Awwww....the sunny days... OF JANUARY?

We're having a heat wave.   It has been in the 70's here and temps MIGHT reach the 80's by the weekend.   Then, next week, they dip into the 60s, when February arrives.   My birthday is Valentine's Day and February is always our coldest month.

I do have sunflowers blooming in the back yard!   I'll go outside later and take some photos.   I have hollyhocks coming up, alyssum, snap dragons, cosmos (from last summer) and even marigolds left!   :-)   I'm so pleased with my front yard garden!  My sweep peas are growing and I have a row of sugar snap peas, which I need to add some "alfalfa tea" to this week and give them a boost.

We have 4 hummingbirds still here.   3 males and 1 female.   I often literally run into her out on our side porch.   She is busy collecting spider webs for her nest!   She constantly is out there, buzzing around the garage door and other areas that have webs.

The 3 year old now has the coughing flu, so he will probably miss about 8 days of day care.   FORTUNATELY his other grandma is in town (she lives in Joshua Tree), so she may extend her stay.   I'm still too weak from my bout with the flu to take care of him.   This flu has been a NASTY one.   Both hubby and I are still coughing.

A little color from years' prior for your morning below:

 Poppies planted in the strips on El Paseo, Palm Desert...

 These were my yellow daisies a few years ago.

 Bee on almond blossoms up at the horse ranch

Not sure what the purple flowers are, but they are pretty!