61st day- 304 days follow Fair + Cool I saw a robin and two purple finches up on the hill. I went to work along the outside of the beach, expected to see some things washed up but I never saw the beach so clean after a storm. The roads are very icy today. Eleanor …
Tuesday, March 1, 1949
60th day- 306 days follow Snow + Windy March came in like a lion this morning. The clocks stopped at 8:10 A.M. on account of down wires. I went up on the hill and over to the store. It was lighted with kerosene lamps. I got picked up in front of Chick Howland’s and got …
Monday, Feb. 28, 1949
59th day- 306 days follow (Another Lee maybe) Cloudy + Cool Raked up and wheeled off rubbish all the morning. And did the same this afternoon. I stopped in to see Pic and the kids on the way home. Pic told me that Gretchen called her up and said she is expecting in October. …
Sunday, Feb. 27, 1949
58th day- 307 days follow Fair + Cold David and his family were here for dinner and stayed for the afternoon. Bill was up for a short while this morning. He came to see the artifacts I found yesterday. Dave, Dot, and the kids looked fine. When Dave’s family was leaving, Art Cox and family …
Saturday, Feb. 26, 1949
(Arrowheads) Cloudy + Cool After dinner I took a walk up to the Bubins’ site and found that the camp site has been plowed. It is forty years or so since I used to hunt it when Eben Morton owned the land. So I had the best hunt today I have had for years. I …
Saturday, Feb. 25, 1949
(Cat) Rain + Cooler Wheeled rankings to the dump all the morning. Rained so hard after dinner I stayed home. When I got up this morning there was a black + white half grown cat at the back door. It had double paws in front. When I came home at noon it was in the …
Friday, Feb. 24, 1949
(Arrowheads) Fair + Warm Fine today just like spring. Eleanor and the girls were here for dinner. Eleanor’s dog ran away. I hope she (?) Bill came up just after we finished dinner and he and I took a ride down to Sagamore and we found our old favorite hunting place has been all bulldozed …
Thursday, Feb. 23, 1949
Fair + Mild Raked up rubbish in the grove all day. I saw the partridge on the front drive this afternoon. Stopped in to see Pic and the boys on my way home from work. Warren Davis’s wife had a son Monday. The Hamilton boy was over at Victoria’s tonight. I haven’t seen a blue …
Tuesday, Feb 22, 1949
(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 …
Sunday, Feb. 21, 1949
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. …
