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Here's my weekly offering of Manhattan Beach's farmer's market photos! (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 OP
Beautiful, as always! Thank you! Nt spooky3 Jul 2024 #1
Thank you, my dear spooky3! I'm so glad you like them. I loved taking them. ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #9
And we love seeing them! Nt spooky3 Jul 2024 #16
I'm so glad you do. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #18
Oooh! 2naSalit Jul 2024 #2
Thanks so much, my dear 2naSalit! I really appreciate your thoughts! ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #10
The berries..yum Deuxcents Jul 2024 #3
Thanks so much, my dear Deuxcents! They are also very tasty! ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #11
Bright and cheerful! MN2theMax Jul 2024 #4
Thanks so much, my dear MN2theMax! Believe me, I needed that day brightener too. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #12
Those photos are so beautiful wendyb-NC Jul 2024 #5
Thanks so much, my dear wendyb-NC! This little market has so much diversity! It's amazing. ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #13
wonder what the first one is NJCher Jul 2024 #6
Thank you very much, my dear NJCher! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #14
Thank you NJCher canetoad Jul 2024 #27
Delightful story! NJCher Jul 2024 #30
I'll try to remember canetoad Jul 2024 #31
Every photo just astounding. magicarpet Jul 2024 #7
Hey,.. wait just one second here,... magicarpet Jul 2024 #8
You have a wonderful imagination, my dear magicarpet! Thank you! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #17
It was fine just like that. magicarpet Jul 2024 #21
And it did! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #22
It's even more complicated than that canetoad Jul 2024 #24
Your wonderful comment brought a big smile to my face! Thank you so much, my dear magicarpet! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #15
The colors and patterns you find are just amazing, Peggy. Diamond_Dog Jul 2024 #19
Thanks so much, my dear Diamond_Dog! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #20
Hey Peggy canetoad Jul 2024 #23
My dear canetoad! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #25
Of course! canetoad Jul 2024 #26
Very nice Demovictory9 Jul 2024 #28
Thank you! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #29

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,459 posts)
18. I'm so glad you do.
Tue Jul 9, 2024, 07:39 PM
Jul 2024

Knowing that I can bring that kind of joy into the lives of others increases my own joy in my life.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,459 posts)
12. Thanks so much, my dear MN2theMax! Believe me, I needed that day brightener too.
Tue Jul 9, 2024, 07:29 PM
Jul 2024

The sun barely came out today! BLEAH.

wendyb-NC

(3,889 posts)
5. Those photos are so beautiful
Tue Jul 9, 2024, 06:18 PM
Jul 2024

It's a feast of color and the berries look scrumptious. You live near a sensational Farmers Market. Thank you for sharing the photos with us.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,459 posts)
13. Thanks so much, my dear wendyb-NC! This little market has so much diversity! It's amazing. ♥ nt
Tue Jul 9, 2024, 07:30 PM
Jul 2024

NJCher

(38,228 posts)
6. wonder what the first one is
Tue Jul 9, 2024, 06:24 PM
Jul 2024

well, why don't I just do an image search!?

Here are the results:

Metrosideros collina 'Spring Fire' - 'ohi'a lehua

Read about it.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,459 posts)
14. Thank you very much, my dear NJCher!
Tue Jul 9, 2024, 07:34 PM
Jul 2024

How clever of you to do an image search! There's a wealth of information in your link. I am truly indebted to you!

They just started blooming this week and I thought the flowers were so gorgeous.

Again, I thank you!

canetoad

(18,253 posts)
27. Thank you NJCher
Wed Jul 10, 2024, 11:47 PM
Jul 2024

This post solved an indentification problem for me. I have one of those trees in my yard and no-one knew what it was. I came to post the orange fungus and noticed Peggy's wonderful post.

It seems there is a variant found in the South Pacific; Cook Islands and Rarotonga and it was heavily promoted by plant nurseries in the past. I guess that's why one ended up in my garden. I've lived here for just over a year and was gobsmacked when it flowered last summer. It was truly magnificent and fills up with birds, esp. parrots and little ringtail possums. My dogs sits and stares into it on dark, summer nights, watching the copious wildlife.

So once again, thank you for the identification.

NJCher

(38,228 posts)
30. Delightful story!
Thu Jul 11, 2024, 07:58 AM
Jul 2024

Can’t wait to tell that one to my fellow gardeners!

You are so lucky to have that tree! We have an effort going on now to find unusual, “showy” varieties.

magicarpet

(16,960 posts)
7. Every photo just astounding.
Tue Jul 9, 2024, 06:31 PM
Jul 2024

I have three large cans of whipped cream in the garage fridge. Send me 10lbs of the red raspberries,... ten pounds of the black berries,.. and 20 pounds of the okra,... that mixed with onions and lamb makes a nice main dish. The rest is dessert. Oh and a bouquet of flowers for the dinner table would dress up the eating area.

I have DoorDash,... just put the charges on my account.

magicarpet

(16,960 posts)
8. Hey,.. wait just one second here,...
Tue Jul 9, 2024, 06:40 PM
Jul 2024

... how did that red raspberry get into the photo with the black raspberries?

Did it wander over there on its own to stop by and say hello to its cousins ?

Shouldn't one black raspberry be placed in the bin with the red raspberries. For equal time and external exposure away from the family setting ?

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,459 posts)
17. You have a wonderful imagination, my dear magicarpet! Thank you!
Tue Jul 9, 2024, 07:38 PM
Jul 2024

The berries do occasionally fall out of their baskets and this result shows up!

If I had thought of the other combo, I would have done it and gotten you a slightly different photo!

magicarpet

(16,960 posts)
21. It was fine just like that.
Tue Jul 9, 2024, 07:57 PM
Jul 2024

I figured my little alternate scenario might make you smirk & giggle.

canetoad

(18,253 posts)
24. It's even more complicated than that
Wed Jul 10, 2024, 10:24 PM
Jul 2024

The black raspberries are not raspberries at all. They are.... blackberries, a different plant. Lovely to eat but incredibly tough and thorny stems.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,459 posts)
15. Your wonderful comment brought a big smile to my face! Thank you so much, my dear magicarpet!
Tue Jul 9, 2024, 07:35 PM
Jul 2024

I almost wish I could do as you ask.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,459 posts)
20. Thanks so much, my dear Diamond_Dog!
Tue Jul 9, 2024, 07:48 PM
Jul 2024

I'm lucky that way.

I can almost hear the flowers and various veggies saying "Take My photo, please!"

Digital makes it easy.

canetoad

(18,253 posts)
23. Hey Peggy
Wed Jul 10, 2024, 10:22 PM
Jul 2024

Do you know any more about the tree whose flowers are in the first photo?

I have a similar flowering tree in my yard, which is not in flower right now - winter. I can't identify it.

I'm sure it's a member of the Eucalypts (big, big family) and I thought maybe an angophora but the flowers don't seem right. I corralled the local plant expert and she doesn't know it, but suggested it may be from a lot further north. The leaves grow not in a herringbone pattern, but in pairs opposite each other which I think I can discern in the photo.

It flowers in summer and has long thin filaments of air roots hanging down. It would explain a lot if it's not even an Aussie tree. TIA

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,459 posts)
25. My dear canetoad!
Wed Jul 10, 2024, 11:26 PM
Jul 2024

Check out NJCher's post above; she has a link that describes just what that tree/shrub is. She's in post #6!

Please forgive my delay! I had to get my moon shot posted first.

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