Saturday, August 30, 1947
Have 45 cocoons from my cecropia larva with 3 or 4 larva still living but they don’t look good. Took a couple of skippers this morning in the yard. Cyanide jar – no net. This evening showed them to Ray & one was new to him – Firery Skipper. Went over house lightly. Canned the pickles – got 7 pints.
Over home about 3. Made 2 $8 pieces for Hazel Hufford’s mother & then a double rose spray with 50 pink roses. Looked very professional but the undertaker said it wasn’t stiff enough in the back.
Willard [Durfee] came before I had my self collected. Played with the kids while I made a glamelia*. Then I had a bath & was a little presentable when the Romines came. Ray, Sandra & I went for ice cream and we got drumsticks & served them with pop & candy. I’m dead tired.
[*Portmanteau – Typically a corsage made from gladiolus petals to look like a rose or camellia.]