, THE FIRST MEETING TO

TALK ABOUT THE ERECTION OF A

MONUMENT WAS ACTUALLY IN 1919 AT

THE END OF THE YEAR.

THERE WAS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM,

BUT IT WAS ABOUT 1922 YOU BEGAN

TO SEE ADVERTISEMENTS FROM

BOVINE ABOUT THIS STATUE HE HAD

DONE AND DECIDED THEY WOULD

PURCHASE ONE FROM VICANING.

THE GOAL WAS TO RAISE 2000

DOLLARS AND ABOUT $1,300 WOULD

GO FOR THE STATUE ITSELF, THE

RAY MINDER FOR THE BASE.

THEY GOT THE SCHOOLS INVOLVED,

AND ACTUALLY THE VETERANS WANTED

MONEY TO BE RAISED FROM AMONGST

THEMSELVES, BUT THEN THEY GOT

THE SCHOOLS INVOLVED AN THE

BUSINESSES INVOLVED.

BUT THE LADIES HERE IN TOWN, THE

GOLD-STAR MOTHERS THEY WERE

CALLED, THEY KIND OF GOT HOLD OF

THE PROJECT AND THEY WERE VERY

INSTRUMENTAL, I THINK, IN

KEEPING THE PROJECT ALIVE

WHENEVER IT SEEMED LIKE IT MIGHT

BE IN DANGER OF DYING.

FROM 1919 WHEN THE CONCEPT WAS

FIRST DEVISED, YOU DIDN'T HAVE

THE DEDICATION UNTIL 1923.

I THINK THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE TO

A LARGE DEGREE FOR FINISHING OUT

THE PROJECT AS FAR AS RAISING

THE FUNDS.

THE DOUGH-BOY STATUE IN

MONTICELLO IS ONE OF THE FEW

STATUES THAT CONTINUES TO BE IN

THE MIDDLE OF TOWN.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THERE WERE

SEATS, LIGHTS AROUND THE AREA.

AS TIME GOES ON AND TRAFFIC

PATTERNS CHANGE, YOU NEEDED MORE

SPACE FOR THE ROAD SO THE SPACE

FOR THE DOUGH-BOY GOT SMALLER

AND SMALLER TO WHAT IT IS TODAY,

PROBABLY IN AN AREA OF MAYBE

EIGHT OR TEN FEET SQUARED.

IN A WAY, IT IS DANGEROUS TO

HAVE IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF A SQUARE.

FOR EXAMPLE THERE WAS A

DOUGH-BOY STATUE IN LIBERTY, AND

IT WAS HIT BY A LOGGING TRUCK

AND IT WAS DESTROYED.

THEY HAVE SINCE PUT IN A

REPLACEMENT.

AND THEN RECENTLY IN JAMES TOWN

A PICKUP HIT THEIR DOUGH-BOY

STATUE AND DESTROYED IT, BUT

AGAIN THEY RAISED FUNDS AND HAVE

A BRONZE ONE.

BUT VERY FEW CITIES WILL ALLOW

FOR A STATUE OF THIS NATURE TO

BE IN THAT PROMINENT OF A PLACE.

THE STATUE IS NOT CALLED "THE

AMERICAN DOUGHBOY" IT IS CALLED

"THE SPIRIT OF THE AMERICAN

DOUGHBOY" AND THE NATIONAL

AMERICAN WILL HE AGAIN, THEY

USED THE WORD "PERFECT"

I LIKE THE WORD "MEMORIAL"

WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT THE

DOUGHBOY STATUE.

I LIKE TO THINK THAT WHENEVER

YOU HAVE SEEN IT VISUALLY, THAT

IT CAUSES SOMETHING TO HAPPEN IN

YOUR THOUGHT PROCESSES.

IT CAUSES YOU TO REMEMBER

SOMETHING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO

BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY WHOEVER

PASSES BY THE DOUGHBOY STATUE IN

MONTICELLO, THAT IT TRIGGERS

SOME KIND OF THOUGHT THAT MAKES

THEM UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT THE SACRIFICE AND THE

EFFORT THAT WAS PUT FORTH BY SO

MANY WHO HAVE DONE WHAT THEY

HAVE DONE TO GIVE TO US THE

FREEDOM AND LIBERTY WE HAVE NOW

IN AMERICA.

>> THERE IS STILL SPACE ON THREE

SIDES OF THE DOUGHBOY STATUE

WHERE ALL OF THE WORLD WAR I

SOLDIERS NAMES COULD BE INSCRIBE

HEAR TEST SHANNON DUFFY SAYS SHE

IS INSPIRED BY THE IMAGINATIONS

OF CHILDREN.

HER DEGREE IS IN METALWORK BUT

THESE DAYS SHE DESIGNS SOFT

FABRIC TOYS THAT ARE TRUE WORKS

OF ART.

>> I BASICALLY HAVE DESIGNED A

LINE OF CHILDREN'S TOYS.

I HAVE A FOUR-YEAR-OLD AND A

SIX-YEAR-OLD.

METALWORKING REALLY WASN'T THE

BEST THING TO DO WITH MY

CHILDREN AT HOME IN THE SPACE.

I WAS TRYING TO COME UP OF IDEAS

OF OTHER MATERIALS.

I STARTED SEWING ONE DAY, IT WAS

MY JUMPING-OFF POINT.

I STARTED WITH THE FIGURE-EIGHT

TRACK WITH THE CARS.

THROUGH THE YEARS MY WORK HAS

ALWAYS BEEN BASED ON A CIRCLE,

WHICH IS JUST SOMETHING I GUESS

I AM DRAWN TO.

I KIND OF GOT MY IDEA FROM THE

JEWELRY BAGS, THE WAY THEY DRAW.

I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE

PLAY-MATTERS, MAKING INTERACTIVE

TOYS THAT WOULD OPEN UP AND BE

SOMETHING YOU COULD PLAY WITH,

BUT YOU COULD DRAW IT UP AND

KEEP THE PEOPLE OR THE CARS

INSIDE OF IT AND THEN HANG IT UP

IN YOUR SPACE OR CARRY IT WITH

YOU.

THAT IS WHERE I HAVE THE MOST

FUN WHEN I'M WORKING, PUTTING

ALL THE DETAILS IN MY WORK,

CUTTING IT OUT AND DOING ALL OF

THAT.

YOU ALMOST FEEL LIKE A MACHINE.

BUT WHEN I SIT DOWN AND I START

SEWING AND PUTTING THINGS

TOGETHER, THAT IS WHEN IT IS

EXCITING FOR ME.

ALL ARTISTS MAKE THINGS BECAUSE

THEY GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT.

FOR ME IT IS LIKE THAT

EXCITEMENT, SORT OF MY OWN

PERSONAL THERAPY.

TO BE ABLE TO BE IN MY STUDIO

AND BE QUIET, AND THE QUIETNESS

REALLY APPEALS TO ME.

IN CONCEPT, TO THINK ABOUT ONE

PERSON SITTING THERE

HAND-STITCHING SOMETHING AND

PERHAPS TRANSFERRING THEIR

ENERGY, SOMETHING ABOUT MAKING

THINGS MORE PRECIOUS, I AM

SHARING THAT WITH OTHER PEOPLE

THAT THEY FIND VALUE THIS A HAND

TOY.

WITH MY TOTES, I WANT THE CHILD

TO BE ABLE TO MANIPULATE THINGS

BEEN THE TOTE.

I LIKE THE HIKE ONE WITH THE

TREES.

THEY CAN MOVE THE TREES AROUND

AND PUT LITTLE PEOPLE IN THERE

AND HAVE IT A CERTAIN WAY ONE

DAY AND THE NEXT DAY IT CAN BE

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

THEY CAN EVEN TAKE THE TREES OF

A THE TOTE AND HAVE THEM OVER

HERE AND THE TOTE HERE.

I GAME UP WITH THE GARDEN TOTE.

I ACTUALLY WANTED THE CHILDREN

TO BE ABLE TO LIKE ACTUALLY

PLANT LIKE A LITTLE FLOWER, SO I

CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO CREATE

THIS GARDEN SCENE AND LEAVE A

LOT OF GREEN REE AND SEW THESE

GREEN BUSHES.

THE TOTE WILL COME WITH A

CONTAINER OF LITTLE FLOWERS THEY

CAN PULL OUT AND PLANT ON THE

BUSHES OR THE STONE WALKWAY AND

IT CAN CONSTANTLY CHANGE.

THEY CAN CREATE A LITTLE GARDEN

WHERE THEY SQUARE IT OFF,

HOWEVER THEY WANT IT TO BE.

I ALSO HAVE THE CAMPFIRE TOTE, A

PRETTY POPULAR TOTE.

PEOPLE HAVE E-MAILED ME FOR THAT

HAVE ASKED ME AND SAYING I HAVE

BEEN SEARCHING EVERYWHERE FOR

THIS TOTE.

IT COMES WITH BASICALLY THREE

LOGS, AND THIS IS ALL PLUSH.

IT HAS A LOT OF HAND SEWING BUT

IT COMES WITH FIRE FLAMES, LOGS,

STICKS AND MARSHMALLOWS WHICH

CAN SLIDE ONTO THE STICK FOR THE

CHILD TO SET UP THE CAMPFIRE AND

ROAST THE THEM.

WHEN I DO ANOTHER ONE I CALL AN

ISLAND THAT HAS LIKE A LITTLE

FLUSH BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS THE

BEACH TO THE ISLAND.

I ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF MY

CUSTOMERS SENT ME A PICTURE

WHERE HER SON SET IT UP LIKE A

LITTLE PIRATE SHIP AND ALL THE

LITTLE CHARACTERS OVER HERE.

THE BUNNY TOTE, INSIDE THE TREE

IT IS HOLLOW AN THE BUNNY HATS A

FLAT BOTTOM SO YOU CAN PULL HIM

OUT AND STAND HIM NEXT TO THE

TREE.

IT IS A LITTLE ABSTRACT.

THERE ARE CIRCLES THAT GO AROUND

THE TREE, HOPING THE BUNNY FROM

ONE CIRCLE TO THE NEXT OR HIDE

HIM COMPLETELY INSIDE THE TREE.

RIGHT NOW I AM FOCUSING ON DOING

CERTAIN CRAFT SHOWS.

WHEN I SET A DATE FOR A CRAFT

SHOW, IT PUSHES ME.

IT IS LIKE FINE-ART IN A WAY

BECAUSE THIS IS A PART OF ME AND

I NEED TO DO THIS TO KEEP MY

SANITY.

IN THE BIG PICTURE OF THINGS, I

WOULD LOVE TO KEEP MOVING WITH

THE HANDMADE TOYS TO WHERE IT

SORT OF MAKES THEM THAT MUCH

MORE A ONE-OF-A-KIND PIECE.

>> 2010 IS THE BICENTENNIAL OF

THE BIRTH OF KASHEK CLAY AND

EVENTS WILL BE COMMEMORATING IT

ADDITION WITH ADDITIONAL TOURS

APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER.

MORE KENTUCKY LIFE TO COME THIS

MONTH AS LOUISVILLE'S WAVERLY

HILLS SANATORIUM GIVES UP SOME

SECRETS AND A CHINESE ORCHESTRA