A daily journal from 76 years ago
13th day - 352 days to follow Temp 31 Warm and cloudy, very slippery. Burned up a lot more brush in the grove. Saw a flock of 21 geese flying south at 12.16 Saw two blue jays, one sparrow, one downey woodpecker, some juncos, Chickadees, some crows, and one downey woodpecker. Stopped in to see …
12th day - 353 days follow Temp 33 Cloudy and moderating all day. Burned brush all day. Eleanor took her baby over as far as Picks. Feels good to have a warmer day to work in. Quite a lot of Juncos up on the hill saw a downey woodpecker. After supper I walked over to …
11th day - 354 days follow Temp 0 Light snow Fair and very cold today. Burned some more brush today. The rabbits are sure traveling around on top of the frozen snow. The crows have changed their flight way since I have been burning bush. They have flown over the grove for years but since …
10th day - 355 days follow Temp 4 Clear and very cold. Burned brush all day and it sure is damn hard work pulling limbs out from under 7 or eight inches of frozen snow. This afternoon I took a run over to H.H. greenhouse and it sure did make me feel good to see …
9th day - 356 days follow Temp 24 Cloudy and mild weather. This morning I went down to the Beach Club and punched a hole in the ice in the pump then boiled the water out with a bucket after I got the water low enough I tuended on the pool drain valve from the …
8th day - 357 days follow Temp 25 Cloudy all day, rained last night then froze and all the grass, shrubs, and trees are coated with ice, if the sun comes up tomorrow morning it will be a beautiful sight. Thel got a tel call at noon and there was a fire up at Toots, …
7th day - 358 days follow Temp 30 Easterly wind and a snow storm. We got up late this morning and right after breakfast someone called me up and asked me to stay here as he would be here in a few minutes. A few minutes later Eleanor got a call and it was from …
6th day - 359 days follow Temp 10 Clear and Cold light wind. Took a wheelbarrow full of magazines and papers down to the foot of the drive for the pick up tomorrow morning. Finished the new sign and put it up at the foot of the drive. Percy and I went over to the …
5th day - 360 days follow Temp 15 Fair and cool today. Picked up rubbish this morning. Stopped in to see Pic and Eric on the way home from work. David was taking a nap. I had a letter from Gertie, Eleanor got one from a Mrs. Wolf. The wife of one of George’s buddies …
4th day - 361 days follow Temp 32 Mild and cloudy, very light shower. Thel and Helen Griffin went on a trip to I rode over to town with Thel and went into the bank and paid my state income tax, after I paid it I went up to Dr Douglas’s and he refilled my …
