Flower Hill Farm Retreat https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com B&B, Retreat, Vacation Rental Flower Hill Farm in Williamsburg MA Western Mass 20 minutes outside of Northampton MA 413-268-7481 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 16:30:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 183435305 Songbirds of 2017 ~ Wood Warblers https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/songbirds-and/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=songbirds-and https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/songbirds-and/#respond Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:10:20 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=7600   Wood Warblers This Winter of 2018 has been long and cold and quiet.  It is nearly April and I long for the return of our songbirds, especially the Wood Warblers.  The first green shoots of snowdrops have begun to push through the thawing crusty soil.  Sugar maples are tapped and the sap has been flowing for […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/songbirds-and/feed/ 0 7600 Butterflies of 2017 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/butterflies-of-2017-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=butterflies-of-2017-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/butterflies-of-2017-2/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:37:05 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=7752 During this cold winter, I am sorting through brightly colored photographs from my compilation of Flower Hill Farm butterflies entitled ~ Butterflies of 2017. Over the years, I have documented fifty plus species of butterflies by family on my website under Photography and Wildlife. All are species that I was fortunate to find here within my 21 acre wildlife habitat. I […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/butterflies-of-2017-2/feed/ 12 7752 Returning Spring and Songbirds https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/returning-spring-songbirds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=returning-spring-songbirds https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/returning-spring-songbirds/#comments Wed, 03 May 2017 02:57:50 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=7587 Today was a happy day in the garden enjoying the returning Spring and songbirds. And I am elated to add a new species to my pages here under Wildlife. I now have 75 species of birds featured with vivid photographs and listed by family on my website.      I had wished for years to see this […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/returning-spring-songbirds/feed/ 4 7587 Wood Community https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/the-wood-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-wood-community https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/the-wood-community/#comments Sat, 18 Mar 2017 02:35:23 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=7488 Wood and Stone in Winter One cloudy afternoon in late February, whispering songs of our wood community floated uphill, and escorted by cold air slithered through tiny cracks around my windows and doors and gently trickled into my thought wave.  I felt the pull, bundled up, and stepped outdoors.  I made my way along the east-facing icy slope […]

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