Beauty abounds in Sherborn.
These dainty white flowers popped up in my yard, a sweet sight.
The trail to Hidden Meadow after the January 29, 2022, snow storm. Peaceful and beautiful!
A view across Hidden Meadow under a blanket of snow, about 18 inches
A monarch nectaring at a late blooming zinnia in my backyard on October 16, 2021. The temperature in Sherborn is an unseasonably warm 73 degrees F.
In June, this fragrant white azalea perfumes the air in my yard.
These charming little wildflowers are called daisy fleabane. They were blooming abundantly behind Sherborn Town Hall in early June in an area where the soil was disturbed by the work on the library.
A Spring Azure butterfly on a viburnum leaf. The undersides of the wings are silver and the uppers are azure blue, like a spring sky.
Starflowers in bloom along Hidden Meadow trail
A trail at the Barber Reservation with wild apple blossoms
Apple tree in bloom at the Barber Reservation. In the 19th century, Sherborn was known for its cider.
Violets in bloom. The caterpillars of Fritillary butterflies eat violet leaves.
Violets in bloom cover a lawn on Paige Farm Road
These handsome plants looks like hosta but they're actually skunk cabbage. Deer eat hosta like salad but they stay away from skunk cabbage leaves.
A silver spotted skipper on a rose campion flower
Butterfly weed in bloom, summer 2020
Tiger swallowtail nectaring at wild bergamot, Monarda fistulosa
A monarch nectaring at Common Milkweed in bloom.
Wild bergamot in full bloom. These native wildflowers are easy to start from seed.
Tom turkey strutting his stuff!
This is the American Copper, Lycaena phlaeas, a small, fairly common butterfly. The larvae eat the leaves of sheep sorrel and dock, both of which are European plants brought to Massachusetts by the English settlers. Most likely, this butterfly hitchhiked along with those weeds.
In August 2018 I was driving along Western Avenue at dawn and saw this beautiful view across the fields at Silverwood Farm.