A daily journal from 76 years ago
123rd day- 242 days follow Showers + Warm Maynie painted the iron furniture today. And I did some transplanting and put fertilizer on the flower beds. I stopped to see Pic and the boys on the way home from work. I ate supper with Ski + Bud. Mowed the lawn after supper, took off the …
122nd day- 243 days follow (Maynard Swift) Fair + Warm Young Maynard Swift started in working for me up on the hill today. Mrs. H. went back to Boston last night. Started using the hose today. Ski is 22 years old today. All of Eleanor’s kids, she, Grandma Holman, Bud, and Ski had dinner here. …
121st day- 24 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Warm This was a wonderful day. I took a ride down to Ellisville with Walder and Jim Swanton. I met the woman that owns the place, and I like the layout very much. After dinner I went up to the Browne (site) and dug a couple of …
120th day- 245 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Warmer Saw Mr. H. and Mrs. H. this morning. Mr. is looking fine. Mrs. H. thought the place looked fine. Talked with Dorothy over the phone. After I got through work I stopped in to see Pic (for) a few minutes. Bill came up after dinner. He …
119th day- 246 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Cool Almost a frost last (night) up on the hill. Arthur came over early and got a lot of flowers I had picked. He took them up to Boston for Mrs. H. After work I rode my wheel up to the Browne site and dug for two …
118th day- 247 days follow Fair + Cold Someone had a picnic in the grove near the cutting garden. Cut a lot of flowers to send up to Mrs. H. tomorrow morning. Thel had a face ache today. After supper I took a walk up on the hill to check on my cold frames as …
117th day- 248 days follow Rain + Fair Warmer This morning I saw more sparrows, the ones that look like a tiny quail with the white line over their eyes. The trees and the ground was alive with them for about ½ hour. We must have had a squall in the night for the lawns …
116th day- 249 days follow Fair, Windy Shower, Warmer Transplanted most all day. Carl Bolt was up on the [hill] this A.M. He had just come from the Dr’s. He had his feet bandaged up for fallen arches. He has a cold that settled in his eyes and is feeling rather miserable. I stopped in …
115th day- 250 days follow Fair + Cool Cleaned sand off the drive and cleaned up some rubbish in the grove. Painted the pool this afternoon. Saw a pair of mourning doves several times today up on the hill. This was the first working day on the Daylight Savings Time. When I got home from …
114th day- 251 days follow Fair + Cooler This morning I went up on the hill and fixed the cold frames. Thel, Ski, Gerry, I and all of George and Eleanor’s family went down to the camp. We all had dinner and Thel left to go back to work. Right after she left Sauci and …
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