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Thursday 16 April 1914
Awoke this morning to find
rain falling. river full of ice.
V & J cleaning seed grain.
churned. Emma fixed Edith brown
dress. I worked in the rag business.
The weather clears up, & quite warm.
Voltie got an awful lame back.
J fills another kettle of dirt for
seeds. Maggie here 3 hours, she
brought the dress pattern home.

Friday 17 April 1914
A beautiful warm day. V & J
carried the bees out side. John
plowing fermin at Rachel's.
Edith gone to post office.
Sent three letters and Graces
pattern; a letter to Kenneth McDonald
for seeds, a letter
to Fallon brothers, a letter to
Richard's soap company for
Emma. Maggie sent me a
piece of her new dress. I go out
to the veranda which to me is like
going visiting. The river is thickly
dotted with little islands of ice, the
warm sunlight and beautiful river,
the humming of bees is all like a
dream. The air is so still every thing
so quiet. One solitary bee buzzing
around on the new glass windows.
V found one extinct hive filled with
honey. R over here for hen feed
said Mrs Dignum had made
her a visit and Laura still in