What a long, strange trip it's been to bring you these photos! Craziness . . .

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[2naSalit]

1. THose are great!

I love the berries but I also like the thistle. And that cabbage has feelings, I can just tell.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Wow, thank you so much, my dear 2naSalit!

I hear you about the cabbage . . .

I really had a time of it, getting these photos launched from my own photo file into my SmugMug file. I was using my desktop, as I always do, but the photos would not load into SmugMug!

I've never had that happen before, ever.

So I got my laptop, and then everything worked. From the camera, to the laptop, into SmugMug, and then onto DU; it all worked.

Something must be wrong with my desktop.

Glad you enjoyed!

[2naSalit]

7. At least you had options!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Indeed! Thank goodness! I will need considerable help to discover what the problem is.

~sigh~

[mitch96]

31. Peggy I like the pictures berry berry much..nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

49. Thanks so much, my dear mitch96! I'm berry, berry glad. ♥ nt

[jaxexpat]

25. Sounds like a headache.

Take two aspirin and mail me the five dollars................

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. It was, believe me!

Oh, suuuuuuuure I will!

[FalloutShelter]

2. Love all of these.

Sexy cabbage.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thanks so much, my dear FalloutShelter!

I'm glad you do.

Sexy cabbage???

[FalloutShelter]

10. LOL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Hey, your next post is 12,000!

[FalloutShelter]

13. Boom ... there it is!

Thanks for reminding me, Peggy.
12,000
Wow.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. You're welcome, and MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to get a screen shot! nt

[AmBlue]

3. Gorgeous!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thanks very much, my dear AmBlue! ♥ nt

[Diamond_Dog]

5. All are beautiful.....

The last one looks like a sea creature!

A long, strange, trip, Peggy? Glad you found these fabulous images to share with us!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Thanks so much, my dear Diamond_Dog!

That last one is the flower of the artichoke! I've seen them going to seed when they look like this. Love the color!

See my post #4 for the detailed explanation of what happened.

[Diamond_Dog]

23. TY - I'm glad you found a way. Peggy

I hope there’s nothing wrong with your computer.

Darned aggravating contraptions.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. Thanks! I'll have to investigate, but not now! This is more fun, anyway.

[cachukis]

14. Nice lines and shapes.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Thank you, my dear cachukis! Glad you enjoyed. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

15. Wish you could send us all a barrel of berries

In the last week I had a strange occurrence. Mild liver pain of long duration, almost 3 years, cured by a quart of strawberries and a pint of blueberries. I swear. Ate the berries, went to sleep with pain there and all over, slept like a log, woke up no pain, now a whole week, knock wood. Phytonutrients they keep telling me. I'm believing!

Thanks for the photos, so high quality, we get good produce but not quite that quality.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. I wish I could send you a lifetime supply, my dear bucolic frolic!

What a great way to get your phytonutrients! And I'm glad they can help you that much!

Good quality photos aren't too difficult with quality cameras and lenses. And living in CA means high quality produce; a lot of it comes from nearby.

[Mousetoescamper]

19. Fresh and crisp photos!

I love the artichoke flower.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. Thanks so much, my dear Mousetoescamper!

The artichoke flower is one of my favs.

Read post #4 if you want to hear about my long, strange adventure.

[dai13sy]

21. These pictures hug my heart

The Iris is beautiful and so is the anemone and I have ideas for those veggies. I cannot pass a farmstand when I see produce like this. We have so many in our area so we get a wonderful variety of stuff including pies and muffins and cakes and cookies and crafts galore. I live near many talented people and we all love when they share their handmade goods

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Thanks so much, my dear dai13sy!

It's fantastic to live in an area where there are gifted people with their crafts and produce.

Being in such an environment lightens the burden of living through these crazy times.

[surfered]

24. Yum!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. Thank you, my dear surfered!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

28. You've made me hungry. Gotta go wash up now.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. It's all my fault! Enjoy your food, my dear Hermit-The-Prog! nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

46. A giant salad was involved but it didn't look as good as the pictures!

[Think. Again.]

29. Your sense of composition and mastery of your camera are always so.... good!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. Thank you for your very beautiful and kind words, my dear Think. Again. ! Greatly appreciated. ♥ nt

[irisblue]

30. What is that bottom flower?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. My dear irisblue! That bottom flower is the flower of the artichoke! It had just been watered. nt

[irisblue]

44. Today I learned

[ALBliberal]

32. Remarkable

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. Thank you, my der ALBliberal! I hope you enjoyed them. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. Beautiful. . . . nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

50. Thanks so much, my dear Bernardo de La Paz! ♥ nt

[wendyb-NC]

39. They are amazing and beautiful photos

A refreshing balm for the eyes and heart, they are. Thank you, for posting them, Peggy. After looking at the felonious, former president on TV
Ad nauseum, over the past week when I turn on the news your fine photographs, are a welcome sight to see.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. So glad I can give you some relief, my dear wendyb_NC! ♥ nt

[calimary]

40. DAYUM!

The colors of our edibles!

Just remarkable! Eat the RAINBOW!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

52. Yes, indeed, my dear calimary!

I too love eating the RAINBOW!

[live love laugh]

41. These pics captured the essence of summer. Beautiful!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

53. What a great thought, and thank you for it, my dear live love laugh! ♥ nt

[radical noodle]

42. Lovely photos

You have a good eye.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

54. Thanks so much, my dear radical noodle! Very kind of you. ♥ nt

[Evolve Dammit]

43. Nice job! These are great CP.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. Thank you for your excellent thoughts, my dear Evolve Dammit! ♥ nt

[Picaro]

45. Beautiful pics!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

56. Thanks very much, my dear Picaro! ♥ nt

[PatSeg]

47. Wonderful images

[CaliforniaPeggy]

58. Glad you enjoyed them, and thank you for your lovely comment, my dear PatSeg! ♥ nt

[PatSeg]

61. You are so welcome!

[AllaN01Bear]

48. ohm myyy ms california peggy.

mmm peaches and berries .!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

59. Thanks so much, my dear AllaN01Bear! The pleasure is mine, for sure! ♥ nt

[OAITW r.2.0]

57. Thank you berry much. I am cabbaged by this display!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

60. Thanks for your lovely remarks, my dear OAITW r.2.0 ! I greatly appreciate your puns! ♥ nt

[Easterncedar]

62. I second the thought: that IS a sexy cabbage

And the purple kohlrabi, I think?, is gorgeous. But what are the yellow berries?

And I guessed your artichoke was a passion flower. I can’t believe how precisely you capture the minutest details of texture. You are an amazing artist.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

63. My dear Easterncedar!

Thank you so much for your thoughtful words.

The yellow berries are gooseberries. The purple vegetable is indeed kohlrabi. And artichokes, if they're allowed to go to seed, produce flowers like the ones pictured.

I wanted to really capture the artichoke flowers. Having a good eye is certainly part of that, but also having superior equipment is really important too. It brings home the details, just as it did with the cabbage. Which is why I photographed it. Something about the way it looked drew me in.

[Easterncedar]

64. Hmm! I never would have guessed. I didn't know gooseberries came in yellow!

I have only seen (and grown and eaten) gooseberries that are green with very distinct white stripes, sometimes with a pink translucence. I have never seen them for sale here in the northeast in any color. Because the plants carry white pine rust, their cultivation is restricted here.

Now I’m madly curious about the taste of those sunny gooseberries of yours.

Thanks for introducing me to something new!

[applegrove]

65. Yum!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

66. Indeed!