and horses out as soon as I got through and left them out all day. They seemed to get a little picking but were keen for their hay to-night. I spent the remainder off the day raking up leaves around the yard and while I made quite a clearance there is still a large part of the yard unraked. I also wheeled some manure & mulched the little apple trees on the lawn as well as the currant bushes, rhubarb, roses and any thing else that was showing after first forking around them Harry B and Gay were out playing all after noon. Gay slept nearly all morning but Harry B was out from breakfast time till nearly dark except for a short nap after dinner. Mabel was here for dinner. Ina was here all day and I took her home before tea as it was looking like rain. Marj. varnished the nursery floor and is about all in to-night. It was a very fine day although the wind was rather cold, till the middle of the after noon when the wind changed from west to south east and it clouded up. Raining hard to-night.

Wednesday April 28th