The narrator’s words in Mrs. Dalloway (“How fresh like frilled linen clean from a laundry laid in wicker trays the roses looked,”) fit perfectly at the Pinecrest market this weekend—my friend Jessica turned to these frilled orchids and grabbed my arm.

Nearby, these alluring orchids looked as if sultry insects had tracked across the petals.

Succulents of all sizes waited in wicker baskets,

beans were in their purplish glory,

new vocabulary was introduced,

and Jessica and her father (they let me tag along to their family breakfast at the Muffin Tin earlier) considered the many pasta flavors.

The Lettuce Farm from Homestead, Florida unmasked me as a blogger to a fellow shopper (their lettuce is excellent),

and Redland Organics impressed me further with the sign detailing food miles for everything on their tables.

First week of the heirloom tomatoes,

and I hope more will be in my CSA box soon (Redland Organics also runs the CSA):

Not with linen, nor with frills, wicker trays held tart carambola, the starry fruit that grows on trees here…

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1. Johnny:
   February 3rd, 2009 at 4:32 pm

   Thanks Kristen, “rawsome” is my new favorite word now! I am going to try like dickens to get it to catch on.

   Johnny

2. Kristen:
   February 3rd, 2009 at 7:34 pm

   Johnny, that sounds, um, rawsome. Good luck! And let us know how it goes—

3. Science of Identity:
   February 7th, 2009 at 3:29 am

   The pictures are beautiful! I’ve been reading a few of your posts and I love the way you write – it’s very fresh :D. If I read correctly, you live in Miami, right? You can grow star fruit (or “carambola” – I’d never heard that name for it before) there? That’s fantastic. I think I’ll have to manage a trip to Miami someday. I miss tropical places.

   Thanks again!

4. John Pemble:
   February 7th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

   Those are outstanding photos. It’s like I’m looking at images for an album cover.

5. Kristen:
   February 9th, 2009 at 9:45 am

   Thanks, Science of Identity, yes, it is amazing that starfruit grow on trees here–

   John, what a great idea. I have friends who are musicians, maybe I’ll see if any fit their work :)

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