Fish market

Santa Barbara!!

/ Ed Armstrong
Early this morning, Elizabeth and I went to the fish market!!

“This spiney lobster, only found on the west coast. Unlike the east coast these spiney lobsters do not have claws. This guy was walking around the pool. I think it might have been saying “Pick me, pick me.”

This rock crab was giving us “the eye.” These are native to the Santa Barbara area.

This spiney creature is called “uni.” It is a spiney sea urchin. These friendly lady cracked the creature open, scooped out the “black stuff” and we ate the yellow slimy contents. It was weird because the still had movement as we were scooping out and eating the yellow sea food.

Elizabeth was digging into breakfast.

I was not quite sure what to think about eating the yellow contents that were quite slimy while there was movement of the creature in my hand.

This is freshly caught vermilion rock fish caught near Santa Barbara. This guy is ready to be someone’s wonderful dinner.

We almost bought this wonderful fish for dinner from this friendly guy.

This is a wonderful sole.

For a reasonable fee, this woman will clean and slice your freshly purchased fish.

After going to the fish market, we drove to the Santa Barbara farmer’s market. It was amazing to see so many colorful and tasty fruits and vegetables!!

The carrots were incredible!!

I wanted to buy everything on this table!!

I have never seen so many different types of carrots!!

These oranges were especially flavorful!!

This girl said I could take her photo with the peppers they were selling.

These strings of dried flowers were amazing!!

We bought this jar of honey!!

These sugar snap peas tasted wonderful!!

This is strangest plant I have ever seen. I have no idea what it tastes like.

I absolutely love all the berries!!

This is an oyster mushroom that can be used in sauces. It is excellent for dinner!!

This is a trumpet mushroom. We ate some of these at dinner last night.

These lavender flowers were so aromatic!! They made me feel peaceful!!

This display of carrots was amazing!!

I feel in love with all the citrus!!

These strawberries were wonderful!!

Bird of paradise are one of my favorite flowers!!