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February 29 19 19 1980 - Friday - 6° at 6 AM - Clear - Cold windy day. Paid bills. I worked at Greenhouse in morning - shopped afterward. Home at 2 for lunch and nap. Transplanted taxies and Ilex cuttings under lights in basement. About 6 each have root system. To Alex and Helen's at 6:30 for a drink - then to Windmill Diner for fish dinner. We worked in shop during day. 19 19 March 1 1978 - Wednesday - 10° at 6:30 - Partly cloudy, predicted snow didn't arrive thank God. Left at 9:15 for Washington there at 3:45 - Marriott Twin Bridges - Wes worked out perfect route to reach it. Drink at Windjammer Lounge. Dinner at S & S Livestock Co. Phoned Mr. Pepkin. (315 miles) 1979 - Thursday - 24° at 6 AM. Partly cloudy - became mostly clear - high 53° at 2 pm. Pat here. Louise had cold so Wes & I drove to St. Catherine's Church, Riverside, to enter Louise's begonia and my Topiary Rabbit in "Preview of Spring" show - lots of people there. On to [[?Makie]] Rug Store in Greenwich - asked questions on church rug - stopped at St Michael's Church Nort5h Street where Sister Cecilia showed us around. Lunch of fish stew at Marmaduke's, Brooksville. Home at 2 pm. Wes in shop - I transplanted [[?Co]]. 1980 - Saturday - 4° at 6 AM. A very cold windy day. Sunny in morning, cloudy in afternoon - coldest day of winter. House chores - did colored wash - hot water pipe repairs by Wes held - lot of Garden Club telephoning for Green Finger show. Checked tax return and paid [[?Krawchicks]]. Cooked pot roast for tomorrow when Eileen will come. Wes worked in shop and helped clean house. 1981 - Sunday - 40° at 6 AM. To 8 o'clock Mass. Became fair, breezy day. Chores and book balancing in morning. To Breeze and Barbara Sobol's for luncheon at 12:30. Mary Luke there. Home at 3:30 pm. To Bogus property - but brush preparatory to making trail for tractor to move wood to rear of lot. 1982 - Monday. 15° at 6:30. Fair. Sun 5:30-5:47. Despite good sunrise it was a mostly gloomy day. However temperature in Solar was around 69° and we left the plants there. I went to workshop at Ballards "Gardening Under Glass" - bought meat and more peat pots to transplant the [[?Munbel]] Tomato - Cooked in afternoon. Wes went for a haircut and to the bank and [[?Marens]]. Worked in shop.
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