A daily journal from 76 years ago
(Arrowheads) Cloudy + Snow Washington’s birthday. This morning I took a walk over by H. H. garden, found nothing, then over to the sand bank, found a few chips there, over to Dick Adams’ a few flakes there, then Brother Mabbitt’s, found a few flakes there. Then in back of the hotel garage. Found one …
Cloudy + Cooler Geo. was down here at Ski’s putting in an oil burner. Eleanor and the kids and Bud + Gary were here for dinner too. Geo. and Eleanor went to Boston to the Ice Follies last night. They said it was wonderful. Ski came in and got supper for Grandma Holman and I. …
Fair + Warm This has been another wonderful day. Pruned trees this A.M. After dinner Bill came up and we took a ride down to the cemetery at the foot of G.H. Pond. He brought me back to town so Andrew, Dick Murphy, and I could cook up the supper for the M.A.S. We had …
Fair + Cool I saw two robins up on the hill today. Arthur was up to get the suitcases to take to Boston. Grandma Holman went up to her house for a visit today. I stopped in to see Pic and the boys on my way home from work tonight. Dr. Hamilton’s boy was there …
Burned up rubbish all day. Archie, Bubbie, Henry, and I went over to the Polo game tonight. It was a fine game. Plymouth lost by a score of 12 to eleven. It was snowing when we came home. Thursday, Feb. 18, 1949 About two inches of snow on the ground this morning. I tracked the …
Cloudy + Mild The partridges are still around up on the hill. Two of them were by the brush pile. Bramhall was up to read the meter. I saw six marsh quail in the willow tree in the valley. Tom Doten and Sirrico and Beals were burning grass over on Meyer’s this afternoon so I …
(Arrowhead) Fair + Mild George came in after supper and he and I played five games of cribbage, he won three. I hunted in Briggs’ on the way home and found only one poor triangular white quartz point. Gary came out and hunted with me. I saw a pair of robins up on the hill. …
Partly Cloudy + Warm This has been another swell day. This has been Thel’s day off. She took Grandma Holman for a ride this afternoon. Bill came up on the hill at four P.M. this afternoon and he gave me a ride home. I went over into Fraser’s yard + looked over the piles of …
Fair + Warm What a day wonderful, as warm as a day in May. Worked in my garage cleaning up some this morning, and some in the afternoon. Geo was here this morning, and he took Grandma Holman’s pup over to town and gave it away for her. Thel and I went up to Eleanor’s …
Fair + Cool I saw two robins and two flickers up on the hill. This is the third winter there has been a large owl up on the hill in the red pines by the blackberry patch. I happened to wonder this morning if it had come back this winter, so I went + looked, …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 