A daily journal from 76 years ago
207th day- 158 days follow Fair + Hot Saw Harry, Dimp, Priscilla, and Nicky on the front porch. Harry and I took a ride up to take a look at the new location up on the Pilgrim Village property for an out of doors theater. We went over to see Carl and borrowed another putting …
206th day- 159 days follow Fair + Hot Jubbie and I trimmed all day. Moed some beds around as the folks are expecting a crowd over the weekend. Saw a rabbit on the front drive. Fannie, Archie, Cozette, Thel, and I went up to Grandma Holman’s to see how she is. She had a case …
205th day- 160 days follow Fair + Cooler Jubbie trimmed hedges all day. After supper Bud and Ski took Thel and I for a ride through Duxbury, Marshfield, Scituate, Cohasset along the So. Shore up to Nantasket Beach. We stopped over there for about an hour and tried a few of the nickel machines. We …
204th day- 161 days follow Fair + Hot Mowed most all day in back of the barn. We had a shower as we came home for dinner. Ski had her day off today and was at home at noon. Stopped at Pick’s on the way home from work. Annis was there with her new baby, …
203rd day- 162 days follow Warm + Showers Rained hard all this morning. Jubbie didn’t work today. Rip Bullin called me up at 12:30 and said he was coming in to look over some of my clay pottery. It took about three quarters of an hour to check over it. Rip came up on the …
202nd day- 163 days follow Warm + Foggy Mowed all day in back of the barn. Harry said Rip Bullin will be down here tomorrow to start in on the Winslow house at Marshfield, the one he started with Jr. Brew before the war. Thel, Cozette, and Ethel Swift spent the afternoon down at the …
201st day- 164 days follow Fair and Cooler. Went up on the hill and fixed the heater. Took a walk along Warren ave. up to Eleanor’s. Had dinner there and Geo. and I went out to see if we could find some swamp blueberries. Looked up in back of Haire’s. Nothing there. Then we went …
200th day- 165 days follow Foggy + Hot Showers Saw the big garter snake up on the hill. Tried to get a picture but didn’t. Stopped in at Walder’s at noon and ate dinner. The two girls were there from Washington. They came over when I watered the horse to look at him. Walder and …
199th day- 166 days follow Fair + Hot There is a hell of a raft of Japanese beetles on the hill. I have caught slews of them by hand. Thel and I took a ride down to the camp and Bubbie + Polly came and got some water and a cot. They are staying for …
198th day- 167 days follow Hot + Fair Trimmed and weeded out the pool flower garden. I saw a good sized milk snake come from under the apple tree and go under my shanty. When I came home Thel and I went down to the camp and had supper there. We went swimming before supper. …
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