Black Eyed Susans by the roadside 2018-06-13 - Leatherwood Church Road, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. You can go to a plant supplier and buy Black Eyed Susans like these, or in Kentucky, you can just drive along and enjoy them in the wild by the roadside. Kentuckians are lucky that way. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Regal Moth (Citheronia regalis) 2018-06-13 - Shelbyville, KY - Photo by Pen. A regal moth, spotted in downtown Shelbyville. According to the Wikipedia entry for Citheronia regalis, "The adult moth is the largest moth by mass in latitudes north of Mexico. ... Typically, Citheronia regalis is a midsummer moth, on the wing from late June through August... There is a distinct bell curve to the emergence, with peak-weeks coinciding with the first spell of the humid summer weather..." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Trees of KY: Edith Walker Chestnut in bloom, Field House 2018-06-13 - Corner S Reed and E Fortune Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Many of us remember when the late Edith Walker planted the now grand American Chestnut as a seedling, over 40 years ago. At this time of the year, in bloom, the distinctive soft green makes it the star of the forest. The showy tree was photographed from Junior & Connie Stotts' Madison Square Parking lot. The Field House is now the Tuuha House, owned and restored by Sybille & Jukka Tuuha. The sight of the tree brings back memories of the many contributions Edith Cundiff Walker made to 20th Century Life in Columbia, not the least of which was her historical drama, "The Affair at Tucker Station," staged in an amphitheater on the campus of Lindsey Wilson College. It was in the golden age of Paul Green productions, the most famous of which was the Stephen Foster story at My Old Kentucky Park in Bardstown, a production which continues to this day. Significantly, theatre is again one of the most promising cultural developments in South Central Kentucky, with TheatreFest! at Lindsey Wilson now firmly established, and Shakespeare in the Barn at Homeplace on Green River in its inaugural season. - EW Russ Walker - Happy to see Field House chestnut tree Vicky Walker Smith - Chestnut tree brings back memories Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Jessica Floyd introduces her students at CMS spring concert 2018-06-13 - Taylor County, KY - Photo by Calen McKinney, Public Information Officer, Campbellsville Independent Schools. CMS choir director Jessica Floyd introduces her students to the audience at the Campbellsville Middle School choir spring concert. The concert, entitled "Soul Train," and included performances of songs made popular in the 1970s. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Alexis Thomas and Myricle Gholston dance in CMS concert 2018-06-13 - Taylor County, KY - Photo by Calen McKinney, Public Information Officer, Campbellsville Independent Schools. CMS eighth-graders Alexis Thomas, at left, and Myricle Gholston dances. Campbellsville Middle School choir recently presented its spring concert. The concert was entitled "Soul Train" and included performances of songs made popular in the 1970s. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

CMS spring concert featured Thomas Lucas 2018-06-13 - Taylor County, KY - Photo by Calen McKinney, Public Information Officer, Campbellsville Independent Schools. CMS sixth-grader Thomas Lucas dances in the Campbellsville Middle School choir spring concert. The concert was entitled "Soul Train" and included performances of songs made popular in the 1970s. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

An unfamiliar weed needing a name 2018-06-13 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. This unfamiliar weed came into view along Leatherwood Creek in Adair County and is needing a name if a reader can identify it. Could just be I haven't seen this plant at this particular phase of its growth, but it just looked new and different to me in this light on this day. - LW Identification, comments Michael Potter - Mystery Plant 79280: Common teasel, invasive species Wendy Butler Burt - Mystery plant is Teasel, invasive, discouraged Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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