Rain in Alpine

It was raining so hard in Alpine that I figured if I went to the oasis I'd finally get to see it rain there. Rushed down there and not a drop fell. I guess I jinxed it. In town the domestic ducks were swimming around in the rainwater outside the pond. They're in this photo but you probably can't see them. One is in the center at the base of a tree and the other is sort of hidden to the left of it a ways.

Back at the oasis, here is a photo of a pretty Blue Dayflower...

I love things that bloom without me ever planting or watering them. Like this vine, whatever it is...

UPDATE: Vine later ID'd as Slimlobe Globeberry (ibervillea tenuisecta).