Five Photos from El Segundo's Farmer's Market . . .

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[Biophilic]

1. Those first 2 are some of the strangest flowers I've ever seen.

On the other hand, the reds are incredible. Thanks Peggy, as ever, you offer something interesting as well as colorful. The contrast with the other softness colors is wonderful.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Thank you for bringing a smile to my tired face, my dear Biophilic!

They are very strange flowers, to be sure! They bloom in the darnedest places, too!

I'm glad you enjoyed.

[markodochartaigh]

3. I think that the top picture is radish seedlings, or sprouts.

Then the next picture seems to be a gomphrena, frequently used for dried flowers. And the bottom picture is a dianthus variety, related to carnations.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thanks for identifying these! I honestly had no idea. I just go where my eyes lead me.

[Diamond_Dog]

5. What beautiful bright colors ....Reds and purples are so clear and bright!

Cool reflection on the paramedic van, too!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Thanks so much, my dear Diamond_Dog!

The colors always affect me that way too.

I hadn't even noticed the reflection on the paramedic van! Some days my brain's not too functional.

[Diamond_Dog]

9. I know all about brain malfunction! Mine does it a lot!

I sure don’t see any evidence of it in your lovely photos!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Awww! That was very sweet of you!

[CurtEastPoint]

6. What beautiful purples. Lovely.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thanks so much, my dear CurtEastPoint!

I could hardly believe they were real!

[ShazzieB]

10. Love the colors in the radish microgreens and the flowers.

All 3 of those are very soothing to look at, especially together.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Thank you, my dear ShazzieB! Those colors really do it for me too.

They are relaxing and soothing.

[Easterncedar]

13. Just looking at those sprouts I feel healthier

I may have to start growing my own, as your market is a bit outside my range.

Your photos are all beautiful as always. I was also struck by the reflections in the shiny red fire trucks.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Well, good morning to you, my dear Easterncedar! And thank you for your lovely remarks.

Glad my photo can improve your health so easily!

I can remember growing bean sprouts when it was all the rage, decades ago. I used to make my own yogurt too!

No time for such doings now.

As to the fire trucks, I hadn't even noticed the reflections! Diamond_Dog brought it to my attention, and then I saw them!

[Easterncedar]

15. Yes, I did sprouts and yogurt decades back, too

I am so old I remember the first time I tasted yogurt, when I was 13 or so, and my eldest sister brought some back from her hippie college.

I make my own kefir these days, since it’s much cheaper than buying it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Ah, those were the days!