Dear [?],
I hope you will excuse the lead pencil letter. I went to [?] yesterday for [?] and left my glasses on the bench in the waiting room where I sat down to rest. I telephoned the [store?] again as soon as I got home and went over and got them this noon but it will be too late to write you. I cannot read this myself, but I hope you can. We had a fine time in the woods yesterday but I got very tired. I am lying down now getting rested from other trip. Nell Litta came over this morning and asked me to go to Quincy with her tomorrow in their auto. I could not refuse anything so nice as that so I am going to take it easy today and I know we will have a fine trip. It does not tax me a bit to ride in an automobile, and I will love to see our dear Mrs. Montgomery. I took coffee in our vacuum bottle and they all thought it was the best thing they had at the picnic, but we had lots of good things.
Went to sleep at this point. Soon it was time to get dinner but I expect you will be tired of [reading ?] this, when I looked up Chris Fey and your [Walter] were talking out by the cistern. Chris had brought a pail of [?], they are only a year old but very pretty, he says [?] he is two years old. He says the old one measures 8 ft. [?] when it is sheered.I guess you will get this. When I wrote Schenectady it looked so funny. I actually forgot how to spell it. It is a great nuisance to depend on glasses. I am going down …[?] I will not have to get one when I come to see you. We had a letter from your Uncle John. He wanted me to come over there Saturday or Sunday. [?] you and App were so good that I hope he will behave himself. Your father made me a nice flowerbed and I will plant flowers today. They should have been in long ago.
Father sends his love. We are having fine weather but hot (84)
Much love, Mother…