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SPRING FLOWERS IN LITCHFIELD.
A hillside display of narcissus in Northfield. The current stage is DONE.
Narcissus >

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Wine Food and Lodging>

Want to compare this past winter to 2010? Take a look at our Litchfield 2010 Winter Archive>

View the Fall 2010 archive.
Litchfield Fall Photo Archive>

Life in the country has its rewards and its challenges. Since we use "have a heart" relocation techniques, why not snap a picture while saying goodbye?
Mouse of the month>

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The Skies of Litchfield. Find out what's up there and how to locate it.
No telescope? Check out our list of viewing events in Connecticut where the public is welcome.
The Skies of Litchfield >

View the Spring 2009 archive.
Litchfield Spring Photo Archive>

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Winter archive — 2009.
A cold Litchfield winter >

Fall Archive — the 2008 foliage.
Litchfield fall foliage >

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Summer Archive — the colors of warmth.
Litchfield summer photos >

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Late Winter Archive — the dead of winter.
Litchfield late winter photos >

astronomy: pictures of aurora taken in Litchfield CT
Solar activity manifested in its most beautiful form. The aurora of 2004 photographed under dark skies in the town of Litchfield.
Aurora feature story >

Summer in Litchfield

September 16, 2011 Color -- gone wild along the side of the road. Bloom.

September 14, 2011 Ths color of the waning post-Harvest Moon warns of the cold front that will bring our first autumnal air mass. Orange moon.

September 9, 2011 Things, some quite large, float down a very swollen Housatonic River. Tree trunk in river.

September 6, 2011 More moisture this week. Moist flower.

September 2, 2011 Following the torrential rains of a tropical storm, what else would one expect? Mushroom.

August 24, 2011 A seed's "parachute" is covered in morning dew. Seed.

August 22, 2011 Veraison. Grapes.

August 19, 2011 Morning sunshine on this hydrangea bloom after last night's thunderstorms. Bloom.

August 5, 2011 Morning fog extended the duration of some night blooms today. Bloom.

July 27, 2011 Yesterday's thin bands of thundershowers were ideal for catching a rainbow.

July 26, 2011 A sturdy flower for the heat of the summer. Yellow flower.

July 1, 2011 The light of sunrise deepens the colors on a beautiful day for flying. baloon takeoff

July 1, 2011 This bloom keeps to the shade. white bloom

June 22, 2011 Despite the gray and moist weather, perennials like this poppy announce the beginning of summer. poppy flower

June 16, 2011 A rather small red newt.

June 9, 2011 Still moist from last night's thunderstorms and about to bloom. iris

June 6, 2011 Pure and crisp. flower

June 3, 2011 From behind, this Silvery Checkerspot is all antennae. butterfly

June 1, 2011 A Red-spotted Purple. butterfly

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