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a good sunny place for tomatoes. the neighborhood is pretty busy, fixing up for the big house thats expected. Ring was working till dark last night & Conlon was filling in his drive with dirt from in back where that loam pile was, so you see the big house is causing much excitement, its a pity, for such a monster of a house will look too big for so small a lot. even if he does have the whole of it. 50 feet on the front & the lot only 70 ft. Pa is afraid he will crowd it on to us terribly. on account of its being narrow on the back. I am going to send the letter we got from Lena yesterday. The robin is starting her nest again on the porties tearing away the old & building up the new & we see the blue jays flying in & out of the little pine, where they built last year. on account of the three stormy days, I did not get my carpets cleaned but I cleaned the wood work in the two chambers & the closets also.  Ma.