Today's photos from the El Segundo Farmer's Market:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[MontanaMama]

1. The phlox!

Actually all of it. Aren’t we fortunate, CP, that we have this bounty available to us?

Beautiful photos.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Thank you so much, my dear MontanaMama!

I'm always amazed at the bounty available every single week at these markets! It's wonderful, and we're so very fortunate to live like this.

So much of the world doesn't.

Which photo shows the phlox?

[MontanaMama]

9. Photo #4...but on my second

review…photo #4 I think is a dianthus (carnation family) of some sort. Either way…stunning!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thanks! I didn't recognize it at all, but thought it was gorgeous!

[niyad]

2. I am envious. Our farmers' markets will not look this good for weeks yet.

Wayyyy too early in our growing season.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thank you so much, my dear niyad. Your turn IS coming, and soon, I hope.

We in California are so spoiled by our climate.

[niyad]

5. I remember the climate with great fondness.

One of my little tomato plants (thing has not grown any in three weeks!) has a teeeeeny tiny tomato on it!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. I believe that! The climate is nearly perfect. That makes all the difference when it comes to how...

much things cost.

Yay for your teeny tiny tomato! All the best to see it grow to ripe maturity!

[ShazzieB]

6. Love all the various textures!

Especially the first one, the romanesco broccoli, I think it's called. The geometry of that stuff is fascinating.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thanks so much, my dear ShazzieB!

The textures always grab my eye, right after the colors!

That photo shows the texture so well. I think it's related to cauliflower, with a similar taste.

The geometry is amazing.

[slightlv]

11. I wondered what that was!

Thank you for the answer! I'd never have guessed. It was unlike any veggie I'd ever seen! (LOL)

[ShazzieB]

14. Confession time!

I didn't know what it was, either. I did a Google image search to find out.

It seems to be known under a few different names, including broccoflower and Roman cauliflower, but Romanesco broccoli seems to be the "official" name, from what I can tell. Whatever one calls it, I find it fascinating to look at.

[slightlv]

12. I love pic #2 of that flower... Rose? Carnation?

The photography is fantastic. You can almost feel the velvet on the petals. Wonderful eye, CaliforniaPeggy! I am so envious. (I one of those who cut off everyone's heads when I take a pic! lol) I have gotten better at photographing my cats, tho!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Thank you so much, my dear slightlv!

I have a lot of fun taking photos.

The camera is a very excellent tool as well.

I am not sure just what flower the second photo is. I just knew I had to take a photo and hope that it would turn out.

I wish I knew what it was.

Maybe you could post your cat photos! We love pets here in the Photo Group!