Tag Archives: Mississippi

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Felder Rushing— Gardener and Iconoclast

  “Sitting in the exuberantly idiosyncratic yard of his Jackson, Mississippi home, it became clear immediately that he felt that much of gardening “wisdom” could be wholly ignored. Felder began his little backyard lecture in iconoclasm thusly: “You know how … Continue reading

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The Best 600 Miles on Bad Shocks You Could Hope For

  My friend Luca and I made a huge loop through the deep south last week. It was a great trip and I got a lot of material for articles and book chapters. However, these photos document the more absurd … Continue reading

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It’s a Round, Round World

  I picked up the Lensbaby Fisheye Optic at Imaging USA this year. Initially I thought I would have pretty limited reasons to use it. I might pull it out for the occasional odd portrait or something but a true … Continue reading

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Down Thompson’s Creek (146)

  Under normal conditions there are not a whole lot of chances to go kayaking in Louisiana during the summer. Certainly, lakes abound and one can wet their line fishing from a kayak in Grand Isle but most of the … Continue reading

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Police Line, Do Not Cross (145)

Even my precious and newly minted Louisiana Association of Broadcaster’s press-badge could not get me access to the levee this evening. I am sure there is some public safety rationale for it but if the Kansas City-Southern trains can run … Continue reading

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Saint Louis Cathedral from the Algiers Ferry (135)

  I managed to get myself on the correct ferry this morning and went across the river from the bottom of Canal Street to Algiers Point. It was crisp for a morning in May as the ferry pulled against the … Continue reading

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Old River Control Structure

  There has been a lot of activity on this picture over at my Flickr page recently so I figured I’d go ahead and post it here. I have more shots of this area, that were not taken with a … Continue reading

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Days of Pie and Daffodils (70)

  Somewhere the seed of a story is germinating in my mind. It has been over a year since I first began entraining the idea of writing a book about the history of heirloom bulbs in the South— their evolutions … Continue reading

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David Atkins: Bulb Hunter

  “It might be unwise to publicly describe your mother or your boss as giddy, hysterical or irrationally acquisitive but the level of mania I observed between these otherwise sensible ladies as we approached the home of the “bulb-man” bordered … Continue reading

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The Natchez Bulb Man

I spent the better part of the afternoon editing photos and writing an article for Country Roads Magazine about a trip I took with my Mom and Ashley Fox-Smith to visit the storied Bulb Man of Natchez. It inspired me … Continue reading

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2010 in Popular Pictures or The Internet has Odd Taste

No.1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 [click images to savor what the hive-mind was into this year] It is hard to put together a “best of” sort … Continue reading