16 May 1960. The multi-coloured kitchen
16 May 1960 My dear Len and Margaret Monday eve. We are now having fine and warm weather, we had two thunderstorms and quite a lot of rain a few days ago. The rain has done a lot of good, everything is now fresh looking and growing is noticed. Last Friday evening when Kay and Arthur came for the evening they brought a few tomato plants for Roselle. I thought she would put them in pots as she did last year, but instead Arthur put them in for her and if you please he put them in my flower borders, and without asking my permission. Of course I could not say anything. I guess they will do better in the open ground, so if it’s not cabbages it’s tomatoes in my garden. On Friday I dug a narrow trench about a foot and a half deep between my border and the house. There is a long time that there is some dampness in the dining room where the ground was touching the house. I told Father that we must make a little trench. A few years ago we had placed some stones against the hou...