A morning ramble...

Yes, I know I have been posting many pictures of Lupine... but this is such a magical time of year.
I decided to take a morning drive and everywhere you look there are fields of Lupine.

...and more and more Lupine...

I stopped by airport marsh in Whitefield to find a family of geese out for a swim...

...and another family with some smaller goslings...

Then it was on to Twin Mountain where neighbors down the road from our camp have some beautiful horses...

The best part of the morning was finding a doe with a fawn in a  field...not sure if you can see them too clearly...but it was the high point of my day!

18th Annual Fields of Lupine Festival



The Frost Place

 

The Lupine Festival started this past weekend but I was nowhere in sight....

I had to head south to the baby shower of my very own first grandlove!

Luckily, the festival runs for three weeks so I will be heading over this weekend.

I never miss the craft demonstrations, especially basketmaking with my friend Linda. http://www.deedasbaskets.com/ She will be at the open air market in Sugar Hill.



Still Life with Lupine

  The festival is a photographers paradise with guided hikes and horse drawn rides through the Lupine fields.



The Sampler Field



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Walking in the Lupine fields...

The Lilacs are already starting to die off...but the Lupine are popping up everywhere! This weekend starts the three week Lupine Festival in Sugar Hill and Franconia.

This evening I decided to take a walk in the Lupine fields.
I don't know how to describe the smell of a Lupine field...it is not overpowering but very distinct.
The birds were singing and bees were buzzing by and then I heard a hummingbird and got a glimpse of him before he took off like a shot.

I walked around where a foundation of an old house overlooks the mountains and a field of Lupine. It almost has the feel of an old castle.

The mountains looked beautiful as the sun began to set.

I walked through another field of Lupine...

...and asters...

...and slugs...

...and soft ferns growing along stone walls.