| May 1942 |
| 20th | Lovely day - sunny and warm 69 degrees but turned dull and cool in evening. Went to town in morning and had hair cut. Fertilised roses. Had letter from S.C.J. and replied. Russians still advancing on Kharkov. Germans have opened offensive further South. |
| 19th | Rather windy but dropped during day and turned into a lovely evening. Sat out in shelter on big lawn until 9 o'clock. Dr. Wirth broadcast to Malta. (?) |
| 18th | Rainy at times but gleamed out hot in between. 70 degrees. Sat down long path without shelter. |
| 17th | Beautiful sunny morning. Feeling better. Went to Chapel in morning, sat out on lawn in afternoon but came over rather cloudy. |
| 16th | Nice rain early. 65 degrees. Had shelter out in afternoon. Had warning 4.30 - 4.40 p.m. whilst sitting out. Dad got 3 cucumber plants at Theobalds. Set beet. Look like having big lot of strawberries. |
| 15th | Nice sunny day. Sat out in shelter, afternoon and evening. Dr. called at 10 to 6 and stayed until 6.30. Says I can go out and about and back to work in another week. Russians advancing at Karkov and retreating in Crimea. |
| 14th | Dull day. Did not go out. Dr. has not been so I wrote to him and asked him to call. Rev. Jacobs called during afternoon. Russians have launched offensive near Karkov (Kharkov, Ukraine) and have broken through German lines. Dad set marrows. |
| 13th | Had some more rain in night but not very nice day. Had a warning to-day - 12.35 - 12.45 p.m. First one for over four weeks. Germans claim break-through on Kerch Peninsular. Still waiting for Dr. |
| 12th | Dull day. Clarice came for day and brought Chipps (dog) with her. Germans have launched offensive on Kerch Peninsular. (Eastern Crimea). Still watching for Dr. |
| 11th | Had very nice rain in night and a little thunder. Dad set out lettuce plants and some French Beans. Looked for Dr. all day but he did not come. |
| 10th | Warmer 60 degrees but hazy. Had shelter out in afternoon and I got up and laid out on couch. Garden looks very nice. Tulips are all out. Heard Churchill broadcast. He says Germans may use gas against Russians. |
| 9th | Still cold with East wind but very sunny. Vera phoned Dr. to know whether I was to go and see him. We watched for him all day but he did not come. We lost 19 planes over Germany last night. |
| 8th | Much cooler only just over 50 degrees. Could not go out. Big Naval and air action going on in Coral Sea. (Off N.E. coast of Australia). Japs have lost 11 ships and had six damaged. Allied losses not stated. |
| 7th | Another hot sunny day. 74 degrees. Changed very suddenly at 5.30. Wind blew up from the East and temp. went down 8 degrees in ¼ hour. By 7.20 it had gone down to 60 degrees and we had to come in. French forces in Madagascar have surrendered. Price of second-hand furniture to be controlled. |
