Finally, the sun is out and I went to the Manhattan Beach Farmer's Market today! Enjoy, dear friends . . .

[CaliforniaPeggy]

This is called the Pincushion Flower:

[niyad]

1. And you have made the sun shine for all of us with these

gorgeous images! Thank you so very much for sharing with us.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Thank you for your always thoughtful and happy remarks, my dear niyad!

I was hoping that the sun would shine, since the last several days it has not. The gray days make me sad.

But today, all is well!

Making the sun shine for all of us is one of my goals.

[Walleye]

2. Beautiful and interesting, pincushion flower. Raspberries made my mouth water

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thanks for your very kind remarks, my dear Walleye!

I've posted photos of those before, and people kept asking me what are they? Today I remembered to ask!

And even though I always take photos of the raspberries, I can't resist taking another one every time I visit. They are so good!

[Goddessartist]

5. Thank you for these!

Each like a little painting...so beautiful!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thank you so much, my dear Goddessartist!

I greatly appreciate your lovely remarks.

My hobby is to get as close as possible to whatever I'm photographing. Luckily my Olympus camera has a macro setting and I'm making full use of it!

Your remarks capture exactly what I'm doing!

[Goddessartist]

10. You're

excelling at it! You're welcome!

[brer cat]

7. Lovely flowers and yummy food. My kind of market.

Thanks for sharing, Peggy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thank you my dear brer cat, for your lovely remarks! You know how I am about sharing! ♥ nt

[HAB911]

9. WOW, I may have to find a market!

beautiful work peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Aw, thank you so much, my dear HAB911!

I hope you will, and I hope it's as great as mine.

I have so much fun there! Andy taught me a lot about getting closeups and my little lens (12-45mm) really allows me to get them. Plus the camera has a macro feature and I'm afraid I'll wear it out!

[Rebl2]

12. Haven't

seen a pincushion flower in many years! Love your photos from the farmers market. They make me smile 😊!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Thanks so much, my dear Rebl2!

We all need reasons to smile, and I'm pleased that my photos do that for you.

I've photographed these a number of times, but this week I finally remembered to ask the grower just what they are.

The name really fits.

Keep on smiling!