Author: Loyce McKenzie, Mississippi

re-defining the question

I don’t think I stated clearly what I was asking. I’ve gotten several fine answers (and have saved them all) about how you get a good daffodil photograph. But what I was really hoping for was a definition of a…

Watch “Gardener’s Diary” Thursday

If you missed this daffodil-related episode on “Gardener’s Diary” last time, or want to see it again, and/or be sure you have your recording apparatus set, take note: Tomorrow, Thursday, March 12, in an episode they’re titling “Beautiful Bulbs,” Erica…

‘Pink Charm’ entertains a visitor

The same day that Mary Durtschi was photographing ‘Pink Charm’ in her Utah garden, Jon Stephenson took this picture of his ‘Pink Charm’ playing host to a lady bug. Jon is the graphic designer who is largely responsible for the…

I.D. old trumpet

I took this picture two days ago at Afton Villa, in St. Francisville, LA. This old garden, with the house it surrounded in ruins, is famous for its camellias and azaleas, but for two weeks at the beginning of March,…