A daily journal from 76 years ago
139th day- 226 days follow Fair + Warmer Did chores around the house this A.M. The women were cleaning today. After work I stopped at Pick’s and had supper with she and Walder and spent the evening with them. This has been a fine warm day, good growing weather. Saw the hummingbird again today. Maynard …
138th day- 227 days follow Fair + Warmer This has been a fine day for the plants and flowers to grow. The women were up on the hill today. It was Cozette’s birthday. Mrs. Briggs came home today from Boston with a new son. Eleanor, George, and the girls were here for dinner. Thel left …
137th day- 228 days follow Fair + Warmer Cleaned windows, sprayed gutters and watered gardens. When I was coming home from work I met Ski and Bud. I got in the car with them and had a ride around White Horse and Manomet. After supper I went over to Archie’s and sharpened his lawn mower …
136th day- 229 days follow Partly Cloudy Cool Mickey carted kindling and fireplace wood into the house cellar. I transplanted flower beds. After supper I took a ride on the truck with Archie with a load of road material down on the Cape. Thel took Eleanor and the kids for a ride down to …
135th day- 230 days follow Fair + Cool Cleaned house till dinner time, ate dinner with Ski. Eleanor came down and I went up to her house and sharpened her lawn mower and adjusted it. Then she took me up to Russell Mills Pond and I fished in back of where the school used to …
134th day- 231 days follo (Arrowheads) Fair + Warmer Harry, Bud, + Mrs. H. talked to me over the phone this A.M. Mickey said he saw three black snakes wrestling when he went home from work last night. That is one Paul Bowser never heard of. After dinner I rode my wheel up to the …
133rd day- 232 days follow Fair + Cool Mickey and I worked on the front drive gutters all day. All the women were up on the hill house cleaning. Geo. Crowell was up on the hill. He had a jeep that is going to be taken to the Vineyard. Mrs. H. called up for some …
132nd day- 233 days follow Rain + Cold Maynard came over this morning and it was too rainy to work on the outside. This ought to be the last day of this storm. No. Easters usually last three days. The women and Delano were up on the hill. I got a lot of stuff ready …
131st day- 234 days follow Rain + Cold Maynard painted in the garage most of the day. I ferti[lized] the bowling green. The women were up on the hill today, and so was Delano. My nose is bothering me again every time we have an easterly storm. My nose plugs up and I have headaches. …
130th day- 235 days follow (House cleaning) Rain + Cool North easter. This is the storm we get every spring when the apple trees are in bloom. Maynard painted some furniture in the barn this morning, and I put milorganite on the bowling green. This afternoon I trimmed on the cutting garden hedge. About 4 …
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