A daily journal from 76 years ago
20th day - 345 days to follow Went up on the hill and cleaned the upstairs and the cellar. Tom Doten came over with a trunk of Harvey’s, we put it in the sun room. Sherman Whipple came up to borrow the ice chisel. The fox and the quail were around again. After dinner I …
19th day - 346 days to follow Fair and not so cold. Burned more limbs today. Tracked a fox, lots of rabbits and the flock of quail. Eleanor took the gremlin over to see her grandmother. Stopped in to see Pic and the kids twice today. After supper I went down to the corner and …
18th day - 347 days to follow Bluebirds Called up Miss Rice this morning. Fair and cold. When I was coming home at noon I saw two male blue birds in front of Genie Finny’s cottage, they were eating bay berries. Lots of rabbit tracks, the partridge was down at the foot of the drive …
17th day - 348 days to follow Temp 24 Warsaw Snow the early part of the forenoon clearing about noon. Thel Ski and went down and dug out Thels car in front of Claire’s garage. Helen F was over today. Dug out my drive and front door. Warsaw has been captured by Russia. Took the …
16th day - 349 days to follow Temp 32 Rain and snow all day. Ski went up to Hugh Marty’s to take care of their baby this AM Went up on the hill to check up and came home along the beach and up by the club. A heck of nor easter Merganger flying around. …
15th day - 350 days to follow Temp 32 Fair and warm There is about four inches of hard frozen snow on the ground and slippery as ice and I got one good fall flat on my back. Worked all day bruning brush, am on the drive now. There was a bunch of 8 kids …
14th day - 351 days to follow Temp Misted rain and snow all day. We got up late, after we had breakfast I went up to the store and got the …, paper and a pound of coffee. From there I went up on the hill and checked up. From there I started to go …
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 …
