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 Sat, 17 May 2014 15:01:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.15 183435305 Waiting with Wildlife for Spring’s Return https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/waiting-with-wildlife-for-springs-return/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=waiting-with-wildlife-for-springs-return https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/waiting-with-wildlife-for-springs-return/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:21:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/waiting-with-wildlife-for-springs-return/ We are all patiently waiting for spring to arrive here in Western Massachusetts.  Flower Hill Farm has no buds a bloom in the trees or scattered about the snow covered grounds, and though I may be a bit weary of this winter, I can see signs of spring in the arrival and behavior of some […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/waiting-with-wildlife-for-springs-return/feed/ 2 5219 A Frightfully Frigid Winter Interlude https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/a-frightfully-frigid-winter-interlude-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-frightfully-frigid-winter-interlude-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/a-frightfully-frigid-winter-interlude-2/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2014 17:02:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/a-frightfully-frigid-winter-interlude-2/ Winter is becoming a bit freaky across the country creating whirlwinds of bone-chilling chaos and disasters in many states. Here, icicles dangling like dangerous claws, can be likened to imaginary bars of winter’s bitter prison blocking healing warmth.  Pruning will fill up much of February and March if days warm enough to hold pole clippers […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/a-frightfully-frigid-winter-interlude-2/feed/ 0 5268 A Winter Focus ~ Cedar Waxwing Ornaments and Long Nights Moon https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/a-winter-focus-cedar-waxwing-ornaments-and-long-nights-moon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-winter-focus-cedar-waxwing-ornaments-and-long-nights-moon https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/a-winter-focus-cedar-waxwing-ornaments-and-long-nights-moon/#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:37:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/a-winter-focus-cedar-waxwing-ornaments-and-long-nights-moon/ The nakedness of winter’s landscape can sometimes seem cold and lonely, when suddenly, whoosh, all together in flight, a flash of fluttering life lifts the spirit high towards outermost tips of a beloved Black Cherry tree. Offering light and enchantment to the lucky viewer, a flock, an ‘ear-full’, a ‘museum’ of over sixty Cedar Waxwings […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/a-winter-focus-cedar-waxwing-ornaments-and-long-nights-moon/feed/ 0 5272 Berry Busy Fussy Birds https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/berry-busy-fussy-birds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=berry-busy-fussy-birds https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/berry-busy-fussy-birds/#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:52:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/berry-busy-fussy-birds/ “Whoa!” said the Cedar Waxwing to the Northern Flicker.  “Hey! Can you not see this branch is occupied???!! And don’t you know you are a woodpecker!??”  “Sorry.” “Do not loose your feathers over it . . . I just did not see you for all the ripe berries luring me in. Yes! Of course I […]

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