It's a foggy day for Manhattan Beach's Memorial Day Farmer's Market!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[LoisB]

1. The pastries look scrumptious and the flowers are beautiful. I was stumped by photograph #8.

A Buddha citron. Absolutely new to me.
Your photographs belong in Food Magazine or Home and Garden.
Thank you.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Thank you so much, my dear LoisB! That's really lovely of you.

Thank you for finding out just what that is! The sign was facing the other way and I didn't feel like walking around it!

Never saw one of those before either.

I'm so grateful that you enjoy my work this much!

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Nice photos. What is the yellow, many-fingered thing? A flower or a vegetable?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thanks very much, my dear sinkingfeeling! Glad you enjoyed.

LoisB figured out what it is: a Buddha citron. I'd never seen one or heard of it either!

[eppur_se_muova]

19. The "Sideshow Bob" of fruits ! nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. Ain't that the truth!

[anciano]

3. Great photos!

Those pastries and berries look delicious!
I always look forward to your market pics.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Thanks so much, my dear anciano!

They really do look wonderful. I should buy one just to see how they taste!

I'm so glad you enjoy my work. I have fun doing it.

[Walleye]

4. Excellent collection.

Your photos making me hungry as usual.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thanks so much, my dear Walleye!

Just being there makes me hungry! It's a great market.

[2naSalit]

5. Good day fpr pictures!

I love the food!*

And the flowers are beautiful, as usual. I do like the effect in the first eucalyptus picture.



*Right now I am starving, haven't been able to keep anything down since late Sunday, I have tendinitis in all the tendons associated with my glutes which interrupts my digestion. I need PT last month, now in a critical state, I went to a walk-in place and was told, after 90 minutes of waiting, that I will be seen when someone can schedule it. Well great, I can't eat until the PT happens so I guess I'm going to lose a bunch of weight. I still have to move AGAIN in a few weeks,hiring help for that one. But I can't eat! Not sure how long before I get help but I'm pretty damn exhausted and hungry and all I can keep down is water right now, eating anything solid becomes a disaster an hour later. No amount of anti-emetics help because it's not my stomach, those just make things worse if you don't need them. Ugh. It's also very uncomfortable to sit or stand and the pain is strong.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Omigod, my dear 2naSalit! What an awful place for you right now. Wish I could help you.

I'm really glad you enjoyed my photos, but my god, not being able to eat??? Yikes.

How about hitting an urgent care or maybe an emergency room? This sounds dangerous. Please take care of you!

[2naSalit]

13. Weighing my options...

Not sure anyone in an ER can do what I need, pressure point therapy. The place I went to, supposedly soon to be my provider, has chiropractors and claim that they can provide the same treatment. Maybe she shouldn't have told me they're chiropractors, I was told to avoid them.

Either way, I have to wait. I found my box of teas so I am going to sip on those for tonight. I'm starting with cbd hemp tea and see what I feel like after that. I don't have stuff to make smoothies in the house right now. Maybe a trip to the store tomorrow, I did find my smoothie maker a little while ago, though.

It's just miserable but I know I will survive for another painful day tomorrow. Maybe I'll hear from the provider by tomorrow, if not, I'll be looking for an urgent care but I think they are it in my area.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Considering your options is always a good choice.

CBD sounds promising. Maybe it might help reduce your pain.

The ER could at least refer you to someone expert in what you need.

You're in my thoughts.

[2naSalit]

15. Thank you!

PT is always a waiting game, I have always had to wait days if not weeks to see someone but if I don't wait until I'm in trouble, they won't refer me. Our medical system needs an overhaul.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. It really does need a huge overhaul. This is just wrong. n/t

[ShazzieB]

6. Looks like you found some some nice, bright splashes of color to brighten up the foggy day!

It's gray and overcast here today, so these colorful images are just what I need right now. Nice work!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Thanks so much, my dear ShazzieB!

The bright colors always draw me in. Can't resist them!

It's overcast here today too, and I really prefer bright sunlight over nearly anything else!

[applegrove]

17. I'll take one of each of the pastries please.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Please be my guest, and thanks for your yummy remark, my dear applegrove!

[HAB911]

18. Delicious as always!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Thanks so much, my dear HAB911! I appreciate you as always!

[MIButterfly]

23. Such beautiful photos, CaliforniaPeggy!

Thank you, once again, for sharing them with us! I really enjoy them.

Please forgive my ignorance, but what are the purple things? They look like green beans but green beans are not purple.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. Thanks so much, my dear MIButterfly!

I'm so glad you enjoy them. I enjoy taking them, and fixing them up and then posting them. It's a creative action and I am nourished whenever I do it.

The purple things are indeed part of the bean family! I didn't ask the vendor but they must be related to green beans! As soon as I saw them, I had to catch them. Such an amazing color!

[Easterncedar]

25. Berry beautiful!

Every one of those is spectacular, Peggy. I can feel the textures of the pastries in my mouth, berries and cream and crust and crumb.

Somehow you have caught how muted sunlight enriches color. The last red plume is wonderful in detail.

Thanks, Peggy. I am glad I saved your pictures for this morning.

We have a couple of inches of snow on the ground. No colorful flowers here for a while.

Good luck today.

[SheltieLover]

26. Beautiful, Peggy!

Ty for sharing with us.