Photo Challenge: 16 Horses in Summer’s Last Flower Garden

Nothing improves a landscape like a horse.

For this week in August’s final days, we wanted to see your shots of horses among the flowers of late summer: Some of you sent us dreamlike photos of horses at liberty among the wildflowers while others had cute shots of their steeds actually sampling summer’s bounty as a snack. Any way our readers chose to take the prompt, we think you’ll agree: nothing sets off a lovely bouquet of late summer flowers in photography like a horse.

Photo by Renee Scucci

Photo by Renee Scucci.

Photo by Kim Gothberg.

Photo by Kim Gothberg.

Tucker in front of the blooming purple vine #horsenation Photo by Lori Tankel A photo posted by Lori Tankel (@loritankel) on

Cindy Cross-Greenia: I'm the photographer and sell prints and cards at my FB page Creative Imagery by Cindy Cross-Greenia.

Cindy Cross-Greenia: I’m the photographer and sell prints and cards at my FB page Creative Imagery by Cindy Cross-Greenia.

Photo by Rachel Severinsen.

Photo by Rachel Severinsen.

Bayli Hendrix: Madeleine Yonan was the photographer and she is amazing!

Bayli Hendrix: Madeleine Yonan was the photographer and she is amazing!

Krissy Wejrowski: I took this pic from the back of my boy, Haze...he likes to eat the flowers...er, dandelions! Haha!

Krissy Wejrowski: I took this pic from the back of my boy, Haze…he likes to eat the flowers…er, dandelions! Haha!

Davandra Cribble: This is a friend's Mustang "Dante". I am the photographer.

Davandra Cribble: This is a friend’s Mustang “Dante”. I am the photographer.

Merrilyn Ratliff: I am the photographer and the subject is my lovely horse hunk Brando!

Merrilyn Ratliff: I am the photographer and the subject is my lovely horse hunk Brando!

Lauren Gast: My mare Cherokee among the flowers in her pasture! Photo taken by me.

Lauren Gast: My mare Cherokee among the flowers in her pasture! Photo taken by me.

Anna DuMoulin: Henry and I picked up a hitchhiker on our romp through the fields. Photo by Anna DuMoulin.

Anna DuMoulin: Henry and I picked up a hitchhiker on our romp through the fields. Photo by Anna DuMoulin.

Taken by Natalie Claire Mine.

Taken by Natalie Claire Mine.

Natalie Leighton: This is the late summer foliage of California!! I am the photographer and that is my sexy husband on my Azteca, Patron.

Natalie Leighton: This is the late summer foliage of California!! I am the photographer and that is my sexy husband on my Azteca, Patron.

Photo by Kristen Blankenship.

Photo by Kristen Blankenship.

Ruthanne Hanion: One I shot at a friends barn. The horses got loose and busted into the neighbors property, I grabbed a few shots before they rounded them up.

Ruthanne Hanion: One I shot at a friends barn. The horses got loose and busted into the neighbors property, I grabbed a few shots before they rounded them up.

Go riding!

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