I seem to have flunked my Covid test. Nonetheless, I felt that I was sick with ‘something’ that, regardless of how minor, should not be shared. I would have ignored it a few years ago. That is no longer an option. I isolated at home for the past week, avoided work, and did not venture out much. Consequently, I did not take pictures for this Six on Saturday. Half were taken here at the last minute. Half were taken prior to last week.
1. Esperanza and poinciana (pride of Barbados) seed from Crazy Green Thumbs got here a month ago. Sowing is delayed for frost. I am too ashamed to say what happened to the esperanza seed from The Shrub Queen earlier. I will explain when I sow these after frost.
2. Pineapple sage grew from five cuttings on a windowsill right in the middle of winter. I had no plan for them when their original stem got in my way at an ATM. It needed to go.
3. Hottentot fig, which is also known as common freeway iceplant, gets no respect. I was pleased to see it mixing with other succulents for a planter box in town earlier last week.
4. Narcissus bloomed at about the same time that I saw the Hottentot fig in town. It was in our landscapes though. It brings back childhood memories of summering in Montara.
5. Mistletoe is making a comeback, after an unexplained decline a few years ago. I really wanted to show the unseasonably clear blue sky, but this seemed to be more interesting.
6. This is how the weather should behave at this time of year. There has been no rain for a month or so. It is quite dry. I believe that I recorded this video on Christmas morning.
This is the link for Six on Saturday, for anyone else who would like to participate: https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/six-on-saturday-a-participant-guide/
Tony Tomeo 
Sorry to here that you haven’t been well, hope you haven’t got it too badly. Beautiful narcissus.
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Actually, it did not get very bad as I was expecting it to. I never even got a slight fever. I just avoided everyone else to avoid sharing whatever it was. I sort of wonder what it was now.
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Get well soon. Love the succulents.
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Oh, I have been fine. It never got to be very bad. I just needed to avoid everyone else to avoid sharing whatever it was.
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Sorry to hear about the Covid test. Hope you will soon be well.
Karla
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The Covid test was not a problem, although flunking it sort of makes me wonder what I was sick with. No one gives much thought to colds or an old fashioned flu anymore. Whatever it was, it did not get very bad for me, and there was not even a minor fever.
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Hope you will get better soon! Beautiful photos well shared ☺💕🎉thanks.
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Well, I never really got particularly sick. I did not even get a slight fever. I just needed to get tested when I started to get slightly sick, because of the current situation. I have no idea what it was, but it was annoying.
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Yes 👍
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I hope you don’t feel bad and get all better and back to normal quickly. It’s bad stuff.
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It came and went without much discomfort. The primary problem was avoiding everyone else. I sort of wonder what it was.
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Yea, the point is you feel ok now, good. 👍
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I still want to stay away from everyone though.
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Yea the hermit life is more appealing than it used to be for a lot of reasons.
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I do not intend to be a hermit all the time. I just do not want to share whatever I was ill with.
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That’s kind of you, and there are a lot of people who are not that considerate of others.
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We are very protective of our crew!
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Hottentot fig is such a wonderful name and I love ice plant, fantastic colr and texture. Get well soon!
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I have been fine through the whole process. I never even got a fever. I have no idea what it was, but it was enough to avoid everyone else.
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Weird, glad you are ok.
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Thank you.
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Hope you are feeling better now. Lovely narcissus.
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Well, I never got to feeling too badly. It just never developed into much. I just needed to be careful about sharing whatever it was. I was convinced that I had Covid, but now I have no idea what it was.
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I’m glad you had a minor case of whatever, and very happy to see that you isolated. Thank you. Who knows how others might have reacted? That rain video was quite impressive!
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We at work were convinced that we got Covid back in the beginning, when it was just beginning to arrive in California. We all got sick with ‘something’. However, none of us tested positive for it when the tests became available later. I was convinced that I got it this time also. Some of us have stayed away as a result of getting sick like this at various times, but none of us have tested positive yet.
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Interesting how, as you say, a few years ago feeling under the weather, a bit, wasn’t enough to stay home and no one really questioned it. Now… Those first seeds, on the left..it looks like each seed is wrapped in its own tiny pack of cellophane…
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Esperanza is in the Bignoniaceae family, so the seed are outfitted with those very thin papery envelopes. They are not easy to handle or separate. I believe that I will sow them loosely in a manner that will not require separation.
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Interesting stuff this week! Hottentot fig grows near us on the sandstone cliffs, huge amounts of it, from top to bottom. It’s lovely when it flowers – purple. Those narcissus are lovely – I love the white ones, so delicate. Hope you feel better soon, Tony.
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Hottentot fig is so common here that some want it to be classified as a native, and some are not convinced that it is not native. No one known when it arrived on the coast of California from South America. The species that provided ‘more’ edible fruit blooms with bland yellow flowers. The purplish pink flowers are more common, perhaps because they are more likely to have been planted intentionally for erosion mitigation. They seem to me to be more appealing, with greener foliage. Hottentot fig with yellow bloom gets discolored more easily. I would like to grow some of the purply pink sort at work for erosion mitigation, but would also like some of the yellow flowered sort for my own garden, for their fruits and supposedly sweeter foliage.
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Glad you seem to be feeling better — but best to stay away from people for a while longer until you are completely well again! Love the rain video — that was quite a heavy rain! It would be nice, though, if the weather would behave itself a bit better at this time of year (i.e. with more rain)!
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I was told that it is not necessary to isolate after a ‘negative’ test, as if it is acceptable to share a cold or a flu or whatever I had, just because it was not Covid. Goodness.
More rain would be nice before the end of winter. It is easy to enjoy the current weather, but the time for rain is so limited.
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That pineapple sage looks lush! Only one of my sage cuttings made it and looks nothing compared to yours. Get well soon Tony!
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Pineapple sage is relatively nondescript. The foliage is rather soft and simple. It was trendy when we were in school, and is still very popular. However, I can not figure out why. There are other prettier sages. I intend to prune this pineapple sage back to keep it fluffy. I know that I will get to like it if I grow it in a landscape here.
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