A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of Thel paid me 14.00 Fair and warm wind So.W. Carried firewood from in back of the farm over into the house cellar. Mrs H. is entering some of her preserves in the Victory Garden Fair. Had a talk with Bud, he is going out to Beverly tonight to see P.B. …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, Wind SoW. Missed Chet on the hill. Mrs. H and I picked a bushel of wild grapes on the avenue. After dinner, I saw Bud and had a talk with him, he is looking fine. Went over to the Vickery lot and picked over two bushels of …
ToDay is the Birthday of Bud got home today Fair and cool, wind West. When I got up on the hill this morning, All the Hornblower family had gone up to Boston to get Bud, he is on his way back from the Pacific war zone. Brought down the scythe and mowed down all the …
ToDay is the Birthday of Rain on island, Fair cool wind No. Got up at 6:30 went down to the wharf and took the steamer. Rained about 2/3 the way to Woods Hole. Had breakfast at Woods Hole and got the car, arrived home a few minutes before noon. Ate lunch and went up on …
ToDay is the Birthday of On Nantucket Rain and cloudy, wind North. Thel and I went up town and ate breakfast, then we took a trip on the sightseeing taxi. We did not go as far as Dave and I did when we went by bus. After we got back I went into a barber …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. Thel and I rode down to Wood's Hole, we left the car in a garage and had a long wait for our boat to Nantucket as the boat was one and a half hours late. We had a fine trip over to the Island. We …
ToDay is the Birthday of Thel paid me $7.00 Rain hard wind No. Lots of wind this morning, the waves on the pond were about two feet high. We cleaned up the camp and came home at noon. Had a nice long letter from Dave, he was on his way home from Wright field. Thel, …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cold, wind East. Worked this morning digging up some of the bushes around the camp. Thel and I took a ride down to Bourne and got a paper. After I got back I cut off a lot of scrub that had grown into the driveway. Too cold to …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool wind E. Start my vacation today. Eleanor took my income tax money over to mail, 45.00 After noon Thel and I and Jack came down to the camp. I went fishing for a while, caught nothing and it was very cold. Put the scow I made on …
(Yes, same picture as yesterday - these two entries share a page.) ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool, wind No. Thel woke up feeling sick with a bad stomach ache. Walder and I took a ride up to Plympton, we met Mr. Hoyte and went over his wood lot in back of Indian …
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