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December 11

1978 - Monday - 10° at 5:45 - Breakfast before Mass
Cold, beautiful, sunny winter day. To 7:30 Mass. Wrote Christmas cards for an hour. Helen picked me up and we went to St. Elizabeth Seton's luncheon at Red Lion - sat with Gizella - Afterwards Helen & I went to visit Evelyn Leeman at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan - had to wait 30 minutes while she was in therapy. Beautiful place. Home at 4:45.
No ducks came in - Muck on big pond.

1979 - Tuesday - 40º at 6AM - beautiful day - high 60º.  Wrote more Christmas Cards after breakfast. I planted last 10 paperwhites.  To North Street Shopping Area - Penney's - bought wildflower sheet & cases - aluminum for hot house frame - Christmas tree and pine roping at Covered Bridge, (Mary Luke's daughter) Hung roping at big windows - front light - wreath at front door - spray at garage - Wrote more cards

1980 - Thursday - 20º at 6AM.- Sunny - cold clear winter day. To Mass  Prepared plants for flower show. Did wash. Mr. Trocolla - man referred by G. E. Serviceman - came to measure for freezer - Bought new G. E. 13 cubic foot freezer - just fitted in laundry spot. To Aldrich Museum at 2 o'clock with entries - worked on Passing Committee until 5 o'clock - Louise McKeon gave me ride home - Wes met me there. He had worked in shop - Set up fire - fed ducks

1981 - Friday - 24º at 6AM - Snow flurries in morning - cleared around noon.  I went to Dr. Yanity at 8:45 - had filling repaired - hope it holds.
Worked Ballard Greenhouse 9 - 12 - while there went to Pinchbeck with Sue Bondurant - bought Button Fern Magnolia leaves - home for lunch - picked up deposit on garage lamp from Yellow [[strikethrough]] Monkey [[/strikethrough]] Shutters - deposited Texaco dividend - bought Christmas tree & wreath at Covered Bridge - Doug was to deliver but when not here at 10 pm, Wes postponed.

1982 - Saturday - 29º at 6:30. Snowing lightly - about an inch - Stopped in afternoon.
Shoveled walk to front door - broomed it. Put two sprays together with cones and ribbon for garage lights.  Wrote a few Christmas cards.
To Billie Newell's at 5:30 for a drink - neighbors there - She has a couple since Nancy died on October 6th - Back home at 7:30.

December 12

1978 - Tuesday - 20º at 6AM - Off and on sun - very cold winter day.  Finished Christmas cards - To Danbury for box to ship Kelly's cloth Christmas Wreath - then wrapped that and Singleton gift and took them to UPS in Brookfield - on to Scalzo to buy new nozzle connector for dishwasher - to Stecks for roping and branches - didn't like trees there.

1979 - Wednesday - 32º at 6:30 - Another beautiful winter day - finished writing Christmas cards. To Ridgefield - ordered meat for Christmas dinner at Brunetti's - bought Taupe sandals - material for "Birds Tree" Luncheon at Inn with Helen - Terry Keller - Lucienne 
Wes had worked in shop - Put lights on dwarf Alberta Spruce - raked leaves under willow at sheds - Wes brought up wood - We cleaned willow debris from pond.

1980 - Friday - 14º at 6:15. Cold! Snow flurries in afternoon - no accumulation. I went to Aldrich at 8:15 - worked on Passing Committee for Flower Show until noon - stopped at bank enroute home. We wrote Christmas cards after lunch. McGovern picked up the Jacobsen mower for servicing.  To Aldrich Museum at six o'clock - Preview Party - won first for Poinsettia & Apple Blossom Amaryllis - Second for Leucothoe - Third for Red Violet Amaryllis - Honorable for Ivy Wreath.

1981 - Saturday - 28º at 7AM - Slept late. Tree and big wreath delivered - put up wreath after decorating it - big job it was heavy. Set up crib - hung Christmas hangings in several places - roping on Stairs - ornaments on white birch branches in blue vase - set up tree on deck after lunch - put on some leglets - too cold to finish.
Cut off ivy from rings and spiral - killed by spray Kelthane. Had lunch in Solar, temperature 72º there 
Just under 40º outdoors.

1982 - Sunday - 22º at 6:45 - Snowing - about another inch - cleared late in day. To 8 o'clock Mass. Were to go to Eileen's for lunch but snow changed plans. However decided to go at 11:30 when snow stopped. Had made cookies and butterscotch brownie and baked the frozen apple pie bought at church before Christmas. No trouble traveling to Tarrytown. Eileen had bread, poinsettias and botanical prints for us. Home before dark

[[note from digital volunteer]] Kelthane is a pesticide spray used on plants [[/note from digital volunteer]].