August 31, 1779

Posted by sydney on Aug 31st, 1779

The grass burns.

August 29, 1779

Posted by sydney on Aug 29th, 1779

House-crickets are heard in all the gardens, & court-yards.  One came to my kitchen-hearth.

August 27, 1779

Posted by sydney on Aug 27th, 1779

Full moon.  My well is shallow & the water foul.

August 23, 1779

Posted by sydney on Aug 23rd, 1779

Sun, clouds, thunder shower, red even: Great blackness.

August 21, 1779

Posted by sydney on Aug 21st, 1779

Sun, brisk air, sweet even.  Many people have finished wheat-harvest.

August 17, 1779

Posted by sydney on Aug 17th, 1779

Much wheat housed.  Drank tea at the hermitage.

August 10, 1779

Posted by sydney on Aug 10th, 1779

Wheat lies in a bad way.  Peaches, & plums rot.  Wheat grows.  Flying ants swarm in millions.  Inches of rain 3.

August 7, 1779

Posted by sydney on Aug 7th, 1779

Rain, rain, rain.  Wheat under the hedges begins to grow.

August 1779
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