Looks like an iris in the first picture, some ugly tomatoes..that’s what we call em here but they’re really good. Pretty flowers to make the day brighter. Thanks Miss Peggy..still am hooked on the treats

Isn't it funny: the ugly tomatoes really taste sooooo good? I have to agree.

However, we still need to bring resolution to the torture aspect re: the yummy treats you keep teasing us with.

I am sorry to torture you with the yummy treats! I'm not sure how to resolve this conundrum.

Oh, I know!

I'll stuff some into my monitor and then you'll have them!

Just look at those fabulous tomatoes! I hope you took some home.

The squash blossoms are lovely. They're a spicy summer treat.

Thanks for the tasty offering!

And you are right! I bought one tomato; It's the tomato in the middle of the 3rd photo, the one with the faintly greenish stripes. It's the right size for us.

The squash blossoms always beg to have their photo taken! How can I refuse?

You're very welcome!

And good for you, canning tomatoes! Those are some big ones. Won't they be tasty?

They were too big to do anything else with them! The ones small enough for sandwiches and salads are coming in now too, finally, a tomato sandwich! I've been waiting so long!

After this garden, I think I'll just freeze or dehydrate them!

You always present us with a wonderful array of photos.

I'm really glad you're enjoying my work.

there goes my diet....

Thanks for the great photos Peggy

Your comment made me smile.

I'm so glad you enjoyed seeing all the forbidden goodies!

And you can safely bet that they are beautiful and yummy!

I last went there with my wife something like 30 years ago when we lived in Redondo.

It was where I discovered blueberry pancakes that were not compote.

Many of these are connected with the early years of my marriage, when I was falling more deeply in love with my wife, although it didn't seem possible to love her more than I already did.

Before I met her, I lived for a time in Hermosa Beach. That was an unhappy time in my life, but life in Hermosa was some compensation, including being able to bike along the strand to Uncle Bill's.

You're very welcome!

Next time you're there, could you pick up some of those good-looking pastries and mail them to me?

-- Mal

I get to 2 markets a week, and this one is the Big One!

I'm afraid that these pastries would not do well on such a trip! I'm sorry.

Eat out of all those goodies?

The photo of the squash blossoms is spectacular.

Most of these don't come home with me is how we decide! The quiche and the veggies are the things we generally consume.

The rest are to make me, and all of you, happy!

I am always tortured by the yummy looking pastries with the berries though!

It's a remarkable market.

The pastries are very good. The berries on them help me think they have to be at least a little healthy!

I think my favorites are the yellow sunflower and the heirloom tomatoes. Did you by any chance choose one of those tomatoes to take home? If so, I want to know: did it have the taste of long ago?

That sunflower really grabbed me! I was happy to get it.

As for the heirloom tomatoes, I did take one of them home. The third photo of the tomatoes shows the one I bought: it's in the middle of the photo and it has the faint green stripes.

I haven't eaten it yet, but I can tell you that the flavor in them is extraordinary. Very sweet and full of genuine
tomato flavor. Nothing like today's tomatoes!

I can't actually compare them to the tomatoes of yesteryear since I don't remember when I started eating the heirlooms. But they are great!

Haven't had a garden since my sweet hubby passed 8 yrs ago. If it's the last thing I do, I'm having a garden next yr. One of my sons and a neighbor gent will help with the man's work this fall getting them all ready for winter.
"Only two things in life that's worth while, and that's true love and home-grown tomatoes." Yum

And I love your quote about two things in life!

I wish you great success in your garden!

I'm glad you enjoyed them.

I appreciate your kind remarks on those photos!