Seattle Visit: The Ballard Farmer's Market, Part One: Food

tags: Seattle Washington, Ballard Farmer's Market, photoessay, autumn bounty, harvest

When I was in Seattle, a couple friends and I went to the Ballard Farmer's Market, which is much much larger than when I last lived in Seattle.

The day was bright and warm, the air was lightly scented with seaweed and fish, and the autumn harvest was a photographer's dream! I could have spent days here with my camera. I really liked the contrast between the splotchy colors and curved lines in this vegetables;

The rich colors and the luscious roundness of these peaches are so appealing, don't you think?

The variations in the colors and markings of these squashes is quite appealing;

And this stack of carrots was almost beyond belief: they transfixed me so I took many dozens of photographs, trying to capture their secrets (I don't think I succeeded, though);

Okay, here's one more image of those carrots, just because I was so fascinated by them;

One of my most favorite things in the world is fresh vine-ripened tomatoes, especially cherry tomatoes. Even though I am allergic to them, I still eat them every spring in Manhattan (along with a handfull of antihistamines). I could barely resist the charms of these Seattle-grown vine-ripened cherry tomatoes;

This appealed to me because of the bright colors, textures and lines;

This man raises shellfishes, and was trying to convince me that farm-raised geoduck is not as awful as the wild geoduck I ate, which was like fish-flavored rubber;

Interestingly, freshly ground and specially mixed spices were also available at the Farmer's Market. Don't these look wonderful? Can't you almost smell the spices just by looking at this picture?

Tomorrow evening, I will publish part two of this photoessay.