Fair and Cool Raked up some brush on the five belts. Took the screens out of the windows and put them in the cellar. Cut down some of the flower stalks in the flower beds. I saw a place in the path where a flock of quail had gone to roost last night. I haven’t …
Wednesday, October 25, 1950
Cold and showers After work I stopped in at Victoria’s and I stayed to supper and watched the TV till 12 pm. There was a good boxing bout. Arthur King won by a Technical K.O. in the seventh round. Broke my fork and will have to fix it. Quite a bit of robins still around. …
Tuesday, October 24, 1950
Cool in light shower Raked up leaves today. Stopped in at Picks on the way home from work. Saw someone spearing for eels in the Beach Club pond hole. Pick said there has been a quayle and a hen pheasant. I think that the Driscolls have gone back to Brookline as I don’t see any …
Monday, October 23, 1950
Cool and light rain Mr. and Mrs.H have gone to the Island. It was two of John Davis’s over night [?] that burned. After dinner Thel and I took a ride up to Quincy and I got some work shoes and underwear and socks. We ate supper up there. On the way home we stopped …
Sunday, October 22, 1950
(Arrowheads) (Geese) We got up late this morning. George and Marie + Suzanne came in while we were having breakfast. So did Helen Finney. This afternoon I rode my wheel over to the Browne Site and dug till 4 P.M. I found two white quartz arrowheads, two broken felsite ones that would have been wondrous …
Saturday, October 21, 1950
Fair + Cool Mr. + Mrs H., May + May are up on the hill today. Did chores and raked up leaves. This afternoon I watched the Navy beat So. Cal. at football. Bill Whiting came up at 6 P.M. and had Adrian Whiting with him. We went out and picked up Dick Bent and …
Friday, October 20, 1950
(Geese) Fair + Warm Raked up leaves + rubbish. At noon Mr. H. gave me a ride down to the First House. Harry was down there, so was Dr. Morrison and a group of Harvard history students. Sidney Strickland was there. The group was visiting historic sites of the town. We all went to the …
Thursday, October 19, 1950
Fair + Warmer This is sure a fine warm day, south west warm wind. Raked up and piled up rankings on the fire strips. I stopped in at Pick’s on the way home from work. Pick said Walder had a touch of intestinal grippe and Anne has it, and she thinks Anne still has it, …
Wednesday, October 18, 1950
Fair + Warm This has been a wonderful day. I took off the screens on the sleeping porch and put on the storm windows. And I sure had a heck of a time as I couldn’t tell which set of storm windows went on each window. I was moving the extension ladder when the top …
Tuesday, October 17, 1950
Fair and Warmer Mr. H. and Mrs. H. were up on the hill when I got up there this A.M. Geo. Crowell came up about 9 A.M. Marie would have been 58 years old today if she had lived, she died in 22 Hodkins came along when I was starting to go to work. He …
