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The Meadow in the summer at Longwood Gardens
The next in my “Longwood Gardens” series– over 1,100 acres of gardens of all shapes and sizes in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. My last post featured their 86-acre Meadow Garden consisting of wetlands, ponds, open fields, and a forest’s edge during the fall-time. This post is about The Meadow during the summer from my most recent… Continue reading
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Fleeting Resident House Finches
Shortly before May 1st, I started hearing some especially loud and persistent cheeping coming from our front door. At first, I thought nothing of it because birds liked to come by our wreath to grab twigs and whatnot for their nests. But the cheeping continued, and so I looked through the glass window on the… Continue reading
Pretty Sky Things 