May 31, 1959 Cock-A-Doodle-Do, Commencements, Connecticut and Camping

Dear Mother & Daddy,

"It's a beautiful day but a little hot and steamy.  We've been having rain almost every night and then sunshine in the day.  Things are growing so fast you can almost see them grow.  The chicken ate the last of the lettuce and the radishes are going to seed now.  I dug up part of the bed and planted nasturtiums and may get the rest dug up one of these days.  Mrs. Smith (my iris friend) gave me some new iris and will give me some more this summer so I'm going to get a place fixed for them.  Our yard is real pretty now.  The iris are almost through blooming but the peonies have started.  This is the first time they have bloomed so there won't be many.  B mowed the new grass in front for the first time this week and it is sparse but looks lots better.

The chicken caused a lot of excitement this week.  He began to crow.  Bob had started to school when he heard it and he yelled "Mom" so loud the whole neighborhood must have heard.  The rooster has been practicing ever since and it really sounds funny.  It is almost fryer size now and is a very pretty chicken--shiny brown.

The Normal pool opened today and Bob has gone to swim.  The water will probably be icy cold but he didn't care.  Ann went to a movie with some kids and will probably want to go when she gets home.

B had two commencement talks this week besides all the other things.  One was 150 miles away so he was real late getting home but the money he got for them bought him a suit he needed.

Helen Brown and I had our supper party last night and that's the last one.  We entertained 40 women in all and we could easily have another party but we don't plan to.  It's a lot of work but so much easier when we do it together that way.

I didn't mean for you to bother about that pink locust.  If I can't get one here alive maybe this one I have will send up some sprouts one of these days.  It was sure pretty this year.  The blossoms were so heavy that a limb broke off in the wind one day so I tied it together before any more broke.  I put the limb in water and planned to use it in a bouquet but it wilted right away.

Bob and Ann will be out of school next Thurs. and the college graduation is Saturday.  We probably will be home the last of June or the first week in July.  We are planning to go to New York and New England sometime during our vacation.  We think we'll get a tent and some camping equipment and camp along the way.  Maybe I have already told you this.  We remember some wonderful camping spots near the ocean in Connecticut and we have been getting literature from the states between here and there.  So many of our friends go camping and they all say it is more fun than any form of traveling.

I hope you are having as nice a day as we are."

                       Lots of love,

                               Bonnie