Travel: Gaudi, LWU and Austin, Texas (2 of 2) 2025-09-23 - Austin, TX - Photo by Veronica Arnold. Veronica writes, "We have an international student that we welcome into our lives with a program from LWU. (Side note, ISP is a wonderful program more should get involved with) One student is from Spain, and brought us a lovely book about a Spanish architect named Antoni Gaudi. I found it very fascinating and learned a lot. Saying someone was wearing very loud and conspicuous things have been called very 'gaudi.' Now I know where that term comes from. While we were in Austin, Texas, we observed two places where the style and decorations was clearly inspired by Gaudi. At the Austin Bergstrom International Airport and at Austin's Science and Nature Center in Zilker Park. I attached two pictures but there were more examples of this mosaic tiles and natural shapes being employed. So somehow a student from Lindsey taught us something that we then were able to identify as we traveled in the U.S. Very cool!" Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Travel: Gaudi, LWU and Austin, Texas (1 of 2) 2025-09-23 - Austin, TX - Photo by Veronica Arnold. Veronica writes, "We have an international student that we welcome into our lives with a program from LWU. (Side note, ISP is a wonderful program more should get involved with) One student is from Spain, and brought us a lovely book about a Spanish architect named Antoni Gaudi. I found it very fascinating and learned a lot. Saying someone was wearing very loud and conspicuous things have been called very 'gaudi.' Now I know where that term comes from. While we were in Austin, Texas, we observed two places where the style and decorations was clearly inspired by Gaudi. At the Austin Bergstrom International Airport and at Austin's Science and Nature Center in Zilker Park. I attached two pictures but there were more examples of this mosaic tiles and natural shapes being employed. So somehow a student from Lindsey taught us something that we then were able to identify as we traveled in the U.S. Very cool!" Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Butterfly: Black Swallowtail 2025-09-23 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen. A black swallowtail perched on late-summer grass. It seems to have been a very good year for butterflies - use the CM Comment Form to let us know if you've seen more or less than usual this year. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Football: Indians play homecoming game on home turf 2025-09-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Trey Stephens. On Friday, September 19, 2025, the Adair County Indians debuted their new home field--which looked incredible--in their homecoming game against the Scotties of Glasgow. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Gabby Kemp is ACHS 2025 Homecoming Queen 2025-09-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo from ACHS FFA. Representing Future Farmers of America, congratulations go out to 2025 Adair County High School Homecoming Queen, Gabby Kemp. She was escorted by FFA Junior Lane Kelsay. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Feeding the chickens at Homeplace on Green River 2025-09-23 - Taylor County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The chickens at the Homeplace on Green River may have been entertained by the music on the farm Saturday, but it was 4-H member Paisley Hardesty who got their full attention when she brought their dinner, including watermelon. Paisley is a third grader at Adair County Elementary School. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Dry creek bed shows seriousness of drought 2025-09-23 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. The creek's name isn't officially "Dry Branch" but it sure was dry before the rain began Tuesday. You can tell you're in Adair County by the former Judge's red-tipped bridge wall. Daniel Wilson shared on his Storm Alert Center page that we are possibly going to get four inches of rain in the next few days. It is a welcome sight. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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