For diary entries beginning Thursday, February 26, 1959, go to Dorothy's Idaho Diaries. As of that date the family lived on a farm south of Nampa, Idaho.

Friday, July 4, 2008

Friday, July 4, 1958

Gene did the chores & Ivard watered. Kay picked a row of beans & Gene picked one & Ivard picked them over while he watched the ball game. Kay left at 10: to go to dam with Hammonds. Ray picked rasp berries & dew berries. & I worked on contest & washed 2 blankets while Ray cleaned up house then this afternoon I bottled 5 qts dew berries, 3 qts rasp berries & 12 qts string beans. Ivard & Kids went & got a bunch of rocks & made a bon fire pit & set up our old table out of shed & cleaned it & I made 2 cherry pies & 2 shells & we had our supper out side, weinne roast & pie & icecream. Ivard went to bed at 9:30 so he could go to work but he didn't go to work today. Me & Kids went about 10: Kay got home at 10:30.

No comments: