Joyous song and fragrance fills the air about our hillside habitat and gardens.
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| Male Indigo Bunting |
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| Delicious Viburnum and French Lilac |
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| Lilac and Viburnum Looking Towards Mount Holyoke Range |
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| French Lilac and Lilac Topiary Looking Over Toward Walnut Hill |
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| French Lilacs and Lilac Topiary Looking Over Towards Carey Hill and High Ridge |
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| Lilac Topiary Looking Into Lower Garden |
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| Dwarf Fothergilla and Lilacs Looking Down Towards Apple Gateway and Blueberry Field |
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| Same As Above Only More to the Left |
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| Tiger Swallowtail on Lilac |
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| Viburnums Looking Down Toward Oak in Lower North Field From Inside Upper Garden |
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| Between Viburnums Looking Down Towards Middle Meadow Garden Edge Japanese Maple |
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| Japanese Maple and Three Graces ~ Crabapples and North Garden |
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| Father Hugo Rose in Middle Meadow Garden |
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| Male Baltimore Oriole |
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| Female Baltimore Oriole |
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| French Lilac and Weeping Crabapple Looking Up From North Garden Towards Rock Maples |
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| French Lilacs and Fairytale Lilac Looking Out Barn Studio Towards North Field Birches |
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| Looking Up From South Rock Garden ~ Gray Birch, Lilacs and Viburnum Before Rock Maple |
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| Same As Above Further Along the Path |
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| Looking Back Towards Gray Birch |
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| Red Admiral on Lilac |
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| Wisteria Before Lilac |
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| Magnolia Before Viburnum and Lilac Topiary |
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| Red Admiral on Lilac Topiary |
Joy spreads throughout the sweet petals of lilacs and viburnums and in vibrant wings of returning butterflies and birds . . . cycles of life unfold. Unfurling wildflowers reaching up towards the light fill fields with dappled beauty . . . bearing nurturing nectar for a bounty of pollinators. Colorful unsettled male birds are jousting with beaks and unarmored wings, while other bonded pairs are building nests and feeding young.
Spring is a riot of procreation.
