active little creatures, and Sally who tho but nine months old, still with her soft downy hair and skin as tho freshly born; thinking of the undiminished powers I still possess for creating more lives; just to exist, that is sufficient.
                                                                                  Apr. 10, 1926
      P.M. for walk along creek with Bertha up to dam.  A brisk clean day – wind blowing spray up from falls – walking in the dry muddy reeds.
                                                                                Apr. 11, 1926
     To Gowanda sketching