A daily journal from 76 years ago
143rd day- 233 days follow Cloudy Cool Rained hard all night, let up at sunrise. I saw a rare bird up on the hill this A.M. Saw Mr. H, Mrs. H, + Geo. Crowell up on the hill. Steve Treglawn was over looking at the garden this morning. Ski went riding up around the Town …
142nd day- 224 days follow Cloudy + Cold The women were up on the hill and practically finished up. Jubbie and I trimmed edges today. Thel and I came home for dinner. We took Ski to work. On the way home tonight Jubbie + I stopped at Mr. Dutton’s and took off the shutters for …
141st day- 225 days follow (Hummingbird) Cool some rain and Showers Went over to see Stephen Treglawn. Bud was up here this morning. Thel saw the Marsh hawk yesterday and the hummingbird today. Steve gave me some Heliotropes for the flower beds. Called up Mrs. Rich at noon and told her where I put her …
140th day- 226 days follow Partly cloudy. Warmer Worked on the seedling beds + lawns all day. The women worked today. Beauregard came up and fixed the lawn lights and put a new gadget on the furnace. On my way home tonight I stopped in to see Pic for a few minutes. She told me …
139th day- k227 days follow Showers and Warmer The women were up on the hill to work. Worked on the flower beds all day. Jubbie worked this afternoon. Victoria is still hanging on. Lots of rain showers, some thunder. Ski came up on the hill on Target this afternoon. I did a little shooting with …
138th day- 228 days follow Warmer + Showers Rained more or less all day. The women were up on the hill today. Lewis Fugazzi was up to take the measurements of the sun room shades. Beauregard came up to do some work on the furnace. There was a short circuit in the wiring. Had Jubbie …
137th day- 229 days follow Fair turned to Rain When we got up this A.M. the sun came up nice and warm, clouded over about noon and rained. Thel and I went down to the camp. I did some more raking down on the point. After dinner I went out on the pond and caught …
136th day- 230 days follow (Arrowheads) Cloudy and Cool Jubbie worked this A.M. Thel took me to work this morning and got me at noon. I am going to have a wonderful bloom on the dogwoods and apple trees up on the hill. This afternoon Thel, Bill, and I took a ride up to Griffin’s …
135th day- 231 days follow Rain and Cold Ski was up at 6 AM and had to ride her horse to take some of the pep out of him. This was a miserable morning so I rode over with Thel to pick up Helen Griffin and Cozette so they could work up on the hill. …
134th day- 232 days follow (Lahey Clinic) Rain + Cool Thel, Archie, Cozette, Grandma Holman [and I] took a ride up to Billerica to see Ray Holman and his family. After we were there awhile, Archie, Ray, and I went in the Lahey Clinic and had another x-ray picture of my knee. Then I went …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 