When I wrote about the Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, in my first Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2011, I was bemoaning the fact that I had never seen this 'admirable' butterfly in my gardens. Well, from year to year, we never know how things might be. This past spring of 2012 I delighted in oodles of the brightly, patterned butterflies floating about like living ornaments, lit up by the sun, lighting and feeding all over the weeping crabapple just outside our little painting studio. Red … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Red Admiral
Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Red Admiral
When I wrote about the Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, in my first Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2011, I was bemoaning the fact that I had never seen this 'admirable' butterfly in my gardens. Well, from year to year, we never know how things might be. This past spring of 2012 I delighted in oodles of the brightly, patterned butterflies floating about like living ornaments, lit up by the sun, lighting and feeding all over the weeping crabapple just outside our little painting … [Read more...] about Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Red Admiral
Quietly Walking About the Mid May Garden
Joyous song and fragrance fills the air about our hillside habitat and gardens. Male Indigo Bunting Delicious Viburnum and French Lilac Lilac and Viburnum Looking Towards Mount Holyoke Range French Lilac and Lilac Topiary Looking Over Toward Walnut Hill French Lilacs and Lilac Topiary Looking Over Towards Carey Hill and High Ridge Lilac Topiary Looking Into Lower Garden Dwarf Fothergilla and Lilacs Looking Down Towards Apple Gateway and Blueberry Field Same As … [Read more...] about Quietly Walking About the Mid May Garden
Quietly Walking About the Mid May Garden
Joyous song and fragrance fills the air about our hillside habitat and gardens.Male Indigo BuntingDelicious Viburnum and French LilacLilac and Viburnum Looking Towards Mount Holyoke RangeFrench Lilac and Lilac Topiary Looking Over Toward Walnut HillFrench Lilacs and Lilac Topiary Looking Over Towards Carey Hill and High RidgeLilac Topiary Looking Into Lower GardenDwarf Fothergilla and Lilacs Looking Down Towards Apple Gateway and Blueberry FieldSame As Above Only More to the LeftTiger … [Read more...] about Quietly Walking About the Mid May Garden
Crabapples Abloom Enticing Wildlife
Crabapples in bloom delight both the gardeners and wildlife. Chipping Sparrow in Crabapple Tree 'Three Graces' ~ Crabapples The Other Side of 'Three Graces' Tops of 'Three Graces' Looking Over Towards Crabapple Orchard From Middle Meadow Garden Yellow-rumped Warbler in Crabapple Blooms Nashville Warbler in Crabapple Tree Clever Nashville Warbler Opening Crabapple Bud Nashville Warbler Moving on to Another Crabapple Tree Weeping … [Read more...] about Crabapples Abloom Enticing Wildlife
