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May 17 1983 - Tuesday - 37° at 5:30. Cold but sun coming up .83 inches in rain gauge accumulated since Sunday. Walked Boo. Mary J in Italy for her birthday. Left at 8:45 for Tarrytown - left Boo there - on to Atchley for my appointment with Dr. Jacobs at 10:30 - Wes' 11:15 with Dr. Puchner - I had EKG, chest xray and blood test. Dr Puchner running late so Wes didn't wait long. Wes to go back if present trouble continues. Had sandwiches in Tarrytown Shopping area - picked up Boo - home for nap - Cut grass Wes raked as very long. Walked Boo, admired Bellwort along road. 1984 - Thursday - 38° at 6:10 AM - Sunny, beautiful day - cool. To Mass. St. Fiacre statue delivered by VPS - put him at steps to Wood Knoll - Moved St Francis to the birdbath on South side - Moved Duck to rock along path to wood pile north side, one low birdbath there also. To Rye Hilton for lunch with Mary & Eileen for Mary's birthday. To Nobel's following - bought a few rock plants and 4 Dill which left at Ruth Sharp's for Martha Cruise. Home to plant Nobel purchases and admire effect. 1985 - Friday - 58° at 6 AM - Cloudy - light sprinkle twice. Wes picked up last of wire cages - put them in crawlspace - brought out big pots and penguin stand. I took tomato plants to Greenhouse - shopped Brunetti for Sunday's steak - cheese shop - Stop & Shop - Talbot to buy a blouse for Mary's birthday - bank - Home for lunch. Wes came with me to Ballard - we helped Hawsie put in Espaliered plant - weeded the garden - many workers getting ready for tomorrow's Garden Mart. 1986 - Saturday - 58° at 6 AM - Garden Mart Day - thunderstorm at 2 AM - glad of it - less than 1/4 inch - Fog lifted by 9 AM - beautiful warm day. I worked at Garden Mart in morning for Pinchbeck - bought another Epimedium from Donations - Wes took down wall in front of deck - will realign and raise it - Worked all day there: I cultivated perennial bed - planted potted strawberry plants - transplanted lettuce - cleaned trays. Joan phoned in evening - Hooker back in hospital since Thursday - rash from drug given for irregular heart beat. 1987 - Sunday - 54° at 6 AM - Cloudy - cleared to a very warm, lovely day. To 8 o'clock Mass. Prepared house, deck, garden room and dinner for Mary's birthday - she, Eileen and the dog here at noon - good day. Wes cooked steaks - cake from Taste of Paris was very good. They left at 4:15. We watered small plants and some transplants. Top of ground (at least) very dry in heat. May 18 1983 - Wednesday - 34° at 5:30. Clear - Walked Boo before breakfast. Made cookies. Left at 9:15 for Tarrytown where left Boo - on to Dr Espey - 69th & Lexington - Garage at 70th & 34rd torn down but found another across 3rd. Eyes OK - had lunch at Ichabod Hawthorne - on to Ridgefield, shopped Brunetti, Grand Central, Cheese Shop, Liquor - Walked about checking on plants - saw Grouse House - up about 4 courses of logs - trimmed up trees on Wood Knoll - beautiful day - quiet without Boo at night 1984 - Friday. 38° at 6:30 - These are cool nights! Sunny morning, cloudy afternoon - not nice - cool. I worked at Donations Committee, Anne Tracy Chairman, at Ballard - home at noon with forget-Me-Not - Shasta Daisy - Pulmonaria - Egyptian Onion - planted them. Wes had put more topsoil/fill on cliff path - widening it. Saw 3 Male Rose Breasted Grosbeaks - Cardinals around - lots of Bluejays and Mourning Doves unfortunately. 1985 - Saturday. 58° at 5 AM - Up at 4:30 as its Garden Mart Day - there at 6 AM - Greenhouse not open - had to wait until 6:30 - Worked until 2:30 - rain at times and very windy and cold - Pinchbeck - Covered Bridge & Catnip - bought yellow Iris and a day lily - early yellow. Wes had cleaned house - took small stones from pool - have to work on surround - swept terrace - I cut grass and watered as only .15 rain here - Wes tried to put on weed and feed but spreader wouldn't work 1986 - Sunday - 54° at 6 AM - Warm, humid day - not bad in the evening on the deck. To 8 o'clock Mass - Worked outdoors all day. Wes continued spreading leaf mulch on Wood Knoll. I transplanted lettuce - had thinnings for dinner - put in 2 more tomato plants - the rest of onions sets - 4 short rows of beans Planted the Dahlia tubers - put in all Ageratum plants Cocktail on deck. 1987 - Monday. 56° at 6:15 - Fair - clouds in afternoon and light rain at 5 pm. (Half inch rain) To Muriel Pedersen's with Rosemary, Myrtle, Bleeding Heart, Lilac and Cyclamen for Fairfield Zone II Meeting. Up to Pinchbeck to look at Rhododendron Maximum - will deliver 5 tomorrow - Reclamation with papers - Medical Lab closed in Ridgefield - to Danbury Hospital where had blood tests made - home for lunch - Wes dug holes and widened those already dug for expected Rhodos - I watered the peat - Wes mixed soil - I planted 4 Summer Delight Tomatoes - Row of beans - some Basil & Ageratum before rain.
