Enah spent most of the day picking blackcurrants out in the old garden. Frank went down town after dinner and got the mail which contained an invitation for me to a party at Mrs. Hobbes this evening. This after noon we greased the waggon and got in one load of alsike and put it off over the granary in the old barn. To-night I went down to Mrs. Hobbes and tried to play five hundred with Miss Prest, Miss {Keenan?} & Lewis Woodson. Ida, Miss Cowdry, Miss Bain & Miss Buckwell and Geo. Clark were playing bridge. Douglas Skey came in about eleven o'clock and young Robinson a brother of Ellies came in about midnight. Bessie Lawrie was also there. We weren't very late. Hot and dry but breezy.

Saturday August 5th

It just rained enough this morning to keep us from getting out at the alsike for an hour or so. Dad. and I went out and blocked up some more holes under the fence where the sheep get through on to Ben Ivey's. We then started to thrash some of my wheat out as they wanted the report to-day if possible. Dad. thought it would be too tough to flail out so we did it with our hands It was an awful job It took us till noon to rub out and clean one sheaf the Banattea. I don't think we got as much seed back as we sowed but it was nice quality.