Riding Through Wildflowers
@DeborahDiane (40851)
Laguna Woods, California
March 26, 2017 10:33pm CST
A few people have been posting photos lately of the spring flowers around their homes. I have enjoyed every one of them.
This morning, just after dawn, I went horseback riding with friends through a field of California wildflowers ... Marguerites, wild mustard, geraniums, daisies and a few others. I took a photo while I was on the horse and thought I would share it here.
What you can't appreciate in the photo is all the wildlife. There were baby bunnies the size of mice scurrying into the flowers, chipmunks, squirrels, and a variety of birds singing and flitting around.
As the picture shows, we could see for miles ... all the way to the mountains.
What a wonderful reason to get up early!
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
27 Mar 17
What a beautiful area you were riding in this morning. We had intermittent rain all day (again).
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
28 Mar 17
@DeborahDiane Good luck with the weather there! I am glad she survived to celebrate!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
@JamesHxstatic - I'm glad she survived, too! We are very lucky to still have her with us. I guess I shouldn't complain about the rain, even if it comes.
@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
I love to ride here. It is lovely and very peaceful. It feels so rural, it is hard to believe I am in the middle of Orange County, only a few miles from the beach. I'm sorry to hear you had rain. We are going to spend the weekend in the Napa Valley to celebrate our daughter's birthday this weekend (the one who had the brain aneurysm a couple of years ago.) I hope it isn't rainy while we are there!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
@JudyEv - going for a horseback ride is a wonderful way to start the day. I feel great after my ride!
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
4 Apr 18
@DeborahDiane Glad you can enjoy it. Horses and I don't get along too well, but I'd love to walk among the flowers.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
4 Apr 18
@bagarad - You would love this area in the spring, then. We sometimes throw out seeds in the fall while we horseback ride, so we have an excess of flowers in the spring!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
3 Apr 18
@bagarad - I go riding every weekend and, now that it is spring again, all the wildflowers are back in bloom. It is so gorgeous!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
I'm glad you like my photo. I enjoyed my ride!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
I love spending mornings this way!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
29 Mar 17
How exciting for you on a Spring day! It is lovely! I was never great on horseback- the horse always wins -lol!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
31 Mar 17
@Marymargll - I have ridden most of my life. When our children were growing up, we owned several horses. Now I don't own one; our retirement community has a barn and horses. It also owns the 23 acres shown in the photo above, where we can ride. There are also equestrian trails through the community. It is my favorite amenity here. Here's a photo of our barn.
@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
3 Apr 17
@MarymargII - Yes, I am so happy that I can still ride. I hope I can well into my 80s. Some of the women here do.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
1 Apr 17
@DeborahDiane I think it's wonderful that you still ride and even can do it Deborah- great to get outdoors for you too!
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
27 Mar 17
Horse riding is not something that everyone does. Do you own the horse. I can imagine how satisfied you must have been breezing through those beautiful sights.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
3 Apr 17
@DeborahDiane Here only the very rich can afford horses.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
3 Apr 17
@allknowing - We owned horses for our children when they were growing up. However, our retirement community owns horses which I can use, so I don't have to own one now. It is much cheaper and easier to have someone else own it. I love being able to ride. It is something I have done for many years.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
3 Apr 17
@allknowing - I am sure that is true in many countries. However, all types of people have horses here in the U.S.
@silvermist (19701)
• India
27 Mar 17
@DeborahDiane I love wild flowers.That sure was a nice ride and good photo.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
29 Mar 17
@DeborahDiane It does not matter it dries up.Nothing lasts for ever.But they are beautiful when they do bloom.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Mar 17
@silvermist - That is how I feel, too. I enjoy the flowers while they last! If we get a little rain in the spring, the flowers will last longer.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
@silvermist - I have to confess that we do not have fields of flowers all year long. By mid-summer, they will have dried up into brown stalks. This time of year is very nice, however.
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@LadyDuck (502812)
• Italy
28 Mar 17
@DeborahDiane We had to go out at 6:30 this morning and it was still dark.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
@LadyDuck - I think our time matches that schedule. Right now, it starts getting light around 6:30 here in Southern California.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
@LadyDuck I enjoy the quiet, peacefulness of spending time in nature in the morning, too. Great way to start the day!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
@DianneN - We are so fortunate that our community owns this land where we can ride or walk. Of course, here in California this field will look brown and dried up by August. It is gorgeous now, however!
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
28 Mar 17
@DeborahDiane You are hilarious! Enjoy it while you can. 
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
I'm sure this would not be fun for people with allergies!
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@Plethos (13718)
• United States
28 Mar 17
@DeborahDiane - aaaaaaaaaachOOOOOOOOOOOO ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
27 Mar 17
You are like Snow White all of the animals following you and singing lol
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
@chrissbergstrom - I don't think of myself as Snow White, but I loved the comparison! I have to admit I felt a little like Snow White, with all the baby animals and singing birds!
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
28 Mar 17
@DeborahDiane It's always a good sign when animals like someone
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
28 Mar 17
Love the picture looks like a beautiful place. Yes and we'll worth getting up early for.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
@Happy2BeMe - I always feel so good after this early morning ride!
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@optimisticbeauty (2170)
• India
27 Mar 17
I love the early morning beauty. I'm just obsessed with it
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
Spending time in nature is a great way to start the day!
@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
@optimisticbeauty - Yes, I take a walk, often at the beach, three or four times a week. It is so refreshing. I hope you go for morning walks, too.
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@optimisticbeauty (2170)
• India
28 Mar 17
@DeborahDiane yes I do it and it's amazing. Do you go for morning walk?
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@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
27 Mar 17
Yes being able to see and explore nature like this is amazing. I miss being able to be in places like this from time to time and watching small animals scurring around
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
I'm not sure where in the U.S. you live, but I hope you can find a place to spend time in nature in your area!
@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
@jstory07 - I love baby wild animals, too. This is certainly the time for it. In the past, we have seen baby coyotes, but not this week!
@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
9 Apr 17
@Tampa_girl7 - Thanks! I love going horseback riding there. It is very peaceful.
@jillybean1222 (6406)
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27 Mar 17
wow, that sounds like such an amazing way to start the day!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
I have been doing this every weekend, except when it rains, for the past 12 years. It is a very renewing way to start the day!
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
3 Apr 17
I love riding there. It is a wonderful place to go riding.
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@nottoooldtowrite (2715)
• Philippines
27 Mar 17
Would be so lovely to be at peace with nature there.
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@DeborahDiane (40851)
• Laguna Woods, California
28 Mar 17
There are many peaceful places to spend time in nature, including in the Philippines.
