Tuesday May 23rd

I didn't do anything much this morning but a few chores and go back to the gully to see if the cattle were all right as some of them didn't come up last night. I got a ride up with Jim Ryerse, he said they had twelve acres in but there were lots that had none. I saw the old turkey that hatched out on Sunday, she had lived through the storm and still had her six little ones and an egg that she left in the nest and which Art Quanbury gave me to put under a hen, hatched. This after noon I took 34 chicks out of the little incubator and cut some of the lawn. Frank and Enah went down town this morning in the waggon and got a lot of stuff. Frank went down to the mill this after noon and got different kinds of feed for his ducks. Dad. helped Enah put down the dining room. To-night I went down to see David Harum with Marj. at the picture show, it was pretty good. Very hot and sultry to-day feels like more rain.

Wednesday May 24th

Frank left about 9 o'clock this morning on his wheel for Port Ryerse to spend the holiday and left me in charge of his seventeen ducks which should be fed every two hours. He got back in the middle of the afternoon and hadn't been at Port Ryerse but went on up to Vittoria and saw Dr. McKinnes about somew golden seal. He advised him not to get it till fall. Lila came over with him and he went back woth her after tea. I soent most of the morning tending to chickens andtryoing to cut the lawn. I got all cut on the other sid eof the dirch ut when i got into the trough thick grasss near the house I couldn't amke a go of it with the old lawn mower so came in and went to sleep for awhile. Then Dad. got Charlie Martins sadddle on Queen and I rod eher a little way down the road. She went a lot better but I couldn't gert very used to the little saddle and the stirruops were too long for me and hurt my bad knee a little. I nearly went ove rher hea donce but din't get quite that far Aunty cam eover at noon and stayed most of the after noon. All day long there have been buggy and democrat load sof fishermen going botheast to the creek and west to the pond or lake and I suppose that like other years Black Creek will be lined with them as it has a been a beautiful day to lie around in the shade