Flower Friend at the Farmer's Market

Stan Bear makes friends so easily. We were at the Carrboro Farmer's Market several weeks ago and he spotted one of the flower booths and pointed at the flowers (ever the passionate plant and flower guy). These flowers looked like red, velvet brains. I think they were labeled as "Celosia". When I looked them up online they were also called Red Cockscombs. Apparently they come in yellow too! Oooh la la! Anyhoo. Once he spotted the booth and walked over he then noticed some thick petals of these flowers on the ground. Then the flower lady saw him and handed him the biggest ball of this velvety red flower. This made him so happy. He walked all over the farmer's market with it. What a great advertising mechanism...give cute children flowers to display my beautiful flowers. Good thinking, flower lady. Anyway, we brought it home and he continued to dissect it: