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1932 Mother Birthday.

Tues Aug 9

Weather - Rain, partly cold with night showers at moon

Men finished cutting grain at 4 p.m. the gross wheat and arched then raked up hay. Della kiddeie and mom down home pat and mom come down later, all there but alex and laura

Wed Aug 10

Weather - cool, with heavy storm and rain about 3:30 p.m.

Doug borrowed a.m. mom rdd icks, Pat cutting weed with agathe thom . started to take the wheat show at moon, but when rain came stop. Della did not feel well in bed all a.m. all went bed early.

Thurs Aug 11

Weather - Rain and cool

Mom and billie ploughed in a.m. with horses, Doug cut weeds along tarnets in mangles, mom went to unionville at night. taled show

Frid Aug 12

Weather - lovely cool day

Men finished faling shortly after done, Doug went down with johns and hewter to shock grain. Douglas, Mom and Billie lumped hay. Mom and della went to landen partly at call hords: Also mom bought - 67 n, 1 bus apples, 61 1/2 dg eggs

Sat Aug 13

Weather - Lovely cool day

men drew in 3 1/2 loads hay, put some baled show in iam, went down home to thresh in p.m. Jimmie and I did milking, Della went down home. Laura brown,jean scott mmb and mawing here p.m. Alex etc. happen, two folks bought her home.

Sun Aug 14

Weather - Lovely day

I was in bed all morning and jean at p.m. with flu. Douglas, maison and mom went to church lovne and della to a lake.

                                                   20-6 when we got there.

we went to aunties for tea

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Mon Aug 18

Weather - Luite warm

Men all down home threshing, we washed. I did not feel very good yet. Mom and della went with Leo brown to demmas borsh to mr. james meeting.

Tues Aug 16

Weather - luite warm

Men all down home threshing finished and machine home 130. Della and maison were down home in the afternoon. Mom and della went to city at night. Mr.hellens brought honey over today. Leslie up to milk.

Wed Aug 17

Weather - Lovely a.m. rained most of afternoon.

Men busy threshing here, rain came aftudiner and stopped at all. 10 quils planned to go to island in afternoon, Della sick, hael Dr. mcdonald over at moon and stayed newt and guile called at 11:15 p.m.

Thurs Aug 18 Newton brought cedar chest home - laninmelle

Weather - Rained heavy early a.m. clearing and cooler

Doug had day of getting teethout, Douglas and mom upgrading machine ate all day. Dorothy and mother up with john in a.m. Dorothy alonged. jatt ended in insitiute at must curclies, went with charlie, heyal, coa ahaw. they called to see fate on the way home.

Frid Aug 19

Weather - Cloudy and cool

Doug borrowed wheat ground, mom pulled weecht, billie, Douglas picked apples and epained threshing machine, Dorothy here yet, Della up for in supper. We did up beets and finished the fernie picking. Pardeux -60 dg egg 5 bus apple

Sat Aug 20 Here at night

Weather - Beautiful Day Lovne, J brown, Jeane and a friend, hm , padget

                                                      Johnson

Mom threshed all day, Douglas did not feel very well today. here helping

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