A daily journal from 76 years ago
133rd day- 232 days follow Fair + Cool Mickey and I worked on the front drive gutters all day. All the women were up on the hill house cleaning. Geo. Crowell was up on the hill. He had a jeep that is going to be taken to the Vineyard. Mrs. H. called up for some …
132nd day- 233 days follow Rain + Cold Maynard came over this morning and it was too rainy to work on the outside. This ought to be the last day of this storm. No. Easters usually last three days. The women and Delano were up on the hill. I got a lot of stuff ready …
131st day- 234 days follow Rain + Cold Maynard painted in the garage most of the day. I ferti[lized] the bowling green. The women were up on the hill today, and so was Delano. My nose is bothering me again every time we have an easterly storm. My nose plugs up and I have headaches. …
130th day- 235 days follow (House cleaning) Rain + Cool North easter. This is the storm we get every spring when the apple trees are in bloom. Maynard painted some furniture in the barn this morning, and I put milorganite on the bowling green. This afternoon I trimmed on the cutting garden hedge. About 4 …
129th day- 236 days follow Fair + Cool This is a fine day. I saw two sparrow hawks flying around the hill today. Trimmed the box hedges around the rose garden. Bill came up for a few minutes. He said he had been up to the Titicut site yesterday and saw Maurice Robbins. Eleanor, George, …
128th day- 237 days follow Fair + Warmer Dave gave me a ride up on the hill and I got some lilacs and a container and we took them over to Marie’s grave. Then we got Eleanor’s paper + took it up. George has quite a lot of his garden planted. When we got back …
127th day- 238 days follow Hot till 10 A.M. after that East wind cold Saw Geo. Crowell and Delano + Mr. H. on the hill. Mary the cook was there. Mrs. H. and I went down to the P.Y.Club, and I fed the elm trees and fixed the flower beds. Dave, Dot, and the three …
126th day- 239 days follow Partly Cloudy + Cooler Trimmed hedges all day. Mrs. H. called me up at noon. She said she and Mr. H. are coming down this afternoon. Priscilla Rich came up on the hill and got their keys. Dot called me up at noon and said that they are coming down …
125th day- 240 days follow Fair + Hot Regular summer day today, 84 in the shade this afternoon. Trimmed hedges all day. This afternoon Martha H. and a boy friend stopped at the house, then went up to the falls and got some roe out of some herring they caught. They got back to the …
124th day- 241 days follow (black snake) This has been one swell day, the warmest yet. Transplanted some more plants. Stopped in to see Pic on the way home from work. Robin Briggs was there. After I got my supper I went out in the yard and shot a few arrows. One went over into …
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