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Thursday 28 June 19
A fine day. Maud went *
Kingston carried 4-1/2 doz *
18 cts per doz. I tool a walk
down to the strawberry field. V *
berries. Wish I hadn't gone and *
back across the potatoe field and *
great difficulty in crossing the field.

Friday 29 June 1906
A tremendous rain storm in the night
every thing wet, wet and barrel running
over with rain water. Mr Lancaster here
this am Mauds lesson very poorly
learned. Bees swarmed. Sr hived them
and another such a scrap I never saw
first went on a long rain coat to his feet it
came, then the head and face protection
then a pair of leather gloves and he
sallied forth to capture bees, he says he got
stung 40 times on the head and a hundred
times on his hands and if V has any more
bees to hive he may do it for he never will have
any more. Maud lost her glasses on berry patch but