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 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:24:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 183435305 There Is No Place Like Home for the Winter https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/no-place-like-home-for-the-winter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-place-like-home-for-the-winter https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/no-place-like-home-for-the-winter/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:20:19 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=7335 During January, February, and the first week of March of last winter, I was surrounded by lovely people, tropical hummingbirds, butterflies, bright flowers, and the Caribbean Sea.  A few days ago, when snow was falling all around Flower Hill Farm Retreat, I was not longing for the beauty and warmth of Treasure Beach, Jamaica.  Being home is inspiring.  The beauty […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/no-place-like-home-for-the-winter/feed/ 20 7335 Winter Blues ~ Eastern-tailed Blue, Summer Azure and Silvery Blue https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/winter-blues-eastern-tailed-blue-summer-azure-and-silvery-blue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winter-blues-eastern-tailed-blue-summer-azure-and-silvery-blue https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/winter-blues-eastern-tailed-blue-summer-azure-and-silvery-blue/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:19:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/winter-blues-eastern-tailed-blue-summer-azure-and-silvery-blue/   Dreaming of Blues fluttering around the garden can shake off the mantle-of-melancholy winter sometimes weaves about our spirits. Today, I gather some delightful, inspiring and tender butterfly encounters, from this past sizzling summer, and toss them on this page of white, that they may bring a ray of light, to warm the inner gardeners […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/winter-blues-eastern-tailed-blue-summer-azure-and-silvery-blue/feed/ 0 5265 Vermilion Murmurs and Malus within a November Landscape https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/vermilion-murmurs-and-malus-within-a-november-landscape/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vermilion-murmurs-and-malus-within-a-november-landscape https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/vermilion-murmurs-and-malus-within-a-november-landscape/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2013 22:52:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/vermilion-murmurs-and-malus-within-a-november-landscape/ Cinnabar and Dragon blood come to mind when seeing the vibrant vermilion sprays of our middle garden Japanese Maple. Its blazing breath reaches over towards payne’s gray shadows racing through the forested hills, we call Walnut Hill and High Ridge, creating a stunning contrast. Sturdy oaks still grasping their last burnt sienna leaves are nearly […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/vermilion-murmurs-and-malus-within-a-november-landscape/feed/ 0 99 Vermilion Murmurs and Malus within a November Landscape https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/vermilion-murmurs-and-malus-within-a-november-landscape-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vermilion-murmurs-and-malus-within-a-november-landscape-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/vermilion-murmurs-and-malus-within-a-november-landscape-2/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2013 22:52:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/vermilion-murmurs-and-malus-within-a-november-landscape-2/ Cinnabar and Dragon blood come to mind when seeing the vibrant vermilion sprays of our middle garden Japanese Maple. Its blazing breath reaches over towards payne’s gray shadows racing through the forested hills, we call Walnut Hill and High Ridge, creating a stunning contrast. Sturdy oaks still grasping their last burnt sienna leaves are nearly […]

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