we all had a snooze and read for awhile, then when the kids woke up, we all went over to see the Lampkin's, it looked very much like rain when we left home and we wouldn't have ventured if it hadn't been that Mrs. Lampkin's is laid up with a sore ankle the result of her fall in the winter and she told Marj. the other day, she was getting so homesick to see "them young ones." Flossie was there and we stayed quite awhile, before we left the sun was shining and it turned out a beautiful evening.

Monday May 11th

I ploughed tis morning and got up to the little orchard where it was very hard to make a good job as the little trees are so low, just about noon Queen's whiffle tree caught on a tree and she broke a short tug, so this after noon I had to take it down to be fixed. I tried to rivet it in home but couldn;t so took it to Bridgwater and he advised me to take it to Allom and he made a strong fix of it b riveting an iron starp down eacj sid ewhich loop[ed through the home ring. I didn't get ghome till fove and then had to hurry through the chores and go over home and milk as Dad. went to Toronto with