A daily journal from 76 years ago
178th day- 187 days follow Fair + Hot till Noon It was terrible hot till noon, then the wind went east and the glass dropped about 20 degrees. Thel had her club own at the camp this afternoon and evening. There is a new second girl up on the hill. I haven’t seen her yet. …
177th day- 188 days follow Fair + Hot This was one of the hottest days yet. I did some painting in JB’s corner*. I went out fishing and got one fine bite and lost the fish. There are some very tame catbirds and song sparrows at the camp. There are some tame black headed gulls …
176th day- 189 days follow Fair + Hot Mrs. H. and Mary and Sally were there. I hear Sally is leaving next week. After dinner Thel took me down to the camp. Ski went with us. Pic and Walder and the boys came down and went out fishing. The kids caught some small perch. Walder …
175th day- 196 days follow Fair + Hot Mr. H. called up at noon and said they will be here tonight. Stopped in to see Pic and the kids on the way home. Walder was working late tonight. I ate supper at Ski’s tonight. Dave and Dottie were up at Carl’s last night to the …
174th day- 191 days follow Fair + Hot The women were up on the hill to slick up the house before the folks get here tomorrow.. I saw a tiny rabbit in the cutting garden. Thel brought David and Eric up to see the bass. Priscilla Rich was up on the hill this A.M. After …
173rd day- 192 days follow Fair + hot Worked all day in the cutting garden. Thel, Eleanor, Ski, and the kids were up on the hill to see my bass eat a dinner. Eleanor and the kids were here for dinner. I stopped in at Pick’s on the way home from work. When Walder got …
172nd day- 193 days follow Fair + Hot This was a scorcher today. Cleaned out the pool and the flower beds around the pool. 11 P.M. The wind just went east and it is cooling the air off fast. Thel came up on the hill this afternoon with Toot [and] May, Millie + Conrad. After …
171st day- 194 days follow “Woodchuck” I had some more hard luck up on the hill. Another woodchuck got into my cutting gardens and ruined two flower beds and ate up most of the spare plants in the frames. Eleanor and the kids were here for dinner. We had some of Al Holman’s lobster. At …
Hi everyone, I'm sorry to have inadvertently skipped a week. My dog died last week while I was out of town and the past several days have been filled with a series of readjustments that didn't quite allow time or energy for the Arrowheads diary. I'll catch up today. In the meantime, enjoy the photo …
170th day- 195 days follow Fair + Hot Dave came up from the camp and got me and took me back to the camp. I went out fishing a couple of times and got one good bite but lost it. Dave got a lot eof work done on this privy. Eleanor and Marie came down …
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