A daily journal from 76 years ago
16th day- 349 days follow (rat) Fair and cold 0 to 10 at noon. Lots of Juncos on the hill, and a flock of crows. Saw tracks in the snow where some quail had gone into a chuck hole to keep warm last night. When I used to trap I occasionally caught a quail in …
15th day- 350 days follow Cloudy and warmer, started to snow again at noon. Burned up brush and stuff from the garden dump. Burned more brush this afternoon. Today is David’s birthday. Filled up the bird feed boxes, there was a lot of juncos around. I tracked seven quail across the bowling green. Quite a …
15th day- 350 days follow Cloudy and warmer, started to snow again at noon. Burned up brush and stuff from the garden dump. Burned more brush this afternoon. Today is David’s birthday. Filled up the bird feed boxes, there was a lot of juncos around. I tracked seven quail across the bowling green. Quite a …
14th day- 351 days follow Partly cloudy and cool. The ground was frozen this morning the first time for a couple of weeks. Eleanor went up to her house this morning and afternoon. She had a telephone installed. Sawed wood out back of the barn all day. Got a letter from Mr. Barden and my …
13th day- 32 days follow Fair and cold No. West wind This morning George and I went up on the hill and from there up to his new house, and we did some furniture moving. From here we went down to his mothers and to Bob Bartletts and back again. After dinner we went up …
12th day- 353 days follow Arrowheads Snowed a little last night, got warmer and melted off by noon. George and Eleanor were here at noon. After dinner Bill Whiting came up and we went out to the Jones River in Kingston and we took a look at the place where Dick Bent found grave material. …
11th day- 354 days follow Mild and partly cloudy. Worked all day in the grove pulling out brush and piling it up to burn. Eleanor and Marie were down here at noon and went to town after dinner with Thel. Ruth Finney was in this afternoon and she said Helen is fine. Thel made me …
10th day- 355 days follow Fair and mild, fine day. Archie is sick at home. Finished up putting straw on the flower beds. Thel and Cozette were up on the hill cleaning up the house. Lugged and piled up brush all the afternoon. I stopped in to see Pic and the kids on the way …
9th day-356 days follow Mild and cloudy light rain at noon Eleanor and George and Marie are coming down here for a week while they close up the house they are living in and moving into their new home. It sure is (nice to) have this mild weather shorten up the winter
8th day- 357 days follow Arrowheads Fred Moon was up on the hill this A.M. We put a new halyard on the flag pole and painted it. Fair and mild, swell winter day Roger Maroon came up and put a new ice box motor in the cellar. About the middle of the afternoon I rode …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 