It’s been a slow and “nothing – much – doing “day today. I had a
good lie-in until
It had brought in some Bell Telephone equipment and the Supervisor
for the installation of the new telephone system. It should be ready in three
weeks time when calls will be made via L’Anse Au Loup with an end to this
“Over” business on the phones. Zero will reach the operator. I wonder when it
will be ready. It was supposed to have been operational before Christmas but at
the rate things happen around here we’ll be lucky if we get the new system
before Easter!
I had a very nice Sunday dinner of pork, beans, turnip and potatoes
with fruit and creamed jelly for afters. Of course, it’s “Sunday”, the Special
Day here. My food is definitely much
better since I complained about it.
This afternoon I washed my seal skin, an “old dota”, with hot soapy
water and I’ve managed to get a good bit of the black, seal grease off it. The
skin will look very nice when it’s clean on both sides. I don’t think I’ll
bother having a pair of sealskin boots made. I’ve also cancelled my Rexon’s
Cove order for a sealskin coat and boots. I told Pete that Ron Knotley had some
skins up at his house for sale and Pete said that he would want,” At least
one.” Scott said today that he could get at least $20 for the skin I had. I
only paid $5 for it! I’ll be off for a weekend hunting trip with Ron in a few
weeks time. I’ll be going with a pair of snowshoes on my feet this time. It was
very hard – going last time we went because every step we took, put us knee –
deep in soft snow. At the moment, 10.50 p.m., it is blowing very hard outside
and there should be quite a few deep drifts in the morning. I found it rather
unpleasant walking over from Pete’s, where I had lunch, but with my shoulder to
the wind I battled home! I was down at Mrs. Ward’s from supper time where Pete
and I had one of our many, many chats about anything that takes our fancy. We
ended up with “Peter Edwyn Smart, Holiday Centre of the Labrador, Port Hope
Simpson, Crapton – Water, Drags Bay” !
When I returned home I had a bath from my bowl! A regular spot on a
Sunday evening! I give myself a thorough flannelling with hot, soapy water. Oh,
I mustn’t forget to say that yesterday afternoon I cut Pete’s hair and he did
mine. We managed the whole operation in a much shorter time than previously.
The last time Pete had his hair cut was when I did it up in Goose Bay for him.
Mine was a good inch over the top of my ears. My last haircut was on November 6th.