A daily journal from 76 years ago
282nd day - 83 days to follow Mocking bird Fair, showers, Fair and colder. Finished trimming the back drive. This morning when I was sweeping off the front porch a bird fluttered over into the bushes, it was quite dizzy, probably had flown into the plate glass dining room window. I took a good look …
281st day - 84 days to follow Fair and cool. Beautiful day. Mrs H went up to the Golf Links and picked a lot of mushrooms and gave me about half of them. Lots of butterflies around today. Ski dug a row of potatoes and got about 5 pks. Chicago Cubs won today in a …
280th day - 85 days to follow Warm and showers, some quite heavy. Thel drove me up on the hill this morning, we went around by the store and got the paper. Ski and Thel went to church. Claire Driscoll was in here this AM. At noon, Dr Hertsal came down and told Eleanor that …
279th day - 86 days to follow Mild and cloudy look like rain. Saw Mr H and Geo Crowell this AM. After dinner Bill came up and we went over to the dig and cleaned up one section. Found one fine stemmed arrowhead, one large triangular knife, one long triangular arrow, several broken pieces, several …
278th day - 87 days to follow Jack Fair and mild, great day. Puttered around all the AM. Trimmed the hedge around the cutting garden for the first time since I cut it back to the ground last. While I was eating supper Dr Bradley came for Jack, he is going to dispose of him …
277th day - 88 days to follow Fair and cool, wonderful day. Worked all day cleaning up flower beds, Jub worked today. Lots of red squirrels and blue jays up on the hill, the flycatcher is still here. I counted 51 planes flying around in formation yesterday. There must be some fish schooling on the …
276th day - 89 days to follow Quite cool and windy this AM some change from yesterday. Feel pretty rotten today, and kind of dragged out. Saw the new help this AM, a woman about 50 and her niece about 30 or so. Saw Mrs H she said that she stopped in to see Martha …
275th day - 90 days to follow Trimmed around the bowling green. Started in to rain just before dinner and kept up for the rest of the day. Mellie and Margaret left this afternoon and Mrs H is bringing two girls down tonight. I stopped in to see Pic and the two boys on my …
274th day - 91 days to follow First frost of this fall, light, pulled up tomatoes and trimmed cedar bushes. Mrs H called up and said she is bringing down two new girls tomorrow, an aunt and niece. When I got home tonight Pic and her two boys were here and they stayed to supper. …
273rd day - 92 days to follow This morning I put on a pair of boots and went over to Eban’s pond and cast a plug all the way around the pond. And got two strikes and landed one nice pickerel. I met two young fellows over at the pump house and one was a …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 