evening, warm enough for summer. We got a lot of lovely may flowers. Dad. & Enah went down to Pinafore practice & Frank went down town to see Lila and went up to the farewell tea the Guild put on for Mr. Johnson. Thry are a bunch of hypocrites all right. Tom was over this evening for quite awhile. Winnie is feeling quite sick and the doctor wrote to the bank saying she would have to be out for two weeks. Hot to-day

Wednesday Thursday April 6 7th

Frank went down this morning to help Mr. Johnson load his stuff. He had several members of the congregation there to help him get moved out. He & Mrs. Johnson are going to stay at the Hardings till after Sunday. I went back to the gully right after breakfast to look at the colts and Marj. went with me so we took a little stroll up through Ivey's place on our way home. I pruned apple trees after I got back till noon and it was an ideal job for the morning. The sun was hot but not strong and there was a gentle breeze from the lake that was as refreshing as a drink of water. The birds were thick and sounded delightful and every now and then I would see the pale tinted flash of a blue-bird amongst the gray branches which with the rich green carpet below made the beauty of it all sort of thrill. The whole effect was