Bluebird Nesting Box and Bluets
At this time of year, when you pass by a field with patches of white, stop and have a closer look. The Bluet’s tiny florets are actually a dreamy azure blue; the little bunches also “quake” in the seasonal breeze! Also called Quaker Ladies, the sweet petite blossoms attract Little Carpenter bees, Green Metallic bees, small butterflies, and the Meadow Fritillary Butterfly (Boloria bellona). Both nectar and pollen are the pollinator’s floral reward!
Azure Bluets (Houstonia caerulea)
Ipswich River Canoers and Bluets at Willowdale Estate
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Documentary filmmaker, photographer, landscape designer, author, and illustrator. "Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly" currently airing on PBS. Current film projects include Piping Plovers, Gloucester's Feast of St. Joseph, and Saint Peter's Fiesta. Visit my websites for more information about film and design projects at kimsmithdesigns.com, monarchbutterflyfilm.com, and pipingploverproject.org. Author/illustrator "Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities! Notes from a Gloucester Garden."
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Bluebird Nesting Box and Bluets
Azure Bluets (Houstonia caerulea)
Ipswich River Canoers and Bluets at Willowdale Estate
Good Morning Gloucester 
Love the bluets (and all your photos), but on behalf of all kayakers, I have to say those are not kayaks, they’re canoes!
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Thank you Tom–my apologies to all my kayaking friends. In too much of a rush these days!
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My favorite flower! I don’t consider it spring until I see them along the highway. This is the latest “first bluet sighting” ever – I didn’t see any before the first week of May but usually see them in April, and at least once on the last weekend of March.
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True Laura–all seems several weeks behind schedule. Hopefully, though, with a stretch of this delightfully warm weather, everything will catch up. Nice to hear from you!
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