A daily journal from 76 years ago
82nd day - 283 days to follow Temp 40 Snowed this AM, cleared off at noon and thawed. Saw seven geese fly over the barn about forty yards high and a whale of a big flock at noon down over the harbor. Mr. Gilbert and Ashton Howland came up this morning and Ashton worked all …
81st day - 284 days to follow Temp 35 Cold east wind and cold. Saw a quack up on the hill today. Mrs H and Martha left for Boston at 11-40 am. I went over to the store and got some smoking tobacco. Thel went up to the Church to put on a supper for …
80th day - 285 days to follow Temp 38 Some change in the weather, thirty eight degrees and cold east wind and rain. Mrs H and Martha are still on the hill, the cook went back. Redo Nari was up to look over a closet Mrs H wants to put a toilet in for Hank. …
79th day - 286 days to follow Temp 80 Fair and hot for this time of year at 4 P.M. it was eighty degrees. Mrs H, Martha, and Mary the cook are up on the hill. Al Holman had a grass fire get away from him at noon, no damage. Took a look at the …
78th day - 287 days to follow Temp 58 Partly cloudy and warm. Raked and trimmed all day. Archie came up with Thel’s car. Turned up the heat and started up the fires for the folks. Stopped in to see Pick and the boys tonight, it was David’s first birthday today. Joe Manter plowed for …
77th day - 288 days to follow Fair and warm today. All the Driscolss are down for the day. Went up on the hill and over to the store. Huck Davis’s dog got hit by a truck. Raked up the lawn till dinner time. Mr. Driscol came over for a few minutes. Raked some more …
76th day - 289 days to follow Jubbie $7.43 Arrowheads Jubbie and I raked alla afternoon. I set the glass in Claire’s garage. Bill came up after dinner and he and I went up to the girl scout camp at Long pond and we dug in a workshop site for a couple of hours and …
75th day - 290 days to follow Temp 58 Foggy and cooler. I heard the Morning dove giving the spring call, also the Flicker for the first time this year. Geo Holman is home on a furlow from Florida I had Jordan bring me up a short extension ladder, Town Brook came up and got …
74th day - 291 days to follow Temp 65-72 Fair and the warmest day so far. Trimmed shrub and cleaned up flower beds in back of the house. Thel went over after Nellie to go up into Aunt Tirzah’s house. Saw a flock of robins this AM. Lots of pursuit planes maneuvering around overhead Thel …
73rd day - 292 days to follow Temp 62 Fair and warm, the first day I have worked in my shirt sleeves. Came home by Picks and saw her and Eric. A fire truck went by at noon and I ran out and the whale valley was a cloud of smoke. As Thel drove me …
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