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 Last Autumnal Breaths of Cadmium and Aureolin Yellow with Palm Warbler Only Passing Through https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/last-autumnal-breaths-of-cadmium-and-aureolin-yellow-with-palm-warbler-only-passing-through/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=last-autumnal-breaths-of-cadmium-and-aureolin-yellow-with-palm-warbler-only-passing-through https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/last-autumnal-breaths-of-cadmium-and-aureolin-yellow-with-palm-warbler-only-passing-through/#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:21:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/last-autumnal-breaths-of-cadmium-and-aureolin-yellow-with-palm-warbler-only-passing-through/   Last breaths of cadmium and aureolin yellow falling through another season of autumn . . . as it falls through us . . . only passing through it all . . . Rock Maples stand mighty and tall.     Miscanthus yellow blazes sigh with tassels reaching upwards ten feet high.  Standing nearby, soft rustling songs become […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/last-autumnal-breaths-of-cadmium-and-aureolin-yellow-with-palm-warbler-only-passing-through/feed/ 0 98 Last Autumnal Breaths of Cadmium and Aureolin Yellow with Palm Warbler Only Passing Through https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/last-autumnal-breaths-of-cadmium-and-aureolin-yellow-with-palm-warbler-only-passing-through-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=last-autumnal-breaths-of-cadmium-and-aureolin-yellow-with-palm-warbler-only-passing-through-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/last-autumnal-breaths-of-cadmium-and-aureolin-yellow-with-palm-warbler-only-passing-through-2/#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:21:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/last-autumnal-breaths-of-cadmium-and-aureolin-yellow-with-palm-warbler-only-passing-through-2/ Last breaths of cadmium and aureolin yellow  falling through another season of autumn . . .   as it falls through us . . . only passing through it all . . .  Rock Maples stand mighty and tall. Miscanthus yellow blazes sigh with tassels reaching upwards ten feet high.  Standing nearby, soft rustling songs become […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/last-autumnal-breaths-of-cadmium-and-aureolin-yellow-with-palm-warbler-only-passing-through-2/feed/ 0 5275 Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Fritillaries https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:25:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-fritillaries/ Todays segment of ‘Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012’ features the boldly flecked Fritillaries. It seems the only Fritillary that flies about our gardens these days is the Greater Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele. Early on, I mistakenly identified these butterflies as Aphrodite Fritillary, but the eminent Lepidopterist Randy Emmitt pointed out that the large beige […]

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