While many are shoveling out from deep blankets of snow-drifts, I would like to escape our white wintry hillside by recalling landscape tapestries of summer twenty-twelve. Storms of blossoms unfurl throughout the spring and summer here at Flower Hill Farm attracting pollinators, birds and other beasts to our gardens, fields and forest. It is this living tapestry of color, texture, fragrance and sounds that inspired me to create this blog four years ago . . . February 6, … [Read more...] about Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Summer Twenty-Twelve
Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Summer Twenty-Twelve
While many are shoveling out from deep blankets of snow-drifts, I would like to escape our white wintry hillside by recalling landscape tapestries of summer twenty-twelve. Storms of blossoms unfurl throughout the spring and summer here at Flower Hill Farm attracting pollinators, birds and other beasts to our gardens, fields and forest. It is this living tapestry of color, texture, fragrance and sounds that inspired me to create this blog four years ago . . . February 6, 2009.Over the last … [Read more...] about Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Summer Twenty-Twelve
Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Spring Twenty-Twelve
Looking out on a white and cold landscape, I dream of spring, though do not wish to hurry it. Since we are in January, I look ahead while also following Janus's glances back in time towards my favorite Flower Hill Farm landscape tapestries of spring twenty-twelve.It truly is remarkable . . . experiencing the seasons . . . imagining this lush, joyous and verdant breath of life . . . now resting and dormant within the deepest protected layers of crusty, … [Read more...] about Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Spring Twenty-Twelve
Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Spring Twenty-Twelve
Looking out on a white and cold landscape, I dream of spring, though do not wish to hurry it. Since we are in January, I look ahead while also following Janus's glances back in time towards my favorite Flower Hill Farm landscape tapestries of spring twenty-twelve. It truly is remarkable . . . experiencing the seasons . . . imagining this lush, joyous and verdant breath of life . . . now resting and dormant within the deepest protected layers of crusty, cellular … [Read more...] about Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Spring Twenty-Twelve
Mid July Garden Walkabout Warm To Cool Temperature in Color
Here in Western Massachusetts the horrid heat wave has finally fizzled out. Kinder weather patterns bring lighter, more clement days and crisp nights, but we truly need rain. I do so prefer intensity in colors rather than extreme temperatures on a thermometer. Here there are vivid, hot colors, from varying flower forms of sizzling Hemerocallis, found floriferous and in fine fettle within the July 'middle meadow garden.' A quick look back and in the opposite … [Read more...] about Mid July Garden Walkabout Warm To Cool Temperature in Color
