A visit to one of my favorite events in NYC, the Union Square Greenmarket yesterday yielded some gorgeous reds and leafy greens in the form of these photos that I couldn’t resist taking. There’s nothing like fresh, locally grown produce and other goodies, is there? Too bad we had hands full with the two kids, had taken the train and really had no way to carry much home (though we do get our CSA share of produce from Golden Earthworm this Tuesday and we have fresh lettuce, arrugula, peas and a few other things in our own garden, so we really don’t need much until I see what we get).

We had a few fresh baked things and we managed to procure about a pound of tiny roasting potatoes (the size of your big toe and smaller, yum), Craig and little A bought some of those cherries you’ll see below, and I couldn’t resist locally grown shiitake mushrooms to cook up with our home grown snow peas though they barely survived being squished in the diaper bag all day. And something fibery to add–I ‘ordered’ a gorgeous border leicester fleece from one of the sheep farmers that was there…couldn’t resist it was so soft and beautiful brownish black.

Anyhow, enjoy the produce and the alluring alliteration:

Super strawberries sitting scrumptiously.

Cheery cherries!

Lazily languishing lettuces.

Ravishing, round rosy red radishes.

Perfectly purply and pinkish peonies

Pecks of perfectly piled petit pois