Picking spring flowers in Carlsbad

Mike Blake / Reuters

A worker picks giant tecolote ranunculus flowers by hand at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad, Calif. on March 27. The flowers are sold for commercial purposes and the fields are a tourist attraction.

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An early spring coaxes the birds, bees, flowers and humans to come out from winter hibernation to enjoy the sunshine.

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