Sugar Hill has so much to brag about, I don’t even know where to begin! Several years ago, Steve and I heard about a festival we knew we had to visit. The Sugar Hill Lupine Festival. While lupines can be found all over, Sugar Hill has made a point of celebrating the riot of purple and pink flowers which erupt in early June. Long winters and wet springs leave us longing for such a distraction.
We stopped at the Sugar Hill Sampler to take a horse drawn ride through some of the fields. We were accompanied by a very patriotic lady!
The year we went, many of the homes in the area sported cute and funny scarecrows…
While other homes showed off crafty lawn decorations and bits of history…
We only had 3 days to enjoy the festival and wanted to take in as much as we could. On advice from the locals, we had an awesome breakfast at Polly’s Pancake Parlor…
We we also advised to stop in at Harman’s Cheese and Country Store for a sample of their aged cheddar (I would urge you to stop in if you are ever in the area!)…
This year, I visited Sugar Hill a week before the festival. The lupines were already blooming, but the crowds hadn’t arrived yet. Since I’d already photographed the lupines, I went in search of other sights. It didn’t take me long to figure out Sugar Hill is far more than a lupine destination. The beauty of the nearby White Mountains is enough to make anyone stop in their tracks…
Add in a farm and I am in heaven…
Of course, seeing the farms brought me to where I almost always end up – looking for barns…
Just past an old farmhouse I found what was probably, at one time, the entrance gate to the farm. The road long abandoned …
My time in Sugar Hill was at an end. I remembered seeing a great sunset with Steve when we visited in 2012 and thought it would be a great way to cap off this post…
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When I hear Sugar Hill I think of rock hunting, which is also big in that area. I’ve seen garnets as big as my thumb that came from there.
It’s beautiful country!
There was so much more than I was expecting and adding rock hunting truly makes it paradise.
Really great shots Laura! I love the bird on the lupine with a green worm. What were those pod-type things at the end of the driveway? They looked like mini ski lift gondolas? The scarecrows were so well done, also. Reminded me of Hell Hollow with a spring time theme!!
Thank you. There were lots of little birds filling their bellies! That’s exactly what they were, ski lift gondolas. It’s neat when you find a place with a town wide theme. Scarecrows, pumpkin people and the like.
Laura as always your photos are incredible. The lupins leave me with a huge smile on my face. Love those splashes of color.
I love finding clusters of the white or pink. Most are varying shades of purple, so the “off” colors are neat.
Another great post, Laura. Loved those scarecrows especially. Thanks!
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Thank you. I enjoyed seeing all of the scarecrows, they were quite well done. Sugar Hill really does a great job with the lupine festival.
Those scarecrows make me want to start making one for my garden. What a lovely place to visit,
Thank you. Loved the scarecrows too. I wish they worked on bluejays!