A few photos (yes, really!) from El Segundo's Farmer's Market today!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[Hotler]

1. That Ruby Red grapefruit looks tasty. Thanks for sharing.

Been awhile since I had a Salty Dog.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Thanks so much for having a look and for your comments, my dear Hotler!

How do you make a Salty Dog? I assume with a ruby red grapefruit!

[Hotler]

13. Did you take some grapefruit home?

Salty Dog, Gin or Vodka and grapefruit juice in a highball glass with a salted rim. Dates back to the 1920's.
or, Perro Salado (Tequila Salty Dog); (snip) "This is a Tex-Mex version of the salty dog. If you have access to a sweet Texas red grapefruit, like Ruby-Sweets or Rio Stars, then it's recommended you use it in in this recipe."
https://www.food.com/recipe/perro-salado-tequila-salty-dog-134186

Be well.

[elleng]

3. Delish!

HoneyBells on the way here. May post when they arrive.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thanks so much, my dear elleng! Everything looked wonderful today.

Do share your honeybells! I have no idea what they look like.

[elleng]

7. They look like oranges, slightly elongated. Will do my best.

Dad's favorite, so I always think of him at this time of the year.

Hope driver can find my house; it's not easy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Sounds good! nt

[Easterncedar]

5. Oh the elegance

Every picture is poetry. Nature and the farmers and you - what a team. Thanks for bringing the beauty all the way across the country, Peggy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Wow, my dear Easterncedar! Thank you.

Your words are quite poetic too! I appreciate them very much.

I think you know how I am about sharing!

[FalloutShelter]

6. All beautiful, Peggy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Thanks very much, my dear FalloutShelter! So glad you like my work.

[Mousetoescamper]

9. Splendid photos, Peggy!

The halved grapefruit is a mouth-watering sight.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. I thank you so much, my dear Mousetoescamper!

I had the same reaction as yours, when I spotted it today! I couldn't get my camera turned on fast enough!

Unfortunately, my medications keep me from consuming them. Photographing them is almost as good, and it won't make me sick!

[wendyb-NC]

14. Those are beautiful photos

I love the variety of fruit, vegetables and flowers. I love the color of the calla lily. Thank you, Peggy, for posting them. They radiate serenity.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Thanks so much, my dear wendyb-NC!

I love getting so much variety from this market. It's great to mix things up! And yes, I feel serene when I see them.

I'd never seen a calla lily that color before. It said "Take my picture!" So I did.

[SheltieLover]

16. Beautiful, Peggy

Ty for sharing with us!

That grapefruit looks so yummy! And such lovely flowers!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Thanks so much, my dear SheltieLover!

Now, you know how I am about sharing! Sharing is part of my DNA.

I love the grapefruit's color and the flowers are simply amazing.

[SheltieLover]

18. And the yellow pepper...

I think of you & your lovely pix each time I was one!

We love you for your sharing nature, Peggy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. I thank you for your beautiful sentiments, my dear SheltieLover!

It means a lot to me to be held in such high regard in this group. We truly are a family!

[eppur_se_muova]

20. Oh, my ... Romanescu !

Mathematicians' favorite vegetable ?

(aka fractal broccoli)

[electric_blue68]

22. Bwah! ... I get it....

I'd never heard of this vegetable, till my mom brought one home from our Green Market.
My jaw dropped!

I had already learned about fractals in the mid 1980's. More knowledge boosted by a exhibit on Art & Computers at the IBM building in NYC. They had a museum on the first floor.
Amongst items they had some on fractals, and CGI imagdry in movie making.

But then...
There was this big monitor w 3 items.
"Fly around _____ some city" digital imaging. Ok.
Restoration of an ?Old Masters painting. OK.

Zoom The Mandelbrot Set....
Oh, what's that? So I went and took a look, and spent the next 4 visits "glued" to the monitor displaying this ever unfolding amazing panorama.
Last day I had to "share" it with all the IBM'rs who'd just gotten the ?Scientific American article on ?fractals, AND the Mandelbrot Set; and found out there was a computer generating it right downstairs! And as I mentioned this was the last day of the exhibit.

Thus began a nearly 40 visual love affair! Blessing on the internet, and those who have the abilty for showing so many different zooms!

[electric_blue68]

21. Sigh, waiting for Spring up here north east NYC. Pretty colors. Nice peppers!

Are those green, violet micro greens, or tiny flowers? Nice visual texture!

And, oh, the first time my mom brought home a romanesque ?cauliflower ~ wow!
Very fractally!
If you have never zoom(ed) the Mandelbrot Set...
As a highly visual person you must
treat yourself to it's wonders!
(I'm an artist, (former) designer, and photographer)
If you haven't just copy & paste the under lined phrase, but use zoom, not zoomed. 👍
It's still not the most common thing. I sort of stumbled on it back in ?86 at a special IBM exhibit.

If you have, and were amazed I hope we'll share a few sentences extorting it's [imho] astonishing beauty at some point.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. Thank you so much, my dear electric_blue68!

I appreciate your very thorough and kind remarks very much.

I have never seen the Mandelbrot Set. That is now on my bucket list!

The green and violet plants are indeed micro greens! I know a vendor who grows and sells them at the market I went to. I love getting close-ups of them!

[electric_blue68]

28. YW. Ok, then re: micro greens. They do make very nice close ups.

Thinking about your grapefruit pic...
I could imagine a very big blow up on the wall opposite someone's bed...
I think it would have a kind of visual
WAKE UP! effect when someone's eyelids "cracked open". 😄 Like a visual alarm clock.

As for the Mandelbrot Set on your bucket list...it would be the easiest list item ever.
Just put "Zoom The Mandelbrot Set" in You Tube's search engine and there you will be. 👍🙂

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. Thanks so much for all your comments and suggestions, my dear electric_blue68!

When I have a moment, I will check it all out.

[electric_blue68]

30. Cool. 👍

[Diamond_Dog]

23. Your photos are so amazing

and so beautiful for us Northerners who have been seeing nothing but white and gray outside!

The detail and clarity is exceptional! TY for sharing these Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. Ah, my dear Diamond_Dog! Thank you so much.

We need color, especially when the landscape is dull white and gray.

I was very pleased with the detail and clarity of these; Andy taught me well.

I live to share!

[SheltieLover]

26. What are the 2nd & 4th photos of, Peggy?

TYIA!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. The second photo is of the micro greens. We used to call them bean sprouts!

The fourth photo is of the Romanesco Broccoli. I believe it's related to broccoli and cauliflower.

You're welcome, my dear SheltieLover!