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April 5 1983 - Tuesday - 42° at 6 AM. Cloudy - cleared to a nice day - milder. To Mass Wes sent for haircut - renewed his ill prescription - bank & Marcus. Freddy Grouse cutting trees. I transplanted the small Japanese maples which were nipped by some animal - Went over cliff for Poly Pody ferns and planted them on rock off deck. After lunch we removed wire cage baskets from Azaleas on Wood Knoll - raked up leaves - big job. Darn deer [[?anyway]] 1984 - Thursday - 50° at 6 AM - Raining - heavy at times - all day - floods in N.J. and NY & Conn. - reported 4" - looked like more - our gauge isn't out. Chimney cleaner and insurance adjusts cancelled - will come tomorrow. We had a quiet day - papers - mending - crossword puzzles - Wes filled the feeders - had a nice long nap after a Martini at lunch. 1985 - Good Friday - 46° at 6 AM - Cloudy - became fair - we need rain. To Miffley's to pick up [[?A]] book of Maps (look at trails to open space) Cheese Shop, Youngs for birdseed & fertilizer - Stop & Shop & Liquor - home - took burlap from dwarf pine along road - transplanted rhubarb to spot along road above mailbox - that move makes a better path below wall near cliff - Wes dug wild blueberry [[?pile]] and a hole for it near cliff edge - move it tomorrow. To church service 3 to 5 pm. Very warm afternoon - put screen door on Solar. 1986 - Saturday - in Waltham, Mass - Best Western East Hotel restaurant didn't open until 8, so we left at 7 AM - found a spot for toast & coffee - to Bentley College at 8 AM for "Landscaping with Wildflowers" symposium. Good speakers on interesting subjects during the day - ended at 4 pm. To motel for a nap - to 6 o'clock Mass at St Joseph's Church - dinner at Quality Inn - not as good as Best Western East. Disappointed that Charters and Caldicott wasn't on TV at nine. 1987 - Sunday - 42° at 6 AM. Daylight Savings Time started - home from Framingham - To 8 o'clock Mass. Straightened up a big - put suitcase away - wrote letters - out to pick up sticks - more down than from last storm - cleaned garden room - Martini at lunch time - nap - planted tomato - parsley - last year's Bue Mink Agerathum as Thompson & Morgan didn't have any this year - took burlap from Leatherleaf Viburnum and Dwarf Pine at entrance - netting from step rock garden - Cudzillos stopped by - they will build new house and asked to bring architect to look at ours. Pam phoned on Joan. April 6 1983 - Wednesday - 34° at 6 AM. After some morning cloudiness cleared to a mostly sunny day. Brought up a blanket of Poly Pody - put it under hemlock off deck. Wes turned on pump and hung hose in new hydrant cover. I transplanted Galax in Wood Knoll to a more shady place. Raked leaves on South side - threw them over cliff. Wes split wood - had some time in shop. No word from Wright or George Ventris. 1984 - Friday - 44° at 6 AM. Foggy - at least not raining! Rained off and on - saw the sun twice. Chimney cleaner here at 8:30 - did both chimneys - not much in livingroom. Insurance adjuster here at 10 - looked around. Mike is to send him estimate. Prepared for Eileen and Boo - here at 1 pm. Saw Mill was closed from Tarrytown to Mt Sisco account flooding. Eileen brought us a big bread order - she left after lunch. We walked Boo at 5 pm - she is a good dog. Wes had put up a wire run outside the Solar for her. Bet came to Eileen at 6 pm. 1985 - Saturday - 56° at 6 AM - Cloudy - turned fair - big moon at night. I returned Assessor's Book to Miffley's - to Pinchbeck for Primulas and basket - to church to accept delivery of lilies by Pinchbeck - Wes cleaned and dusted - I washed. Had moved big wild blueberry at 7 AM to new location just over bank - had a rain shower then but not enough. Wes dug enough of proposed pool site to be sure we can bury it - will work out. I moved two plants from nursery to stone steps (back steps) of Knoll. To service at church at 7 - home at nine after rearranging lilies carried to altar during Mass. 1986 - Sunday - AM in Waltham Mass. Breakfast at 8 AM - left right after for home. Cloudy - cold - saw snow along road at Sturbridge - Some light showers but a good trip home - there at noon - had hot soup a long nap. Caught up on mail and papers - Gizella had taken it in. Called Eileen & Mary - all well. Plants in good shape - house very cold - cold temperature over weekend didn't dry out plants. 1987 - Monday - 43° at 6:30 - Raining - periods of rain all day. Made dentist and hair cut appointments for Saturday - car in shop Thursday. To Waldbaum's - Wes had a haircut - Marcus - Bank. Lunch and nap. I sewed buttons on Blue big Shirt - deadheaded the Jasmine ring - a big job. Wes worked on the locomotive plan. Texas Supreme Court voted against Texaco on posting bond to appeal Getty takeover + all - a blow. Eileen said she would phone Paul to talk about Joan's condition.