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Stepping into September Haze Ironweed Holds Center Stage

September 4, 2013 by Carol Duke Leave a Comment

August gave us cool days dressed in flannel and comforter nights . . . the coolest August I can recall since my transplanting to New England just thirty-eight years ago. Mostly busy days filled the weeks that passed in tones of green, with worldly guests and migrations stirring motes of dust, pollen and memories . . . both lived and dreamed. The last hours of Augustus suddenly lead into September's first dawn . . . breaking through a thick haze of clouded air with bolts of zagged light only … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apple Trees, Grasses, Great Spangled Fritillary, Hosta, Hydrangea, Ironweed, Joe pye Weed, Katydid, Monarch Butterfly, Oak, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Rudbeckia, Tree hydrangea, Walnut Hill, Weigela 'Ghost'

Stepping into September Haze Ironweed Holds Center Stage

September 4, 2013 by Carol Duke Leave a Comment

August gave us cool days dressed in flannel and comforter nights . . . the coolest August I can recall since my transplanting to New England just thirty-eight years ago. Mostly busy days filled the weeks that passed in tones of green, with worldly guests and migrations stirring motes of dust, pollen and memories . . . both lived and dreamed.  The last hours of Augustus suddenly lead into September's first dawn . . . breaking through a thick haze of clouded air with bolts of zagged light only … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apple Trees, Grasses, Great Spangled Fritillary, Hosta, Hydrangea, Ironweed, Joe pye Weed, Katydid, Monarch Butterfly, Oak, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Rudbeckia, Tree hydrangea, Walnut Hill, Weigela 'Ghost'

A Sultry Summer August Day Full Moon and Clouded Sulphurs Play

August 23, 2013 by Carol Duke Leave a Comment

August is a wild time of year in the gardens here at Flower Hill Farm. The daily lives of wild things blend and move about with ease. There is an understanding between the land and animals . . . we all take what we need . . . but never too much. I do wish to call a court in session to introduce charges against our resident rabbit's rabid rapacity, however. We rarely see young bucks, such as this one, sporting unique antlers. He will shed the lopsided headpiece this winter or early spring of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clouded Sulphur, Full Moon, Hydrangea, Ironweed, Late Summer Landscape, lily, Middle Garden, Monarch Butterfly, Mount Tom, Rock Maples, Rudbeckia, Walnut Hill, White-tailed Deer

A Sultry Summer August Day Full Moon and Clouded Sulphurs Play

August 23, 2013 by Carol Duke Leave a Comment

August is a wild time of year in the gardens here at Flower Hill Farm. The daily lives of wild things blend and move about with ease. There is an understanding between the land and animals . . . we all take what we need . . . but never too much. I do wish to call a court in session to introduce charges against our resident rabbit's rabid rapacity, however.We rarely see young bucks, such as this one, sporting unique antlers. He will shed the lopsided headpiece this winter or early spring of next … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clouded Sulphur, Full Moon, Hydrangea, Ironweed, Late Summer Landscape, lily, Middle Garden, Monarch Butterfly, Mount Tom, Rock Maples, Rudbeckia, Walnut Hill, White-tailed Deer

Whites Continuing to Shimmer Throughout A Sweltering July

August 2, 2013 by Carol Duke Leave a Comment

Bid farewell to July with a stroll through the gardens still shimmering in white . . . more mature blooms . . . some nearly fading . . . the buzz, broods, trills and furls relaxing into August along the fringe of summer. July passed with days of torrid, sultry heat. Amazingly I withstood it all and each day went about the gardens and fields, during the hottest hours, in search of butterflies, discovering new species to add to my list.As the Bluebird couple's second brood continues to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aphrodite Fritillary, Baltimore Checkerspot, Cimicifuga, Dragonfly, Filipendula, Gooseneck Loosestrife, Hydrangea, Little Wood Satyr, Pearl Crescent, Skippers, Summer Spring Azure, Tree hydrangea, Viburnum

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