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Kentucky Color: Butterweed


2025-05-19 - Great Wooded South - Photo by Billy Joe Fudge.
Butterweed blooms in early to mid April and grows up to two feet tall. In spite of its weed status, the hundreds and thousands of acres of green and yellow flowers blanketing fields is a breathtaking sight after the dark and colorless drab of winter.


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Garden Tour 2025: at the Willis farm


2025-05-18 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Landon Edwards, president, Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce.
This is a moment at the home of Bruce and Sheila Willis during the Chamber of Commerce Spring Garden Tour Sunday. From left are Iris, Ivy Joe, and Claire. Claire is the daughter of Joseph and Traci Willis and Iris and Ivy Joe are the daughters of Andrew and Tessa Willis.


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Hello from Gradyville, western Adair County


2025-05-18 - Adair County, KY - Photo by David Goguen.
After a 17-year sleep, the Brood XIV 14 Cicadas are awake and arriving as predicted in the middle of May 2025. This visitor was at the corner of Hwy West 80 and Jones Chapel Road over the weekend.


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Gosser Ridge storm damage


2025-05-18 - Russell Co., KY - Photo from Daniel Wilson.
Some of the storm damage in the Gosser Ridge Community of eastern Russell County.


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Black Bellied Whistling Ducks


2025-05-18 - Winter Haven, FL - Photo by Pen.
This pair of black bellied whistling ducks was spotted on a winter trip to Florida. This breed is not frequently spotted in Kentucky, but e-birder Rickey Shive reported seeing 5 black bellied whistling ducks near Wisdom Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Metcalfe County early on Sunday morning, May 18, 2025.


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Brood XIV returning


2025-05-18 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen.
A photo of Brood XIV cicadas from their last appearance back in 2008. The bugs are beginning to make their 2025 appearance, with billions expected at their peak. You can read more about this year's expected emergence at whas11.com.


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Lanny Tucker and Laura Johnson


2025-05-18 - Greensburg, KY - Photo by Mike Watson.
Green County author Lanny Tucker with Laura Johnson, librarian at the Green County Library at the Green County Heritage/Book/Art Fair on Saturday, May 18, 2025.


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