129th day- 236 days follow Fair + Cool This is a fine day. I saw two sparrow hawks flying around the hill today. Trimmed the box hedges around the rose garden. Bill came up for a few minutes. He said he had been up to the Titicut site yesterday and saw Maurice Robbins. Eleanor, George, …
Sunday, May 8, 1949
128th day- 237 days follow Fair + Warmer Dave gave me a ride up on the hill and I got some lilacs and a container and we took them over to Marie’s grave. Then we got Eleanor’s paper + took it up. George has quite a lot of his garden planted. When we got back …
Saturday, May 7, 1949
127th day- 238 days follow Hot till 10 A.M. after that East wind cold Saw Geo. Crowell and Delano + Mr. H. on the hill. Mary the cook was there. Mrs. H. and I went down to the P.Y.Club, and I fed the elm trees and fixed the flower beds. Dave, Dot, and the three …
Friday, May 6, 1949
126th day- 239 days follow Partly Cloudy + Cooler Trimmed hedges all day. Mrs. H. called me up at noon. She said she and Mr. H. are coming down this afternoon. Priscilla Rich came up on the hill and got their keys. Dot called me up at noon and said that they are coming down …
Thursday, May 5, 1949
125th day- 240 days follow Fair + Hot Regular summer day today, 84 in the shade this afternoon. Trimmed hedges all day. This afternoon Martha H. and a boy friend stopped at the house, then went up to the falls and got some roe out of some herring they caught. They got back to the …
Wednesday, May 4, 1949
124th day- 241 days follow (black snake) This has been one swell day, the warmest yet. Transplanted some more plants. Stopped in to see Pic on the way home from work. Robin Briggs was there. After I got my supper I went out in the yard and shot a few arrows. One went over into …
Tuesday, May 3, 1949
123rd day- 242 days follow Showers + Warm Maynie painted the iron furniture today. And I did some transplanting and put fertilizer on the flower beds. I stopped to see Pic and the boys on the way home from work. I ate supper with Ski + Bud. Mowed the lawn after supper, took off the …
Monday, May 2, 1949
122nd day- 243 days follow (Maynard Swift) Fair + Warm Young Maynard Swift started in working for me up on the hill today. Mrs. H. went back to Boston last night. Started using the hose today. Ski is 22 years old today. All of Eleanor’s kids, she, Grandma Holman, Bud, and Ski had dinner here. …
Sunday, May 1, 1949
121st day- 24 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Warm This was a wonderful day. I took a ride down to Ellisville with Walder and Jim Swanton. I met the woman that owns the place, and I like the layout very much. After dinner I went up to the Browne (site) and dug a couple of …
