Sunday photos from the front yard and Happy Mother's Day

I've decided to just post photos on Sundays.   I went out front yesterday and took a few.   There isn't much blooming right now, unfortunately, but I do have sunflowers, cosmos, and a few other flowers out back.  We had a heat streak in February which fried my California poppies and we are in a week-long triple temperature time right now. I never really had many flowers out front this year because we just didn't get the fall rains necessary.  

So, here goes:

Pretty bougainvilla.   This vine is about 30 years old and may need to come down next fall.

This is the wind spinner our daughter bought me last Mother's Day.

Pretty salvia.   The hummingbirds love this.

One of the bird feeders in the front yard.

A pair of Mallard ducks who have been visiting for about a month now.   They love the nicely manicured lawn across the street, but waddle over to our yard for meals.   They meet me in the mornings demanding food.   I have 2 bowls of water set up for them and they love to get their daily drink from them.   They are a cute couple.   He stands guard while she eats.   I'm always afraid a car will run over them, so if I see them, I keep an eye on them.   Now that the temps are 100+, they may take off for the year.

This is our almost one-year old kitten, Cassie, curled up in the front window in her sleeping spot.  She loves to get up there and watch all the birds out front!   One day I'll write out her story.   It's an interesting one.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!