CJ Lotz

2 months ago | flipboard.com | CJ Lotz

14 hours agoThis season of The White Lotus has lacked speed, specificity and suspense — in many ways, it feels like it may have been de-railed by its own success. Something has gone awry at The White Lotus, and it's got nothing to do with the dead body floating in the lake amid the lilies. Nor has it got …

2 months ago | gardenandgun.com | CJ Lotz

Home & GardenFor generations, a North Carolina family has propagated long lines of lilies and lotuses in their aquatic gardens To harvest a water lily, Nikki Gibson first pulls on her waders. With her dogs, Tucker the basset hound and Danni the Great Dane, and maybe even Pye the peacock trailing along, she walks down the grassy path from her home toward one of her shallow ponds on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

2 months ago | gardenandgun.com | CJ Lotz |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian

Across the delicate silk of an Hermès scarf, a handsome turkey struts. A closer look reveals a ring of illustrated cacti, flowers, and so many animals—an armadillo, birds, a steer. This is Faune et Flore du Texas, just one of the gorgeous scarves on display at Kermit Oliver & Hermès: Storytelling on Silk & Canvas, a new exhibition on a fascinating artist that runs through June 22 at the Bryan Museum in Galveston, Texas.

2 months ago | gardenandgun.com | CJ Lotz |Chris Kraft

Where: West Blocton, AlabamaWhen: spring, summerIf you like: the outdoors and sportsWhy you should go: “I’ve seen little old ladies weep at their first sighting of this plant,” says Dr. Larry Davenport, the foremost expert on Cahaba lilies, which bloom from mid-May until mid-June in rivers at or above the southern fall line in Central Alabama, especially in the Cahaba River, and in a handful of waterways in South Carolina and Georgia.

2 months ago | gardenandgun.com | CJ Lotz |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian

Where: Murrells Inlet, South CarolinaWhen: year-roundIf you like: gardens, arts and culture, the outdoors and sports, conservation Why you should go: While planning one of his sprawling outdoor installations, the British-Australian artist Bruce Munro mentally retraced a walk through Brookgreen Gardens, the 9,127-acre nature preserve that sits between Myrtle Beach and Pawleys Island, South Carolina. “It’s almost like a series of exterior rooms; you go from one garden space to another,” Munro says.