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 16:01:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.15 183435305 Spring’s Resolve Bluebirds and Tree Swallows https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/springs-resolve-bluebirds-and-tree-swallows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=springs-resolve-bluebirds-and-tree-swallows https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/springs-resolve-bluebirds-and-tree-swallows/#respond Sat, 26 Apr 2014 06:05:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/springs-resolve-bluebirds-and-tree-swallows/   Property disputes between bluebirds and tree swallows, and tree swallows and tree swallows seem to be resolved by now and life is very busy with serious nesting preparations here at Flower Hill Farm.  Today I took my first butterfly photo of 2014 — caught a whisper of light in a Cabbage White while she […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/springs-resolve-bluebirds-and-tree-swallows/feed/ 0 5216 Early Spring ‘Star’ Magnolia Stellata https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/early-spring-star-magnolia-stellata/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-spring-star-magnolia-stellata https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/early-spring-star-magnolia-stellata/#respond Mon, 20 May 2013 13:03:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/early-spring-star-magnolia-stellata/ Magnolia stellata’s primitive multi-petaled, milk-white and blush-striped blooms are the first flowers to fully unfurl within our garden shrubberies. Eighteen petals fall free of their furry calyx, multiplied by hundreds, to paint this small tree brightly. She stands along our second terraced garden stretching easterly amongst sentient statues of Apples and Birch yet to exhale […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/early-spring-star-magnolia-stellata/feed/ 0 128 Early Spring ‘Star’ Magnolia Stellata https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/early-spring-star-magnolia-stellata-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=early-spring-star-magnolia-stellata-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/early-spring-star-magnolia-stellata-2/#respond Mon, 20 May 2013 13:03:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/early-spring-star-magnolia-stellata-2/ Magnolia stellata’s primitive multi-petaled, milk-white and blush-striped blooms are the first flowers to fully unfurl within our garden shrubberies. Eighteen petals fall free of their furry calyx, multiplied by hundreds, to paint this small tree brightly. She stands along our second terraced garden stretching easterly amongst sentient statues of Apples and Birch yet to exhale […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/early-spring-star-magnolia-stellata-2/feed/ 0 5304 Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Eastern Tailed-Blue and Summer Azure https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-eastern-tailed-blue-and-summer-azure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-eastern-tailed-blue-and-summer-azure https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-eastern-tailed-blue-and-summer-azure/#respond Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:39:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-eastern-tailed-blue-and-summer-azure/ Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 continues with two little Blues of the Gossamer-wings family. Last year in July, I had an exciting first capture of an Eastern Tailed-Blue Everes comyntas, which I spotted along the edge of the south field. A bit smaller than the Summer Azure, these small beauties are also considered common throughout […]

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