8th September 1927, Wellington, Colorado. U.S.A. My dearest Mother,    I received your cards and photographs on Tuesday (Monday was Labour day and we didn'nt get any mail) and I was tickled to death to get them.  It made me feel home-sick all day after seeing your pictures.  I think you look fine and about the same as when I was home, maybe a little thinner tho, are you? Annie is a swell looking girl, so big and nice looking.  Tell her I am quite proud of my big sister.    I told Walt's mother you sent a card for her.  She is sure pleased and said she'd have to remember you.    You know I mailed your Birthday card and when reading the verse over it struck me that the card I sent last year had the same verse on it.  I bought this one new.  I'm sorry if it is like the other, but I thought the verse was so nice to send to you.    I started to write this whilst waiting for dinner time.  I have green peas for dinner.    My garden helps out quite a little.  I have peas, string beans, red beets, and carrots.  I want to can some beets if my jars hold out.    Walt ordered two bushel baskets of peaches and two of pears for me.  I'll get them in a few days then i shall (underlined) be busy, believe me.    We got our grain threshed on Wednesday of last week.    Mrs Lough and baby paid me a visit that afternoon and Eliza and Dorothy were here later on.    I had an accident with the car that evening.  I had just backed out on the side of the road and was waiting for another car to pass when the blamed thing ran right into the rear of my car.  It broke the spare-tire carrier off and bent the rim, squashed the back of the car in, broke the back seat off, tore two big holes in the gasoline tank ( all the gas ran out) smashed a window and did some damage to the springs axle or something.  Topsy was sitting in the rear seat but got off with a bruise on her forehead and a nose bleed.  I thought it was going to break my neck, but it did'nt.  My neck, shoulders, and right arm were very sore and stiff for several days.  A friend who was with me, did not get hurt at all, but was very scared.    Sept 9th 7 a.m. I am kind of peeved right now mother.  Walt and I were talking about Annie, and as usual he tried to make out that she 'cannot get a a fellow' (underlined), being as she is neither married or engaged yet.  This makes me tired every time, he seems to think that all girls are like his man-crazy sisters.  Does Annie have a fellow or does she go out with any?  Whether or no, spin some yarn or other when you write.    Oh Sphaw, enough of that.    We went to Collins yesterday to get our car, it was not yet finished so we had to wait.  You can hardly tell where the car was damaged.  It cost Walt nearly sixty dollars. You know we did'nt get home until 5.30 p.m. and there was poor old Ed sitting on the front porch waiting for us.  He gets out of school at 3.30.  He is not feeling very well, has got a touch of summer complaint I think.    Last Friday, the sugar company had a tour of the beet fields ending up at the park in Collins where lunch was served.   We did'nt go on the tour but we 'did' (underlined) drop in for lunch.  We had meat and cheese sandwiches, some kind of sausage, potatoe salad, cookies, ice-cream and coffee.    The kids have just got up, Ed says he feels better, but his bottom teeth are still nervous.    On Tuesday of last week we went to Loveland Fair, to the barbeque.  It was sure a squeeze. I think they fed eight thousand people that day.  We had roast beef, potatoe flakes, pork and beans, pickles, rolls, peas, cookies and coffee that day.    The Saturday before that we went to Estes Park and took Deines' with us.  We sure had a good time and came home tired out.    Well mother, I guess we'll stay here for another year after all.  We can't get any improvements made tho.    We have a fair here a week on Saturday.  I want to enter some of my sweet peas if they are not all gone before then.  I have had and still have, lots of them in my garden out in the field.    Well mother dear, I must close, hoping you are well, and with love to you all             Your loving daughter               XXXXX  Dolly XXXXX p.s. I had a letter from Doris, she is married (happily) to a Shakespearean actor and has a daughter two and a half years old. D.W. Wonder who that was? Pat This letter contained a cutting from the local newspaper. J.W.Nichols and Mrs Walter Wood Jr; were parties to an auto collision late last Wednesday afternoon in front of the Woods home at the north end of Third Street.  Mr Nichols was traveling west with the sun shining directly in his eyes and did not see the Wood car which had just backed out from the garage.  Both cars were damaged by the collision but fortunately no one was hurt.