Friday 5 April 1839

Wild windy snowy morning the ground white Fahrenheit 34 inside and 31 1/2 outside at 9 a.m. breakfast at 9 1/4 and sat talking till about near 10

Then about in the house - Edward Waddington and another mason at the passage laying it with brick - 3 bricks laid flat one upon another and an air vent all along each side in the middle course - the plaster here as yesterday and finished lathing this afternoon

Out about 11 - at Listerwick - nobody for Lowmoor at the drum - then at the water wheel - Robert Mann + 2 filling and carts as yesterday but could not go on in the afternoon the snow made it too soft therefore sent George Naylor's man to Lane ends for stones, and sent George to Wilson's for a load of coals - I waited at Listerwick till Jack Green had got his dinner then sent Joseph Mann to fill in his place (but they soon gave over and Robert and William Lord to help in getting up trees and Ben went to Lane ends) and took David Mann and went to Lower brea wood and shewed them what trees to get up

I then returned to Ann home at 1, and staid with her about 1/2 hour till she had had luncheon (cold lamb and glass of wine) and left her lying down on the sofa in her sitting room, and then went back to Lower brea wood, and Robert and William Lord came to us

Took Robert and went to the Allen car and backwards and forwards from there to the front door of the house to see where to plant the 4 trees intended for there - one large young ash, 2 ditto sycamores and one stripling oak - then planted a largish thorn at the back Lodge, and several rather smallish trees (oaks and sycamores) along the embankment till 5 3/4 - then sent all home and kept Jack (for which gave him a shilling to drink) to help Sam to tie and stake up, and I came in

Terribly wet and dirty, for it had snowed (snow and sleet) all the afternoon - all the day - very wet disagreeable day - washed and dressed - changed all to my drawers and washed my feet in hot water - had Ann a little while - about in the house till dinner at 7

Ann read French I latterly asleep and asleep too afterwards on the sofa till coffee and then wrote the whole, except the 1st. line of today till now 9 55/60 p.m. then read aloud tonight's paper till 11 - oft wet snowy day - Fahrenheit 35 1/2 inside and 32 1/2 outside now at 11 1/4 p.m. – rubbed Ann's back 

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/23/0014

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