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Brewster has quite a good idea. She got four of everything on would need of silver glass in a standard pattern so she can have two in for a real dinner anytime and then will add to it as time goes on. I should think 6 or 8 could be a good number. Will you let me know which Zella would rather have.

Give my love to all and I do hope you are feeling better. Lots of love always Catharine.

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{written in red top left corner "48"} {top left Bauff, Alberta July 20, 1932}

Dearest Mother, I wrote a love letter to Reecs? yesterday about ski camp [?] his advice and it looks as if we would go out today for our paintings expedition. It has been very showery since Sunday but the clouds seem brighter today, I mean higher.

Jackie and Barbara came up to Castle [?] on Sunday to take us to Moraive? Lake but it rained so hard we decided to come back here until it cleared up its not so bad camping on dry ground and they have it rain but when you camp on wet ground its not worth it. Four friends of [?] arrive in [?] on Sunday and were there for supper. We were on all way to the tea room but Barbara insisted we come in for supper too. You would have been amused to see the supper. Fried [?] and canned chicken. Sugared canned sweet potatoes and canned carrots. it all tasted delicious there were then of us. I should say that one the girls was a friend of Barbaras She was awfully nice though? Jewish but the other [?] were no typically the type that they were funny. Uncle Harold and Aunt Hazel (Barbaras relatives) were coming over in the evening to see the house and so the whole bunch came.

Monday we were busy and I cleaned house again. Mr and Mrs Oakes, who are the elderly couple who came to the Bauff springs each year from Boston, cause [?] [?] [?] and to see the house. They came last year when we were painting at Mdeau? and so didn't stay and so we asked them this time. I made some cheese crackers and had

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coke and they each took some very politely and then said they were very sorry they couldn;t eat any thing int the afternoon so I had to hide the extra plate in the kitchen before they saw it.

That evening we went to the movies and then meet five friends from Calfary and they came over to see us about ten. They were crazy about a log house and were awfully nice about it after they had gone we [?] for the [?] of it how many different people had been in the house since the middle of may and there were even a hundred that we could remember. Thats quite a lot when you thik of it and nearly all of them have had tea or something.

Yesterday I worked on ski camp [?] the dark things don't quite balance and then in the afternoon the [?] came to tea and we discussed pictures and [?]. They have always been interested in Pete's painting.

Pete is over in [?] seeing about several things there always seems to be so much to look after. We will have an early lunch and then go out we ought to be back in about a week I should think.

I saw in the [?] Miss [?] was haveing a Removal Sale what does that mean? Is she going to save other store or what?

I guess I had better start finding some socks? [?]. will write soon if I can/. Tell Aunt Ida I know she must see my letters to you and so won't write by until I have more time. Goodness knows when that will be. Loads of love Catharine.

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{written in red top right corner "47"} {top center letter head "LAKE O'HARA CHALET-BUNGALOW CAMP HECTOR, B.C"} {below to the right "Monday July 24? 1932"}

Dearest Mother, The sketching trip has been most successful and we arrived here just after linch today and fo to Lake Louse tomorrow morning sometime. Its rather cloudy out right now so though Pete is sketching I though I might as well write you and tehn have a bath.

I think I wrote you the day we left for Moraine Lake. It looked a bit doubtful as to weather but this seems to be what they call a wet summer" and it may shower any time and you never can tell when the good weather will be. So we decided we might as well start. We drove to Moraine Lake and left the car there you rememer Moraine don't you where Nell and I walked into Cousolation Lake and there we all had tea afterwards. The camp there is run by some [?] ladies and they are very nice but can't understand why so few people go there and yet when we asked for tea the other day all they gave us were some [?] little [?] all buttered about 2 a pieve and each only a mouthful and the whole thing cost us for three $1.45 and in Bauff one ca get a whole supper for $.45. We didn't have quite such heavy packs as before and Victor went back to the car next day for the extra stuff. All I have with me is my sketch box, a five pound sleeping bac, an air pillow you blow up, a towel, tooth brush, paste, comb, knife, [?] of

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{ Top centre: "2"} odd hair pins mending stuff and scissors a sweater, my parka I wear skiing, a hat, two pairs of extra socks, gloves and mocasins? also the rubber poncho which is a square piece of material with a whole for your head and which goes over your sack and also can be used as a ground sheet under the sleeping bag which makes it dry & warm sleeping on {left of text line, pencil: "X"} the ground. I also have some mosquitoe netting & chocolate. It doesnt weigh too much. {right of text line, pencil: "X"} Then Pete has about the same with food and some Rum, bandages etc and the silver etc Vic has his own stuff as well as the rubberized silk tent, the box with 24 sketching panels which is heavy and then most of the food. We started out with 37 pounds of food at Shadow Lake but have cut it down considerably and another time can eliminate quite a bit. We had about six loaves of bread which as Vic says goes farther after its a week old. Several tins of bully beef - It comes in tins and is like a meat loaf of beef all pressed together. One tine is just enough for a meal. We had enough bacon for breakfast & sometimes oftener and we even had eggs when we were camped near Moraine Lake. Though someone eventually sat on them without our realizing itt and we couldnt use them all. We also had several cans of sardines but we forgot about them and only used 2 tins. We had two jars of honey in the cristilized form which goes further than jam, also plenty of butter in fact a pound too much. We had Norse? Soup which comes in concentrated powder form, is light to carry, easy to make and very nourishing. You just crumple the stuff

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