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=5.8.15 183435305 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 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 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/?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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