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 15:20:19 +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/no-place-like-home-for-the-winter/feed/ 20 7335 Beauties of the Night ~ Barred Owl https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/beauties-night-barred-owl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beauties-night-barred-owl https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/beauties-night-barred-owl/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:59:21 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=6351 Barred Owls, Strix varia, may have been howling and hooting as year-round residents of this hillside in Western Massachusetts for more than 11,000 years. Fossils of their species, that many years old, have been uncovered in Florida, Tennessee and as far north as Ontario. These raptors of night are typically hidden in layers of darkness […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/beauties-night-barred-owl/feed/ 12 6351 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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