all day, she was here till eleven o'clock to-night and I had to drive her home or at least to the top of the hill where she cuts through Preston's orchard as the mill hill is about impassable I suppose. They got the dining room just about finished. I helped for awhile this after noon painting the wood work Frank and I set out the rest of the nursery stock we got yesterday. He got a Bartlett pear tree and I got a mulberry which I put in the chicken yard and a hydrangea. Art and Charlie Quanbury brought a young cow and a heifer over this after noon which they are going to pasture for the milk we can get from the cow which I guess won't be much. Ham Thompson was also in.

Thursday May 18th

Enah is the only one that is getting any work done these days, the rest of us don't seem to feel like it Dad. and I went back and fixed up the gully fence a little this morning and this after noon I drove down and got some groceries and paint for Enah. She is make the other part of the house look pretty nifty. I went down to see Aunty and Aunty Alice while I was down town and found Mrs. Jackson there from Port Rowan to see Aunt Ida. Dad. helped Enah this after noon I think, Frank has been gathering up old rags & junk for the rag man most of the after noon. Cloudy & cold

Friday May 19th

Dad. and Frank got started at grading the lane this morning and have been at it all day. They plowed as close to the fence on each side as they could and four or five furrows over and intend throwing the two outside furrows from each side into the middle so as to leave a ditch at each side and high in the center I just worked around here and planted some flower seeds. This after noon I took the wheel barrow and went over to Ivey's and Ben gave me a whole of flower roots of different kinds I didn't know the names of half of them but there were some larkspur chasta daisy's and a Dorothy Perkins rose bush. Dad. helped Enah paper this after noon for awhile. To night he had to go down to a meeting of the Mr. Smith's reunion so I went down with him to get my hair cut but the shop was closed. Enah paperd till twelve o'clock. Another heavy rain to-night.

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