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346 July 26 - Thursday - 7:30 P.M. My Dearest Darling: Its gray, and soft green out - the fog is sifting thru the pines - its lovely and a bit lonely too - Have just finished dinner - a good one for a change, and I'm feeling full and lazy - tomato juice, lamb chop, buttered potatoes, creamed corn, half cantaloupe and glass of milk. I usually eat much less than that, but every once and a while I go on a binge. The big news item of the day is that Wendy has a new stroller, and her old one has been converted into a kiddy car. “Richardson's” - the big [pg 2] furniture store over in Monterey, phoned this morning to say they had a stroller for me. Helen was taking Bob over to the Presidio for a hair cut, so I gave her a blank check, and told her to go ahead and buy it, if it looked like a good buy - Its all metal construction, except for the seat which is wood. There is a rubber bumper in front, and rubber hand rest - cost $14.50, and I'm hoping it will last til Wendy is able to walk to town and back - probably not til after you get back. Wendy seems very pleased with her new conveyance - took some pictures for you. Bev and her mother arrived for breakfast about 10:30 and [pg 3] stayed til noon. We had a pleasant chatty visit, and Wendy kept us amused toddling back and forth across the room. She certainly is proud of her barefoot sandals. Helen found out this afternoon that her house has just been put up for sale. The owner is asking $6700 dollars, 2 or 3,000 more than its worth, so she'll probably have trouble selling it. At any rate, Helen has ninety days after its sold, and by then Walter may be home - he has enough points for a discharge. We didn't go to the beach today, because I had a lot of shopping to do, and of [pg 4] course couldn't get downtown this morning. “Precious Bane” is on order, and should be in at the bookstore any day now. Didn't we buy the illustrated Modern library Bible - I'm sure we did. The publishers aren't sending out lists any more - just one big one to each store. However, the lady at the bookstore is going to check her old list against the new one, and then give it to me. Guess I'll get the dishes out of the way now - be back in a little while darling. 10:00 P.M. Today's news of Churchill's defeat is a bit startling, but may prove to be a good thing [pg 5] at that. The joint American, British, Chinese ultimatum to Japan doesn't impress me - as an ultimatum seems rather tepid. To have any real effect, it probably needs Stalin's signature. Wendy is awake, and talking to herself, so I guess I’d better get to bed and maybe we'll both fall asleep. No mail from you today, but then I wasn't really expecting any. Tomorrow tho, I hope, and soon maybe there will be a letter telling me you’re coming home. Goodnight my darling Tinker - I love you very much Bobby
