between here & the corner - & still invited me to ride out
with him! I didn't, but got Xmas
presents ready to do up & wrote labels &c.
Helen Davis - in her new finery - came to
dinner & Con came back. It was
nice & jolly & a good dinner. We all sat 'round the fire
afterwards. Mary
& Edith came while we were
doing the dishes & we were all 6 of us in the kitchen at once -
Mary,
Edith, Helen, Con, Claude & I. Then we staid & talked by
the firelight till after dark -
Claude & Con went away, & then Mary & Edith
and Frankcame & we had
doughnuts & milk & then he & Helen went to church. I wrote & read & made toast.
Haven't been out today. Claude made a
cover for a Stevenson calendar which Alice
Atkinson is getting up.
Dec. 20. Monday
Went shopping with Con tonight. Then
walked home to a late supper & went over to see Ned Dutcher Orchard - at her Aunt's -
stopped at Baker's to leave Lura's gift's (Turkish slippers & a book) with
Charlie
at
the back door, and then went 'round to the front & in to eat a piece
of Mrs. Baker's famous mince pie -
with Lura, "Sweet Marie, & Helen
Davis, who was there. Ned
looked lovely as ever & flew to put away her "work" (something
for me). Edith came - & Mary, later - both
with sewing, but Ned & I sat idle,
talking and listening, all the evening. Tired out.
1897
between here & the corner - & still invited me to ride out
with him! I didn't, but got Xmas
presents ready to do up & wrote labels &c.
Helen Davis - in her new finery - came to
dinner & Con came back. It was
nice & jolly & a good dinner. We all sat 'round the fire
afterwards. Mary
& Edith came while we were
doing the dishes & we were all 6 of us in the kitchen at once -
Mary,
Edith, Helen, Con, Claude & I. Then we staid & talked by
the firelight till after dark -
Claude & Con went away, & then Mary & Edith
and Frankcame & we had
doughnuts & milk & then he & Helen went to church. I wrote & read & made toast.
Haven't been out today. Claude made a
cover for a Stevenson calendar which Alice
Atkinson is getting up.
Dec. 20. Monday
Went shopping with Con tonight. Then
walked home to a late supper & went over to see Ned Dutcher Orchard - at her Aunt's -
stopped at Baker's to leave Lura's gift's (Turkish slippers & a book) with
Charlie
at
the back door, and then went 'round to the front & in to eat a piece
of Mrs. Baker's famous mince pie -
with Lura, "Sweet Marie, & Helen
Davis, who was there. Ned
looked lovely as ever & flew to put away her "work" (something
for me). Edith came - & Mary, later - both
with sewing, but Ned & I sat idle,
talking and listening, all the evening. Tired out.
1897
between here & the corner - & still invited me to ride out
with him! I didn't, but got Xmas
presents ready to do up & wrote labels &c.
Helen Davis - in her new finery - came to
dinner & Con came back. It was
nice & jolly & a good dinner. We all sat 'round the fire
afterwards. Mary
& Edith came while we were
doing the dishes & we were all 6 of us in the kitchen at once -
Mary,
Edith, Helen, Con, Claude & I. Then we staid & talked by
the firelight till after dark -
Claude & Con went away, & then Mary & Edith
and Frankcame & we had
doughnuts & milk & then he & Helen went to church. I wrote & read & made toast.
Haven't been out today. Claude made a
cover for a Stevenson calendar which Alice
Atkinson is getting up.
Dec. 20. Monday
Went shopping with Con tonight. Then
walked home to a late supper & went over to see Ned Dutcher Orchard - at her Aunt's -
stopped at Baker's to leave Lura's gift's (Turkish slippers & a book) with
Charlie
at
the back door, and then went 'round to the front & in to eat a piece
of Mrs. Baker's famous mince pie -
with Lura, "Sweet Marie, & Helen
Davis, who was there. Ned
looked lovely as ever & flew to put away her "work" (something
for me). Edith came - & Mary, later - both
with sewing, but Ned & I sat idle,
talking and listening, all the evening. Tired out.
