Tues, Feb 7, 1961

7.02/6.06

Up at 8.00 and listened to Garroway.  Read paper and wrote.

A few drops of rain fell in morning.  Clouded up at 9.30.

Went to the laundry.  Ed went with us.  After hanging out clothes we had lunch of pancakes that I made, Ed had lunch with us.

I painted inside of patio in afternoon.  It blew very hard, so the clothes dried quickly.  Gus came over for a while and we started to talk politics and we talked so long that Elizabeth came over.  Otto Leonard came over for a few minutes also.

I painted till about 5.00.  It rained for a while but only about .2” of rain fell.

In Eve. watched T.V. till 9.00 then Tillie irrigated and I wrote.

Mon, Feb 6, 1961

65°/75°  7.03/6.05

Up at 7.45 and had breakfast.  Sunny and cool.

Read paper.

Chinese year 4659 begins Feb 15.  Year of the Ox.

Wrote to Virginia Dore.

Went to bank and paid on mortgage.

Shopeed in W.P. and Kwik Chek. 

Home and lunch.

I painted trim.  Had a light supper.

At 7.30 picked up Mr. Holmes and we went to Recreation Center and attended meeting of R.B. Citizens Club.

Mr. & Mrs. Nystrom and Mr. & Mrs. Hanson joined the club.  Mr. Fritchie is president.  Mr. Jaeger spoke on the budget.  Had coffee & doughnuts.

Then home at 10.45. listened to news and then to bed.

Sprinkled a little in Eve.

Sun, Feb 5, 1961

60°/73°  7.04/6.05

Up at 8.45 and it was 69° then sun shining then.  At 10.00 it began to cloud up.

Tillie swept the yard.  I cut front lawn, got breakfast and read paper.

At 2.00 we went to see Edith Bursai (?) and spent the afternoon talking with her and George.  Cool.  Edith gave us some flowers.  Read the N.Y. Times and had coffee and a pear for supper.

Sat, Feb 4, 1961

59°/70°  7.04/6.04

Rained all night off and on.  Still only .8” of rain has fallen up to 10.00 A.M.  Up at 8.00 and got breakfast ready.

Tillie made kumquat marmalade.  Also 3 glasses of kumquat preserve.

I went to Food Fair and got some pamafine (?).  Still misting but cleared up a little later.

Dot & Ray Lee stopped in for an hour or so and sat talking.

Ed stopped in later on when we were having supper.

Later on we went to Collangis and then the Mollineaux came and we played “Samba,” then later on “Crazy Eight.”

Had cake, ice cream and coffee.

Home at 12.30.  Cloudy.

Fri, Feb 3, 1961

70°/81°  7.05/6.03

Up at 7.30 and Tillie at 8.00.  After breakfast Tillie cleaned out oven and racks, while I defrosted the refrigerator.  Then read paper.

It was 70° at 8.00 and sunny.

Went to the beach at 12.30.  Water 72°.  Strong South winds, went for a swim.  Undertow strong.  Home and lunch.  Had a nap for an hour.  Rained hard in afternoon.

Watched T.V. in Even.

Thurs, Feb 2, 1961

56°/75°  7.05/6.03

Up at 7.30 and had our orange juice and coffee.  Watered plants.  Then went to Wards and bought a tire for spare. 

Then to Penneys and bought a drape and rod.

Picked up my car plate. 

Went to Photo shop and ordered pictures.  Cloudy all day.

Painted in afternoon after lunch.  Tillie planted cherries in front.

In Evening went to Larkens and spent Evening with them.  We brought some Maple syrup to give to them.

Home at 10.30 and I went right to bed.  Very few twinges today.

Wed, Feb 1, 1961

53°/74°  7.06/6.01

Up at 1.00 and read for a while.  Tillie also got up.  Had a cup of warm milk and went back to bed at 2.00.  Up this morning at 8.15.  Tillie made biscuits and rice pudding this morning.

Sunny and around 58°.

At 1.30 we went after Hilda & Helga and brought them here and had a drink and then sat talking till 5.30 when we had a nice dinner of chicken, mashed potatoes, peas, beets, Tillie’s biscuits and rice pudding and coffee.  Took them home at 9.00 and we got back at 10.45.

Beautiful full moon.

Hired Mitchell the plumber to lay our sewer pipe.