Sick!

Yes, after resisting it for almost a full week, I got the Cold that Tony had. There's a lot of it going around here, it seems. Guess I need more oranges.

Seriously, this photo, with its floating orbs, sort of reminds me of something I might do (have done) in a painting...
and the citrus trees seems to be doing okay despite several nights of serious freezes. However:
nasturtiums, dahlias, angel's trumpet, castor bean, canna lilies, nicotaina--whomped. toast. gone til next year. There are whole sections of the garden with plenty of evergreen stuff, looking none-the-worse, others totally wiped out. Ah, the cycles of the seasons.