A daily journal from 76 years ago
305th day - 61 days follow S. + S. = Cold this morning 22, fine and warm now. Put in all the morning taking off and stowing away the screens for winter. Went over to the store and got some food for the dogs. Halloween tonight. Trimmed shrubs and raked lawns. Eric and Roger were …
304th day - 62 days follow Put away porch and lawn furniture for the winter. Saw a sparrow hawk and a lot of crows. Took the 12-30 bus over to town and saw Geo Crowell, went up to the office of Dr. Douglas and he drilled out three of my teeth, drilled out and filled. …
303rd day - 63 days follow The wind changed in the night and it is blowing as hard from the west this morning as it was from the east for the past two days. When I went up on I took a walk along the beach as far as the Bath House, there were about …
302nd day - 64 days follow Arrowheads High east wind and drizzle. Cool. Fixed up the windows to the dog pen so the wind won’t blow in on the dogs bed. Came home along the river saw nothing to shoot. Quite a lot of shooting down on the beach. Bill called up after dinner, he …
301st day - 65 days follow Took a ride over to town and paid my water tax, bought a duck stamp and paid my Mortg a year in advance and paid my water tax and applied for a renewal of my permit to carry a pistol. This afternoon I worked on the trees down the …
300th day - 66 days follow Foggy, warm, and showery sunshine. Made up some more kindling. Mrs. H telephoned down and wanted some clothing mailed up that she had forgotten. Mosquitoes were thick and hungry. Saw Steve he said his back is all right again. Thel was up to the church at a Guild meeting …
Health: Currently eating pumpkin pie for breakfast. We are not decorators. Of any type, but especially of Halloween type. We live in the Deep Woods and therefore have never been graced by trick-or-treaters and have always had to travel miles to perform the ritual of trick-or-treating ourselves, and so our house has always Remained Just …
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299th day - 67 days follow Fair and warm wind So. Finney’s truck came up and got the stuff to take back to Boston. Chopped kindling behind the barn. Mrs H and the two girls left for Boston this afternoon. She left the two dogs in the barn cellar. Eric and David were over there …
298th day - 68 days follow Fair and warm, wind South. Worked on trees in the grove in back of the pool garden. Mrs H decided not to go back this morning, she went hunting instead. Came back around by Pics from work, saw Eric and David having their supper. Thel took May, Dave, and …
297th day - 69 days follow Mrs. Hornblower went hunting again today. Put away some of the summer porch furniture for the winter. Charlie Fraser put the new window in the little bedroom and fixed the back door. Victoria and her two boys were here when I got home from work. Quite warm with so …
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