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7:30 am - Carlsbad. The flower fields are blooming early this year. I've been told that it's been warmer than normal for the past month so that may have helped. The tour buses have moved in (Always groups from Japan - how did this become such a big event for them?) and I have to plan early weekend outings or use the back roads to get around. These beautiful fields are only one source of the deadly pollen that does me in so after this I headed to Walmart to stock up on a 4 month supply of Claritin. A $52 supply to be precise. Breathing does not come cheap.


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  1. Bonnie Martin11:25 AM

    I love the flower fields! They are so beautiful!

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