Kentucky Color: Devil's Walkingstick 2025-10-25 - Great Wooded South - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge. Billy Joe writes, "Devil's Walkingstick is named for its thorn-covered stem. Anyone, including me, who has ever reached out to grab it to help stabilize their steps at forest's edge is immediately treated to unfathomable, stabbing pain. The stab wounds can often cause discomfort for several days due to inflammation. Once again, the most famous walking stick in the Great Wooded South not only assisted me in my journey but provided some sense of scale for the picture." Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Gibson speaks at Trustee Appreciation Luncheon 2025-10-25 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. Lindsey Wilson University student Whitley Gibson '27 of Edmonton speaks at the university's Fall Trustee Appreciation and Endowed Scholarship Luncheon, held Friday, October 24, 2025, in the Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Michael Neal delivers the keynote address at Trustee luncheon 2025-10-25 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. Adair County native Michael T. Neal '88 delivered the keynote address to a packed house at the Lindsey Wilson University Fall Trustee Appreciation and Endowed Scholarship Luncheon, held Friday, October 24, 2025, in the Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. At left is Lindsey Wilson President William T. Luckey Jr. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Speakers at Trustee Appreciation Luncheon 2025-10-25 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. Lindsey Wilson University President William T. Luckey Jr., left, is joined by Whitley Gibson '27 of Edmonton, Kentucky, and Zachariah Lawson '26 of Williamsburg, Kentucky, who were the student speakers at the university's Fall Trustee Appreciation and Endowed Scholarship Luncheon, held Friday, October 24, 2025, in the Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Fall geese 2025-10-24 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A trio of Canada Geese against an autumn background. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: Million Dollar Highway, 2 of 2 2025-10-24 - Between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado - Photo by Robert Ellis, robertelliswoodworking.com. Robert writes, "There were places along this road where the blacktop ends, the treacherous cliff begins. The speed limit I believe was 25mph...I found 10-15 much more agreeable!" Wikipedia says, "The twelve miles south of Ouray through the Uncompahgre Gorge to the summit of Red Mountain Pass gives the highway its name. This stretch through the gorge is challenging and potentially hazardous to drive; it is characterized by steep cliffs, narrow lanes, and a lack of guardrails; the ascent of Red Mountain Pass is marked with a number of hairpin curves used to gain elevation, narrow lanes for traffic--many cut directly into the sides of mountains." (Wikipedia). Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Homecoming Fireworks at Lindsey Wilson University 2025-10-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson University. The Lindsey Wilson University Student Government Association hosted a Homecoming pep rally & fireworks display on the Campus Quadrangle to kick off our Homecoming festivities in style on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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