A daily journal from 76 years ago
148th day – 218 days follow 75 Fair Got a package of books from Harry from Washington. Mr and Mrs. Hornblower were on the hill this morning. Martha and the cook are coming tonight. I showed Mr. Dutton the hummingbirds nest, the first he had ever seen and he is 79 years old, showed …
147th day – 219 days follow 70 Fair I found the hummingbirds nest in the tree that I thought it was in, but I was on the opposite side of the tree than where I had been looking. Finney Express brought me up some verbenas and heliotropes. On the way up to the hill …
146th day – 220 days follow 70 Fair Got a letter from Harry Hornblower, he is a T.S. now. The women finished up the house cleaning. Panted Myron Holman’s wonder beans. Percy said there have been some big catches of stripers. There has never been such a heavy bloom on the trees and shrubs …
145th day – 221 days follow 50 Cloudy Saw the rabbit in my flower garden again. The women were up on the hill again. Went over to the Armory to drill tonight and we had outside drill, along the waterfront over to Stephen’s Field to try to break in a squad of new men, …
144th day – 222 days follow 48 N.E. Fog Fred Moon was up on the hill this morning and he and I took down the flagpole top mast so he can paint it. A rabbit was eating my beans up on the hill when I got there, it had an accident as its right hind …
143rd day – 223 days follow 70 – 55 Fair – Foggy Had Finneys express come up and take the rugs to go to Boston to be cleaned. The girls were up on the hill today. Planted two yew trees at the entrance of the front drive. Stopped in to see Eric on my way …
142nd day – 224 days follow 65 Fair Went up on the hill and did up the chores, Mr. and I went to the beach club and looked it over, it sure is in bad shape, even the stucco on the outside has started to fall off. Called up Pic and found that Walder and …
141st day – 225 days follow 65 Fair Did house chores and mowed lawns. This morning Mrs. H and Martha and one of the Bubbins girls went down to Hows Lane boathouse and out Mrs. H’s dosey in the beach wagon, she is going to have it painted over at the Yacht Club. We stopped …
140th day – 226 days follow 65 Fair Had a frost last night and froze up my beans and morning glories up on the hill. There was a pair of quail, male and female, on Martha’s flower garden. Mowed all the lawns but the bowling green. Thel is going to cook over at Bert’s this …
139th day – 227 days follow 65 Fair Cool north wind all day, feels as if we might have a frost tonight. Weeded flower beds and transplanted flowers. Had a postal from Mrs. H, she is coming up from Martha’s Vineyard tomorrow. Planted over some of my corn where it skipped coming up. Thel, Archie …
