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 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:03:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.15 183435305 Incandescent Sky ~ Afterglow Of A Storm https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/incandescent-sky-afterglow-of-a-storm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=incandescent-sky-afterglow-of-a-storm https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/incandescent-sky-afterglow-of-a-storm/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:03:12 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=7118 Flower Hill Farm Retreat is fabulously situated facing, from the back, the northeast, east and southeast. Added to the verdant views of Carey and Walnut Hill and the sweeping landscape towards the Mount Holyoke Range, the East Branch of the Mill River runs in the valley below our land and offers atmospheric marvels of mist […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/incandescent-sky-afterglow-of-a-storm/feed/ 2 7118 February Sunrise with Avian Surprise https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/february-sunrise-with-avian-surprise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-sunrise-with-avian-surprise https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/february-sunrise-with-avian-surprise/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:44:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/february-sunrise-with-avian-surprise/ February sunrises paint the sky in layers of lovely soft lavenders and mauves. Our steady wobbling and tilting towards the sun gives us a few more minutes of light each day. We are happy for it.  The Mount Holyoke range reclines beneath purple pastel washes, shadows and fuzzy lines. A delightful surprise perching within one […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/february-sunrise-with-avian-surprise/feed/ 0 5264 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 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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