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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

One edge of the Woodland Arts Fair in Lexington (KY). It was hot. It was humid. It was a lot of fun. I bought a pottery mug, some pizza, some local beer, some Cuban-style ham croquettes, and a bottle of local sake for the road. #WoodlandArtsFair

A forked concrete path with some large trees in between at a city park. Multiple people are walking around looking at tented displays.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

McConnell Springs is the green heart of Lexington (KY). This is where the city was founded in 1775. Now it is a beautiful inner-city park. Lots of young families here today.

A round light green fairly deep natural spring surrounded by trees, wildflowers, and other plants. Some are reflected in the water.

A stacked rock wall with mortar that has held up quite well for many years. If it looks like something from Ireland, it is because the masons who made the earlier ones came from there.

A great bur oak supported by a metal and concrete infrastructure. These are quite old and existed long before anyone of European descent came here.

A large groundhog (or woodchuck) on a large mossy fallen tree trunk. It was trying to hide from me by being very still.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

BreyerFest 2026 at Lexington (KY). The theme this year is Scandinavian Midsommer. Lots of girls wearing flowers in their hair. Creepy if you’ve seen the movie by Ari Aster.

White pavilion rents arrayed along a road with storm clouds overhead.

A long-distance view of multiple horse stalls and a wide gravel path in the foreground.

A large white tent with rows of people painting miniature horse figurines.

The main indoor arena at The Kentucky Horse Park with a miniature horse pulling a small cart in the background.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Walking through Walter Bradley Park in Midway (KY). The broad creek and the tall trees make for a wondrously cool stroll. This Midwegian park is also a veritable wonderland for fungi of various types. #Midway #fungi

An archway made of twisted vines over a trail in Midway (KY).

A trail running beside a broad woodland creek in Midway (KY).

Small, grey, delicately long-stemmed mushrooms growing in a line beside a skinny exposed tree root on a forest trail.

A flat tree stump with patches of velvety sienna-colored fungi on its surface.

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gooner, the only online raccoon @sopranos69420.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

if you fuck up a meal just call it Ohio style and serve it anyway

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The Kentucky Wine & Vine fest! An unpretentious carnival atmosphere for Kentucky wineries and other delicious vendors. I got some Koroneiki EVOO and some balsamic vinegar from a Lexington vendor. They were not cheap 😬 #KentuckyWine&VineFest

A very large white tent filled with people and various vineyard representatives in Nicholasville (KY).

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

June 6 is D-day, probably ANTIFA's most heroic moment.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A wild grape vine growing along the Legacy Trail in Lexington (KY). Kentucky is full of these. In the Appalachian part of the state they are known as “possum grapes” because our only native marsupial is apparently fond of them.

A fairly young wild grape vine with shiny blue leaves using a farm fence as a trellis.

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

DEVELOPING: Rob Lowe’s band from St. Elmo’s Fire has withdrawn from President Trump’s America 250 celebration.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Saturday walking on a partly shady horse trail in Lexington (KY). The horses and riders that I saw took a gravel path behind me to go over the creek. On foot, I may get a little muddy going this way.

A mowed pathway for humans and horses at Masterson Station Park in Lexington (KY). Half is in sunlight, half in shade.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Happy 75th Birthday to Chris Frantz – drummer and co-founder of both the Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club, born on May 8, 1951, in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA. 📸 Tom Hill #punkrock #postpunk #newwave #chrisfrantz #talkingheads #tomtomclub #punkrockhistory #otd

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Good stuff. Harsh but essential.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I showed this graph in class yesterday on how measles cases in the United States plummeted dramatically after the vaccine was licensed in 1963. It’s not subtle and I could not resist observing: “This stunning design in measles cases was not thanks to vitamin A. It was not due to beef tallow.”

A graph titled “the public health success of the measles vaccine” that shows the number of measles cases in the United States plummeting after the vaccine was introduced in 1963

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Palm Sunday! No palm trees here, though. We have to import the fronds.

A sun-drenched small brook surrounded by budding trees and bright green grass.

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Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The movement now has its own “Ohio” thanks to Bruce Springsteen‘s “Streets of Minneapolis”: youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Hot chocolate and bourbon. Extreme conditions demand extreme responses.

A cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream next to a cut crystal glass with a rather generous amount of bourbon in it.

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Tim Williams Art @timwilliamsart.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

@hcrichardson.bsky.social One of the ways I resist and make my voice heard is to make art. #AlexPretti died not only defending a woman from thugs, he died defending rights we all have as citizens of this country (at least for now).

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

A triple-header: snow, sleet, and freezing rain. 🥶

A parking lot in the west side of Lexington (KY) covered in layers of snow, sleet, and ice. The bare tree branches are covered with a crystal-like layer of freezing rain.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Draft horse. I’m not sure where they keep the bottled ones. #Horses #Shakertown

A white-socked black draft horse standing in the middle of a field at Shakertown (KY).

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

A bleak day at Cardinal Run Park North. It is very warm for January, though.

Afield on the west side of Lexington (KY) with dead grass in the foreground and leafless trees in the background. The sky is a cloudy light grey.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

One of the horse trails at Masterson Station Park west of Lexington (KY). #MastersonStation

A fairly level horse trail at Masterson Station Park outside of Lexington (KY). Green grass and black-trunked leafless trees are under a white cloudy sky.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

This is a federal prison but it was formerly the United States Narcotics Farm where people with opiate addictions could volunteer for treatment. William S. Burroughs was here as a prisoner. The jazz music here was supposedly excellent due to a rotating lineup of patients.

The federal prison building just west of Lexington (KY). There is a black wooden fence in the foreground.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Walking in the bright sun on a pleasant Winter Solstice Eve. Have an excellent Solstice, everyone!

Firebrook’s lower lake full of geese under the (almost) Winter sun in Lexington (KY).

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Dramatic Adam Sandler is much better than comedic Adam Sandler (even though both are fun to watch).

The well-known Norman Rockwell man standing up at a town hall meeting to make a statement.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

This is a blue bottle tree in a yard in Frankfort (KY). These are supposed to trap and destroy evil spirits according to southern US folklore. Hopefully it’s working OK.

A blue bottle tree, which is actually a metal stand with inverted blue bottles on its spokes.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Sycamore trees feature in Shawnee and early Kentucky European settler folklore.

A large sycamore tree with yellowing leaves in Frankfort (KY).

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The magic of Catalpa Road in Lexington (KY) in early November. Lined with gingko trees, the leaves turn a bright yellow this time of year here. Gingkos were brought to Kentucky by Henry Clay, whose estate is nearby.

Multiple gingko trees shedding their yellow leaves on a street in Lexington (KY).

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

The Loudon House in all its shiny white glory. Is it haunted? It’s an old mansion in Lexington (KY), so most definitely.

The gleaming white Loudoun House in the middle of Castlewood Park in Lexington (KY). It is the headquarters of the Lexington Arts League.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Don’t worry, Mitch McConnell, we haven’t forgotten that most of this is your fault.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Trump sent 20 billion to Argentina for a bailout. China brokered a deal to quit buying American soybeans and buy beans from Argentina. Trump bailed out the country that swept the knees of American farmers. The Art of the Deal…

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Listening to some acoustic music at the Woodland Arts Fair. Gonna be hot today. #WoodlandArtsFair

An elevated outdoor stage in Woodland Park, Lexington (KY).

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

It’s rare to find a big leaf magnolia growing in a yard in Lexington (KY). They are usually found in the Appalachians east of here. They are beautiful.

A picture of a big leaf magnolia in a yard in Lexington (KY).

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Nico @nico-copper.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

#Poetic #Photography And these stars too Will die Having never known They existed Not so small After all

Night sky full of stars and constellations with faint wisps of cloud over a forested horizon

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

A view from Gratz Park in Lexington (KY). It may be around 90 F here, but it feels nice and cool.

A view from a heavily-canopied city park in Lexington (KY) looking toward two very colorful historic homes. One has a Pride flag in front.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Destroying our country’s immune system is a very foolish thing to do. This will have some very serious repercussions for our country and the world.

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Canada goose in the parking lot (he could presumably have dual citizenship, though).

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cgison.bsky.social @cgison.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

This is a massive federal prison in western Lexington. It was once the Federal Narcotic Center for the eastern part of the U.S. I was taught Pharmacology by some of the researchers here when I was in medical school. They knew their drugs.

This is a very large federal prison facility on the west side of Lexington (KY).

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy International Women's Day from Ada Limon

HOW TO TRIUMPH LIKE A GIRL

I like the lady horses best,
how they make it all look easy,
like running 40 miles per hour
is as fun as taking a nap, or grass.
I like their lady horse swagger,
after winning. Ears up, girls, ears up!
But mainly, let's be honest, I like
that they're ladies. As if this big
dangerous animal is also a part of me,
that somewhere inside the delicate
skin of my body, there pumps
an 8-pound female horse heart,.
giant with power, heavy with blood.
Don't you want to believe it?
Don't you want to lift my shirt and see
the huge beating genius machine
that thinks, no, it knows,
it's going to come in first.

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