Morning hush

After the weekend we had it was kind of nice to step back into our normal routine. I guess Fonda is open for business again but Jing's family's building is mostly gone. When we were kids we used to walk past it and make faces, which were reflected back by the polished black marble store front (long gone). In those days it was Maze's Hotel, and housed a bar and restaurant. They made pretty good steak back then.


We will sure miss the Chinese restaurant. We only bought Chinese maybe once every other month, but still, four of us are downright fond of egg rolls and wantons and such (the boss has other tastes). I hope maybe the folks who ran the place can start up again. There are several decent vacant restaurant buildings in the two towns. (Lots of vacant buildings period...not exactly a boom town or towns.) Maybe one of them will suit.


I have been eagerly awaiting the return of the white-crowned sparrows. However, it seemed as if they were kind of late this year. Then this morning their calls were ringing all over the backyard and a couple were fighting under the bird feeder. They love to nest in the box elders and I love to hear and see them. The cat bird is back too. I think it is the same sorta tame one that lived in the yard last year. I was walking over to work yesterday and he came right out of the bushes to talk to me.