Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of May 9, 1875

Overview

The house and garden are put in order, and preparations begin for R.’s birthday as the garden turns green. An attempted walk is abandoned in the heavy weather, so the afternoon is spent quietly in the summerhouse, but the evening brings troubling news from Feustel that the building costs have swallowed the money meant to secure rehearsals.

Content

Sunday, May 9:

Checking the house; the garden nice and green; preparations for R.’s birthday.

In the afternoon we attempt a walk, but the weather is too close; we return home and spend the afternoon conversing in the summerhouse.

In the evening some acquaintances, among them Feustel, once more bring us nasty news; whereas, by giving up the ground clearing, R. thought he had made sure of the rehearsals, it turns out now that the building has swallowed up all the money! ...

(Grandmother’s and Daniel’s birthday.)