I’m running a day late to post, per usual as of late! Sorry! Much like Grandma Rose, I’ve shifted into busy mode too, trying to finishing my last class up before December hits us and I have to write a whole short story out of nowhere so I’ve been busy with that and then a slew of doctor appointments of my own. We’ve also been trying to finish up our own yard for the winter ahead and also to get the cemetery ready for fall/winter activities to boot. So we’re busy bees here in New York currently. Grandma Rose didn’t leave me with a good photo prompt for this week’s entry, so I’m going to share a photo Robin sent me recently of Grandma and Len in 1982. I think it’s a great photo of them – they look so happy!
NOTE: As always, I left her spelling, capitalization, and punctuation as much as possible.
October 1, 1977 – Got up 9:00 Opened greenhouse and garage – Fed cat – Cut off bad spots off dozen ears of pop corn. Len and I worked on well pit cover. Turned out to be quite a project.
October 2, 1977 – Got up 9:00 Mixed spray (1 gal.) for the greenhouse flowers. Carried two hanging baskets to the green house. Ethel called after 1:00. Pearl not so good. Brining her back to Mt. Carmel from Centerburg Ohio.
Cooked beef for stew and took nap while Len peeled potatoes & carrots for supper. I made potato salad for tomorrow.
October 3, 1977 – Got up 8:45 Mailed 6 letters; cut off more starts of Josephs coat. Carried 4 buckets water from tub to garage. Read up in greenhouse after breakfast, and took old wood and tomato stakes back to shed. Made room in east corner so Len can fix wall. Cleaned out trash barrel. Brought in a board from back shed for Len. Put winter door in trailer apron by well pit.
Mrs. Hanes came over for a few minutes, looked at patio and green house. She seemed impressed with all the flowers. Gave her a hanging basket of purple wandering Jew & starts of alligator plants. Len talked to Mr. Hanes by the mail box (For the first time).
October 4, 1977 – Got up 8:00 Burned cartload of grass that I had drying in the garage. Burned all papers and trash from garage and greenhouse. Brought in big white board from back shed for Len.
Len and I put 2 pcs. paneling on East lower wall of greenhouse. Carried in all flowers now, but the fern. Buried corn husks in garden. Carried in most of water from tub and cleaned around it and oil tank, loaded up the grass.
Thought: Love is helping someone who can’t return the favor. – Herald of Hope
October 5, 1977 – Got up 9:00 Took up all the flowers now that I’m taking in from the breezeway – 2 coleus. Found another purple passion start under the periwinkle – 1 green and white vine. Finally got fern carried to green house. Cleaned around plum tree behind garage. Want to set out some ajuga beneath. Gathered in last of pop corn. Not so good this year. Darn worms.
Thought for today: All things come to him who waits, provided he knows what he is waiting for. – President Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924
October 6, 1977 – Ethel’s Bday Got up 9:00 After breakfast, Len and I worked on west side of trailer. I cleaned away all flowers and trimmed Mom’s rose bush – Len put fiber glass above apron.
About 1:00 Mary, Elwood, Betty and Chet came for an hour or so for a visit – The girls liked the green house. Gave Betty ajuga, Lemon Balm, and Purple Passion start –
About 3:30 loaded up all flower, etc. & emptied in half moon. Put cut false dragon heads in pit under dogwood tree.
October 7, 1977 – Got up 9:00 Len and I washed most of woolens, sweaters and blankets this morning. 56° – wind 10 mph, so things dried wonderful; so nice and soft.
Got in last of tomatoes that looked like they might ripen.
Thought: Freedom is no heritage. Preservation of freedom is a fresh challenge and a fresh conquest for each generation. It is based on the religious concepts of the dignity of man. The discovery that man can be free is the greatest discovery of the ages. – C. Donald Dallas