May 20, 1963
Monday, cloudy, 60 in am, hard rain, in afternoon, clearing and colder 50. I put in kitchen window and cleaned and did some mending.
Comment: Mom probably got a piece of glass cut to size in Grand Gorge. She then removed the old glazier points and old putty around the inside of the frame, inserted the glass, re-inserted the glazier points, then, puttied around the edge of the glass. Probably the only tools used were a small tack hammer and putty knife. I remember Dad cutting glass for one reason or another and he could do it very neatly and clean. When I tried it, the edges were rough and uneven even if I did not break the piece of glass I was working on. It seemed there were always cracked or broken windows in the house, especially in the barn, and I recall the image of old rags stuffed in the broken windows to keep out the cold, bugs and dust.....
Comment: Mom probably got a piece of glass cut to size in Grand Gorge. She then removed the old glazier points and old putty around the inside of the frame, inserted the glass, re-inserted the glazier points, then, puttied around the edge of the glass. Probably the only tools used were a small tack hammer and putty knife. I remember Dad cutting glass for one reason or another and he could do it very neatly and clean. When I tried it, the edges were rough and uneven even if I did not break the piece of glass I was working on. It seemed there were always cracked or broken windows in the house, especially in the barn, and I recall the image of old rags stuffed in the broken windows to keep out the cold, bugs and dust.....
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