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/winter-blues-eastern-tailed-blue-summer-azure-and-silvery-blue/feed/ 0 5265 Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ American Copper https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-american-copper/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-american-copper https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-american-copper/#respond Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:30:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-american-copper/ The teeny tiny American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) packs a sizable palette for one so small.   I was happy to find this little butterfly sunning in the south field back in May of 2012. Its wingspan is only 7/8 x 1 1/8 . . . a delicate, miniature, ephemeral painting belonging to the Gossamer-wings family […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-american-copper/feed/ 0 141 Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ American Copper https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-american-copper-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-american-copper-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-american-copper-2/#respond Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:30:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-american-copper-2/ The teeny tiny American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) packs a sizable palette for one so small.   I was happy to find this little butterfly sunning in the south field back in May of 2012. Its wingspan is only 7/8 x 1 1/8 . . . a delicate, miniature, ephemeral painting belonging to the Gossamer-wings family […]

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