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May 31 1983 - Tuesday - 58° at 6 AM - Sun burning through fog. Re earlier years, bananas run from 49¢ to 55¢. 8/10 inch more of rain in gauge at 8 AM. Mostly cloudy day - terrible weather. Wes went for Acetylene - I went to Stop & Shop. Carol Coggeshall phoned - Ginger Dienst with her and wanted to see us - came for sandwich luncheon - Walked up to see Grouse House - rode through Ned Mountain Road. Left at 4 - Ginger wanted us to join them for dinner at Vineyard - formerly Ardo's in Purdy's - Stars coming out on return home at 10:30 PM. 1984 - Ascension Thursday - 48° at 6 AM and raining. 2.40 inches in gauge at 8 AM - another quarter inch before it stopped at noon. Floods in Connecticut River - Westchester - Jersey - House and shop chores. To noon Mass. Washed flowerpots and straightened up garage shelves. Removed birdfeeders from wire and washed them: put them away. Left dome feeder on cliff hook. Inspected gardens - water high at base of wall garden. Bought tax exempt Conn. Housing Bonds. 1985 - Friday - 58° at 6 AM - Cloudy - looked like rain - only mist in afternoon - didn't have to stop working. Did work wash. To Nichola - Wes bough white jacket and khaki slacks - to cleaner - Stop & Shop - liquor store to stock up for Sunday's party. Home for lunch and nap. Wed ordered gravel for garden room. To Sturdevants for pictures. I chopped peat into Leucothoe bank - we put on leaf mulch - finished putting mulch on perennial garden - put on fertilizer there. Wes trimmed up Crab at end of shade garden. 1986 - Saturday. 64° at 5:45 - Awake early as electricity went off & bedroom clock was flashing. Cloudy. Became sunny - hot - cloudy in afternoon - thunder but only ten drops. Well driller John Finderak here to discuss new garden well - decided to go ahead. Worked on grounds all day - Wes continued on cliff path - I cut what grass was growing - burned out - watered - cleaned up garden room - spread 2 bags of wood chips left over from last year. Mailgram from British Airways. Won round trip to London June 10/20. 1987 - Sunday - 70° at 6AM - Fair - H H H again. Thunder in the afternoon but nothing here - a bit cooler in the evening though. To 8 o'clock Mass. Did light garden chores - deadheading one of Rhodo. Carolina - put in rest of pink Impatiens - a couple around the Piper. Kelly here about one o'clock - showed us plants she bought at Olivers - we gave her Iris, Bleeding Heart and Corydalis lutea - she left for home after having a sandwich with us. Robin, her Cairn Terrier, walked thru Freddy Pond to cool off. Did more chores. Wes cooked a good steak - ate on deck. June 1 1983 - Wednesday - 48° at 6 AM - Sun coming out, mostly beautiful day - clouded up late afternoon. Get jobs done day. Put tomatoes in ground below terrace wall - moved plants from Solar into Kitchen and put some outdoors - Cut grass - filled car with gas - trimmed plants on wall garden - emptied, partially, the water barrels under chimney = did wash etc. - packed for trip to Notre Dame tomorrow - Bit phoned she was not going to Holmdens, so we will stop in Lock Haven. 1984 - Friday - 45° at 6 AM and it is clear! Sun is coming out from behind clouds in East. Raccoon had eaten all the sunflower seed from feeder off deck. I went to Ballard Garden - only worked an hour as too wet - to bank - Brunetti - Gran Central - Caldor (Rangers) Wes had raised corner of triangle bed - planted peppers there and replanted the Rosemary standard. Planted three "Basket Tomatoes" in big pot - cut grass - Wes cleaned up under bird feeder wiere and brought down chips for the area. With Rosses to Norwalk Hospital - Nancy Carroll's African prints 1985 - Saturday - 62° at 6 AM - Sunny - Rain at 3 AM - 1/2 inch - good. Beautiful day - windy. Went early to Stop & Shop - Cheese Shop - discovered banks now closed on Saturdays - shopped for party tomorrow. I made spreads and cheese dollars - Wes grubbed out South bank around and below new blueberry bushes. I transplanted Petunias from W77 pot into perennial garden and we sued that pot for the Jasmine spiral. I deadheaded wall garden - Wes found lots of stones for a wall in grubbing out on cliff side. Cooked lamb chops on grill 1986 - Sunday. 64° at 6:15 - Thunderstorm during night - only .05 inch rain - another hot, humid day. To 8 o'clock Mass. Louise McKeon took me to her friend Paige Dickey in North Salem - gave us booklets on England. Cut candles from our white pines. Spread leaf mulch on perennial and half-shade garden. Wes started removing logs from new well area - I watered Impatiens and Dell Walk plants & shade garden. Studied London maps & books 1987 - Monday - 68° at 6 AM - Fair - not quite as hot as recent days - but had to keep out of sun. After house chores to Brunetti - gasoline - dropped pictures off to be developed - to Stop & Shop - Liquor - Talbots for a cotton blouse for Eileen's birthday - home to weed new bed off deck - Wes raked up birdseed shells. After lunch and short nap, went with Muriel Pedersen to Claire's Nursery - bought phlox for Ballard Garden and plants for our W77 pots - also 3 White Nancy Lamium - Home to water transplants - wilting in heat. Rained at 10 pm!
