Oct & November 1951
5 Foggy and quite warm in forenoon. Turned cooler in afternoon. Got the enamel paint on the inside of china cupboard. Started a doiley for Clara Tirres[?].
Oct 22 Have had a sore back for quite a while. Went in to Pauline’s on the 14th Oct. Got new glasses. My back not good for over two weeks but I got my garden stuff almost all in on the 22nd but was
23 terribly crippled up on 23rd and had to call Mabel.
24 Was taken to Hospital in Ambulance in a hurry. Pauline came out but I couldn’t move so she called Ch. Town and Heber. Was there until the 6th of
November Went to Pauline. Saw the Princess & Duke of Edinburg on Nov 9th. Quite a day.
16 Pauline brought me home on the 16th. Feeling better than I have for a long time. The weather has been very warm all this week. Rained
17th last night and some to-day but not cold.
19th Had snow and colder. Cora up. Brought eggs.
20th Snow flurries all day and quite cold. Mrs Ira Carr died in PE Island Hospital. Am feeling a little better every day.
Jean Millar Carr
21 Lovely day. Not doing much.
22 Another nice day. A letter from Nan with a suggestion that I might get a part time job at Willard Hall.
23 A letter from Marion today. She has flu and feeling pretty rotten. Showery all day. Dug a 6 qt basket of parsnips
November & Dec 1951
in the afternoon. Ground very wet.
24 Very mild this morning and still raining. Very dark.
25 Quite cold to-day and roads very rough. The Jones family got out in the afternoon for an hour. Cold at night. I slept on couch in the den.
26 Stirling & Robert Woolner banked the house and put on the windows, etc. Started to snow in afternoon and blowing a gale at night.
27 A terrible gale all day with some snow at times. Wind up to 65 miles an hour in gusts. Just a terrible day for people at the Harbour at Rustico and all the fishing harbours on the Atlantic Coast. Five families had to be moved out of their homes at Rustico Harbour. A lot of vessels in trouble at sea.
28 Still cold but not blowing quite so hard. Temp got down to 14 above at night.
29 A nice day with sunshine. Not cold all day. Crocheting. Finished a cart wheel doilie and starting another.
30 Can’t remember – just another day.
Dec 1 Cleaned up the sun porch and the place generally. Thawed outside and there’s plenty of mud but frost at night.
2 A cloudy dreary damp day, some snow flurries and very chill. Anna was in for a little while before church. Looked as tho’ we might have a real storm but it calmed down and cleared up.
