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8-25-1988
Cleve Dawsey, his wife and Minnie Dawsey, Cliffs wife have just left. We had a wonderful visit with them. I was happy to see Minnie as she and I were girls together.
Volney and Sis same Tuesday Aug 23rd and spent the night and we were proud to have them. Sis broke her little toe while here. A quart jar of tomato relish fell out of the ice box on her toe.
A Bicycle built for two.
Daisy, Daisy, give me your promise true. I'm most crazy all for the love of you. Oh! I can't afford a carriage, but you look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two. That's all I can remember of this one. So many songs I used to sing and play on the organ that I've forgotten now. I used to could go to a little party or school entertainment and hear a waltz or piece of music of any kind and go home and play it by ear but I couldn't remember any of them now, much less play them as I have arthritis in my hands and my fingers are stiff.
Three of my daughters played the piano and Leah's husband had bought her a beautiful little piano and she was learning to play when she got sick and cancer took its toll. Then four of us sang Alto and Ruby could sing tenor and Willard sang something like Alto but I don't recollect what you call it. Leah had talents that none of the others had and then the others had talents Leah never had. Leah could do the prettiest carpenter work, as good as any man. She said she could build a house, if she wanted too. She built the cutest bird house with the door & windows and painted it white, trimmed in green. She built the nicest looking shelves in her house for her pictures and shelves in her utility room for her Tupperware.
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