Diary extracts for November 1946

3rd Nov 1946:

Collected about a stone of acorns in the Noads for the hens. When crushed up they should help considerably as there is precious little to feed them on.

3rd Nov 1946:

We decided we would purchase a piece of land from David [Mavis' brother] up on the Forest where we hope to build a house eventually.

Nothing came of this.

4th Nov 1946:

Started work on the Churchill painting for Westminster. I think there is a lot to be learned from it. To get the glow of the soft artificial light will be an interesting problem.

5th Nov 1946:

Digging in the garden for a bit to get cabbages in. Feeling better than I have done for a couple of years. The food shortage is going to be a problem more than ever.

30th Nov 1946:

With Mavis to the presentation of Knighting of Provost by old Etonians to the College. Sir Oliver Leese speech. Sir Jasper Ridley there and others. The “river overflowing and Eton practically cut off.”