Clay Wallace

@claywallace

Early bird! Morning host for @wuky.org in Lexington, KY. Podcast guy for the Capital City Museum in Frankfort, KY. Plays mountain dulcimer and mandolin with @newsroom.band. claywallace.94 on Signal

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Clay Wallace@claywallace· 5d

!!! 🀄️ !!!

Close up of public notice sign outside the front porch of a home. Reads: "PUBLIC NOTICE The Architectural Review Board will be considering a request for the following [handwritten:] CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR RETAIL SALES, SERVICES SPECIALTY, TO OPERATE A MAHJONG STUDIO OFFERING LESSONS, LEAGUE PLAY, AND MERCHANDISE on 8/18/26 [end handwriting] starting at or near 5:00 p.m., at 315 W. Second St. - City Hall. For questions, call 502-352-2094"

Clay Wallace@claywallace· 6d

i'd been working through the VisitLEX dining guides and got stuck halfway through the "coffee, tea, and juiceries" brochure because i needed a reservation for Lexington Tea & Brie... so i ended up taking my sisters there for their birthday last month. now i'm finally chipping away at the 'm's.

Four people sit around a table in a pink room. There are little tiered golden birdcages full of pastries and finger sandwiches, and each person has a pot of tea in front of them.

Picture of my hand holding six brochures spread out in a fan so their titles are readable: "Coffee, Tea, & Juiceries," "Breakfast, Brunches, & Bakeries," "World Cuisine," "Casual Dining," "Fine Dining," and "Sweet Treats."

Clay Wallace@claywallace· 6d

drop your favorite encountered-in-the-wild non-AI posters. here's two sighted this week:

Poster taped to the window of an Arby's drive thru. At the top right is a hand-drawn picture of a rat surrounded by flies, leaning on a wrench. Text reads: "STREET RAT'S CRUISE IN AUGUST 27 ARBY'S 6pm - 8 pm"

Poster pinned to a bulletin board. "Want Sexy Abs?" in red letters across the top, followed by clip art of cartoonish, defined abs. Beneath that: "Sorry... I can't help you look better But I can help you sound better"
Name is given as "Nate" "Certified Sound Engineer" but the last name and phone number has been obscured digitally.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· 7d

(And all the better that I get to do it with two of my dearest friends, Violet and Anabel @anabelrose.bsky.social <3)

Three kids approach a table of dulcimers as Clay demonstrates how to play.

Violet (on fiddle) and Clay (on mandolin) stand and play a song together.

Two kids sit with their backs to the camera in the foreground. In the background, Clay and Anabel talk about the history of traditional music in Kentucky. Anabel holds her bass as Clay gestures with his hands at eye-level.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· 7d

It was an honor to get to pull out that first paper handout from their class and pass the song along into new hands, 20 years later. Grateful to Yes Arts and the Stidham Old Time Music Assoc. for making it possible!

A paper with a few sharp creases from being folded and one coffee stain at the side. It's old sheet music, using simple number notation for the song "Go Tell Aunt Rhody"

Five people stand holding instruments. Clay Wallace stands with a mountain dulcimer, Joey Webb with a banjo, Peyton Byrns with a guitar, Jimmy Webb with a fiddle, and Blakeley Burger with a fiddle.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Jul 10

The Lex Center for Creative ReUse has a haunted doll section.

Glass case with three shelves packed full of dolls. Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, American Girl dolls, clown dolls, baby dolls, etc.

handwritten sign on doll case reads "DOLLS!
- Pretty dolls
- Creepy dolls
- Your Mama's dolls
- Your Daddy's dolls
ALL DOLLS
$7 each or 2 for $10"

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Jul 7

A picture taken out the front window of a car of the car in front of it. A Toyota SUV has a handmade trailer behind it filled with doors laid flat. On a slab of wood where a liftgate would be, the following is written: "STAY BACK 4/3πr cubed feet, where r equals speed in ft/sec"

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Jun 24

Views from Pine Mountain, KY | Virginia state line

Sunrise view facing west from Pine Mountain. The sky has some light clouds, but most of the sky is visible as a gradient from dark gray-blue at the top to a peachy-orange at the horizon. Tree-covered hills rise up, island-like, from a dense fog.

Sunrise view facing southeast(?) near Black Mountain, right over the Virginia state line. The sky has some light clouds and is a daytime blue at its highest point, turning to a glowing yellow at the horizon. Tree-covered hills rise from fog in the background that reflects the color gradient of the sky. The effect makes it hard to tell exactly where the horizon sits, with mountains appearing to rise from the sky. Tree branches in the foreground frame the view.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Jun 15

I'm usually very loyal to peppermint Dr. Bronner's but I got hypnotized by the prisms. One gay soap, please.

Hand holding a large bottle of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap. The characteristic block-of-text label is a rainbow gradient rather than monochrome and proclaims "PRIDE! JOY! SOLIDARITY" at the top. The bottle is angled in a sunbeam to show rainbow prisms spreading over the label. It's cherry blossom scented.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Jun 7

on railbird day???? with 45000 pedestrians??

zoomed in picture of the backside of a Tesla with a bumper sticker beside the emblem that reads "Self-Driving Test Vehicle" with a warning triangle

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Jun 7

Railbird :)

portrait-orientation photograph from the middle of a crowd gathered around an outdoor stage. the stage is lit with orange and blue "barcode" stripes as The Lumineers plays.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Jun 3

HOORAY!

Partial screenshot showing that an audiobook I've been waiting for is ready for me to check out:

"The Wait Is Over. Ready to borrow!

Platform Decay

MARTHA WELLS

PLATFORM DECAY
THE MURDERBOT DIARIES
NARRATED BY KEVIN R. FREE

Placed 4 May
Your hold is ready after 4 weeks, because the library acquired 72 more copies."

Clay Wallace@claywallace· May 31

Our hubris got to us. We had to listen to a British guy's tie tutorial about a dozen times before my dad took pity on us. He fixed mine and my boutonnière, too.

Clay stands still as his dad pins on his boutonnière.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· May 31

And the little brother tie saga:

The groom, his groomsmen, and my little brother working on getting their ties tied. Michael, the groom, points at Alberto, a groomsman, trying to instruct.

Michael, one hand on his half-tied tie, loose around his neck, has another hand on the knot of Jacob's tie, trying to guide him.

Jacob, Michael, and Jordan start from scratch on their ties. They have a video pulled up on a phone set on the table, where all three have gathered around to watch as they follow the instructions.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· May 31

Siblings, 1998 and 2026.

Baby picture. Clay, age 3, and Madison and Rachel, age 1, All three inspect a package wrapped in Sesame Street paper. Clay lifts up the paper for Madison to reach under while Rachel observes. Clay and Madison wear matching green onesies, while Rachel wears the same pattern in pink.

Clay, Rachel, Madison, and little brother Jacob, all adults, stand for pictures on a lawn for Madison's wedding day. Clay and Jacob wear suits with pistachio green ties and calla lily boutonnières. Rachel wears a pistachio green dress and Madison wears a white wedding dress with a long train. Rachel and Madison hold beautiful bouquets with white and green flowers.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· May 31

My sister got married yesterday! Congratulations to Michael and Madison Stephens!

Wedding photo taken at the entrance of a church. A bride (Madison) and groom (Michael) stand on steps below a cross mosaic. The bride wears a long, white dress with a train that trails down on the steps beside her; the groom wears a sharp, black suit and a pistachio-green tie. They both smile.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· May 29

All aboard that's going aboard!

The Mountain Goats concert in Manchester Music Hall in Lexington, Kentucky. Crowd swathed in blue light watches the stage, where four performers stand and play music.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· May 25

progress of a slime mold eating(?) my marigolds 9 am -> 7:30 pm

A mulched garden bed is separated from a grassy lawn by a line of cinder blocks. Every hole is filled with marigolds. A yellow "dog vomit" slime mold rings the hole, spreading out along the concrete. It lays in a flat layer which sprawls out over the edges and around an adjacent hole.

Slime mold thicker and tighter, condensing and building up around the hole. Some of the marigold's leaves now are covered by the mold. It resembles a thick coating of sawdust.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· May 16

off to the kentucky sheep and fiber festival!!

a schacht ladybug spinning wheel strapped into the passenger seat of a car. the seat belt is pulled through one of the hand holds.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· May 14

the sole survivor

a bean seedling with two partially chewed leaves pops out from mulch beside sprouts chewed down to the stalk.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· May 12

rabbits ate my beans :(

Same line of fence as in last picture except NO LEAVES TO BE FOUND. Mulch with barely any green poking through.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· May 10

Happy mother's day to my mom!!! We turned out okay! 👍

Old (1990s old) picture of my mom, my sisters, and me. I'm in the front, preschool age, looking away from the camera and biting my lower lip. My mom sits behind me, holding my little sisters (twins, toddlers) in either arm. Rachel, on the left, looks totally out of it, gazing at the camera with parted lips. Madison, on the right, screams happily with her arms up.

Early 2000s pic of my mom, my sisters, and me at a UK football game, all decked out in UK gear. My mom wears a blue and white checked fringe (maybe beaded?) jacket. My sisters and I wear matching gray UK t-shirts.

More recent picture, 2022 or 2023. My mom, my sisters, and I smile for a picture while waiting for brunch at The Stave in Millville.

Most recent picture. The four of us at this past Christmas. We smile in front of a decorated tree with a dog.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· May 8

Hooray! Almost all my pole beans sprouted! 💚

Photo taken very close to the ground. A row of tiny bean plants about 2-3" tall poke out from mulch beside a chain link fence.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Apr 28

Numbers certainly higher than that. The whole of South Frankfort and the west side is dark, save for the bauble lamps at the Capitol.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Apr 28

Power outage map courtesy of the Frankfort Plant Board. Widespread outages. Several hundred, maybe nearing 1000 reported. Went back to get a count but the map was frozen. my.fpb.cc/outage/map

Power outage map showing several red powerless zones overlapping across Franklin County. Worst of it seems to be on the west side of town and along US 60 W and US 127 S.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Apr 28

Power flash(?) through south window in downtown Frankfort. Happened four times in a row + incredible lightning.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Apr 27

why is the lawn mower power button coffin-shaped?

handle of lawn mower. it's electric, with a light green power button shaped like a stout coffin (hexagon with two elongated sides).

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Apr 21

The two Montereys.

Apple Maps screenshot. Two "Monterey" labels at the top left and bottom right of the map. The Monterey on the left is the known one in Owen County. The Monterey on the right is my mystery Monterey. I've circled both and drawn a line between them.

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Apr 21

Huh. Lexington council district map shows a place named Monterey in Bourbon County. Unsure if it's mislabeled, misplaced, or if there's just a secret, second Monterey forty miles east from Monterey.

Map zoomed in on the northeast quarter of Fayette County (shown in blue) with the surrounding area light gray. Halfway between the Fayette County line and Paris is the map label "Monterey."

Clay Wallace@claywallace· Apr 19

they make really great rainbows over there