Fair + Warm Raked up leaves and pine needles all day. Geo. Stef gave me a ride up to work this morning. Mrs. H. went hunting today. She started at 11 A.M. Lightning Swift came over this morning looking for a job. He worked for me a couple of years ago, and he is so …
Tuesday, November 7, 1950
Fair + Warm Raked up more leaves. Hugo that took care of H.H. cows was found dead on the job over at the barn yesterday noon. Thel and I went over to town after dinner to vote. Moreau came this afternoon and put a new staff and strap on the antenna, and a new tube …
Monday, November 6, 1950
Cooler + Fair Worked all day raking up leaves and pine needles. Saw Mr. H. and Geo. Crowell on this hill this A.M. Mr. H. was around all day, and went to Boston at 4:40 P.M. Moreau didn’t show up to fix the T.V. aerial, there were quite a lot of them blown down yesterday …
Sunday, November 5, 1950
Rain Geese Eleanor was down with the kids. After dinner I road over to town with Thel and she picked up Carl’s waitresses on her way to Manomet. I got off at Eleanor’s. I took a walk around the sides of the new [?} and found one poor white quartz point. Someone has been doing …
Saturday, November 4, 1950
Kingston Mild and showers After dinner Thel took me out to Kingston. We went to Shephard’s first and I gave Mrs. Shephard $100.00 as agreed to help give Sid a decent funeral. Mr. Shepherd is a collector of antiques and Mrs. Shepherd has a long white quartz knife found in her garden that is a …
Friday, November 3, 1950
Cloudy + Cooler Trimmed on the juniper on the Bowling Green. Saw a grey squirrel up by the house. Eleanor called up Thel and said her gas man charged her $20.00 to put in a valve, and she told him to take it out again, she wouldn’t take it at that price, so they sent …
November 2, 1950
Fair + Warm This is a glorious day, just like summer. I finished up raking on the fire strips. Yesterday two Puerto Ricans tried to assassinate the President. Saw a red squirrel and a large yellow butterfly. Tis afternoon I trimmed on the Juniper on the bowling green. The temperature was up around 70 today …
Wednesday, November 1, 1950
Fair + Warm I saw a downy woodpecker and a sapsucker. Sawci went up with me at noon and stayed a couple of hours watching me raking. Bill Whiting called up tonight and he said he had been up to the shore of Great So. Pond hunting for arrowheads on the shore, where the water …
Tuesday, October 31, 1950
Saw Myron Sleeper up on the hill. He had one of the Bill Fowler triangular hoes. Bill Whiting was up for a few minutes. He said young Vera found a fine gorget out in Duxbury. I drained out both pools and took the turtles, hornpout, tadpoles, and droaches over to the river. I saw a …
Monday, October 30, 1950
Sid Fair + warm This has been a beautiful summer day. This A.M. I mowed the lawns up on the hill. After dinner Pic + Eleanor came down and we went out to Kingston to the Shephard Funeral Home to attend Sid’s funeral. Toot + May rode with us there, probably were 20 to 25 …
