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, 24 Jan 2018 22:09:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 183435305 Butterflies of 2017 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/butterflies-of-2017-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=butterflies-of-2017-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/butterflies-of-2017-2/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:37:05 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=7752 During this cold winter, I am sorting through brightly colored photographs from my compilation of Flower Hill Farm butterflies entitled ~ Butterflies of 2017. Over the years, I have documented fifty plus species of butterflies by family on my website under Photography and Wildlife. All are species that I was fortunate to find here within my 21 acre wildlife habitat. I […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/butterflies-of-2017-2/feed/ 12 7752 The Allure of Milkweed https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/the-allure-of-milkweed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-allure-of-milkweed https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/the-allure-of-milkweed/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:36:58 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=7035 Milkweed  (Asclepias syriaca) has a delicious fragrance and attracts a diversity of wildlife to shuttle its pollen about. Here at Flower Hill Farm there are numerous stands of milkweed in the fields and gardens. When the dainty balls of florets begin to pop, an audience of butterflies, bees, ants, and birds take notice. Spiders settle […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/the-allure-of-milkweed/feed/ 15 7035 Metamorphosis of Butterflies from 2014 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/metamorphosis-of-butterflies-from-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=metamorphosis-of-butterflies-from-2014 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/metamorphosis-of-butterflies-from-2014/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2015 13:45:45 +0000 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/?p=6427 The Metamorphosis of Butterflies from 2014 came together from my finally digging through archives of Flower Hill Farm photographs from last summer. Witnessing the metamorphosis of butterflies is a treasured ritual I share with thousands of other individuals who hold dear these remarkable beings. Raising butterflies nourishes my imagination and opens it to change and an ever present sense of wonder. Hour by hour […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/metamorphosis-of-butterflies-from-2014/feed/ 19 6427 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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