A daily journal from 76 years ago
93rd day- 272 days follow Skeleton Fair + Mild This morning I rode my wheel over to the Nook to help the gang take out the skeleton. Charlie Sherman was the only one there, so he and I started in to dig a seven foot square to give us plenty of room at about 11A.M. …
92nd day- 273 days follow (Planted Annuals) (Arrowheads) Planted some of my annual seed in the cold frames. Mowed the green up at the house. After dinner I built a clothes yard for Thel and Ski. And burned up a lot of rubbish in the incinerator. Bill came up about 3:30 P.M. and he took …
91st day- 274 days follow Fair + Cool Mowed lawns all day and there was a lot of it I had to go over the whole thing twice. Don’t think I ever mowed so early in the season before. Bill came up on the hill and he said he was over at the Nook watching …
90th day- 275 days follow Cloudy + Cooler Took the soil from around the roses and finished up the cold frames, put in the rest of the day wheeling wood out of the grove. Stopped in to see Pic on the way home from work. She and Eric were in bed, though Pic was feeling …
89th day- 276 days follow Fair + Mild I feel a little better today. I have had three intestinal grippe very unpleasant. Worked on my cold frames today. Victoria is down with the same trouble. I am just getting over. Victoria has the intestinal grippe today so Thel brought Anne over to Ski’s and Eric …
88th day- 277 days follow Fair + Warm Saw the owl again today + a chipmunk, a butterfly and a red squirrel. Thel and Grandma, Eleanor, Ski, Marie, and Suzanne went on a picnic up at Bartlett Pond in Darby. I got a toaster for Thel for an Anniversary present. Finished up raking the flower …
87th day- 278 days follow (Geese) Fair + Warm I saw a nice big flock of geese on their way north this morning. Worked on the pool garden flower beds today. Thel gave me a ride home at noon. Arthur came up on the hill this afternoon. He said Mrs. H. was on her way …
86th day- 279 days follow (Woodchuck, Geese, Arrowheads) Fair + Warm Worked in the house till after dinner. Saw a whale of a woodchuck over on the edge of Walder’s land. After dinner I rode my bike up to the Browne dig, saw Mr. and Mrs. Griffin. I went over and dug about 2 ½ …
85th day- 280 days follow (7 Bluebirds, Flicker song) Fair + Warmer Raked flower beds all the morning. After dinner Walder and I went to town meeting. I came out of that at 5 P.M. and got a cup of coffee and at 6 P.M. took a special bus with 31 others and rode to …
84th day- 281 days follow (Frog) Fair + Mild Raked up the horse lawn terrace and bowling green. Arthur came over this afternoon with some bulbs Mrs. H. sent down from Boston. I stopped at Pick’s on the way home from work and there was a fellow there who had dug out the top of …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 