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 …
Sunday, October 29, 1950
Geese. Arrowheads Fair + Warm George and Marie + Suzanne were in here this morning. After dinner I went up on the hill and got my wheel and rode over [to] River Street. Saw Fred Moon in front of his house. Rode up to the Browne site, saw a flock of 25 geese fly over. …
Saturday, October 28, 1950
Fair + warmer (Sid) Mr. Shepherd of Kingston the undertaker called me up just before I went to work this morning and he said that Sid had died and he wanted to know who was the nearest of kin. I told him about Sid’s son, so he said he would call him and then let …
Friday, October 27, 1950
Fair and warmer Flower gardens froze up. Had a freeze last night and the flowers are all gone. The red squirrel was around today. Sauci came up on the hill with me after dinner and stayed till I came home. I ate supper over at Ski’s tonight. Bud + Ski came over to watch the …
Thursday, October 26, 1950
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. …
