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June 6 1983 - Monday - at Williamsville - Rain until evening - lucky we traveled yesterday. Hooker took day off. We drove to downtown Buffalo Riverfront area - went thru former Post Office Building converted to Erie Community College - lunch at "Crawdaddy's" on water edge - went thru condominium on waterfront - home for nap - dinner - to movie "Max Dugan Returns" - Jason Robards - Marsha Mason - good show. Phoned Eileen for her birthday. 1984 - Wednesday - 58° at 6:30. Unexpected thunderstorm in morning - just a trace of rain. Bet and Boo with us. Eileen at Budget meetings. Bet and I went to Hollandia Nursery - bought mulch and a few perennials - To Booklet and Bethel Art shops - Home for lunch. Wes was cleaning up place and he cut grass in afternoon. Bet and I went to Ballard Park and shopped Brunetti. On deck for cocktail as temperature 80° and himid 1985 - Thursday - 52° at 6 AM - Fair - beautiful day. Cool. To Mass. We went to Ballard - Wes made frame for the Memorial Garden Espalier - I worked in garden with Patty Sticknock. To bank - Medical Group to pay Wes' lab bill & get form - picked up Wes' new white jacket & pants from Nicholas - I bought sandals and bag at Putnam Shoes - Home for lunch at 1 PM - Nap - put peat into triangle garden - Wes put on leaf mulch - I cut grass, transplanted variegated geranium and Mother Fern into clay pots for Zone VII show - Wes spread more gravel 1986 - Friday - 62° at 6:15 - Raining! stated about midnight - 9/10 inch by noon - Dusted for Eileen & Bet here at 9:45 with Boo. Eileen brought clothes & bread. Left for Farmington - rain in spots - lunch at Reading Room Restaurant - Old Grist Mill - tour of The Hillstone Museum - lovely - wonderful Money - Manet - Degas - Whislters & Cassatts - Eileen & Bet let for home after we walked Boo - No rain here during day obviously - but much Heavy rain in evening. Turtle-Snapper - laying eggs in driveway - Wes threw her over cliff. 1987 - Saturday - 56° at 7 AM - Sunny - beautiful day Cool - sun warm. House chores - left at 10:30 for Cold Spring - gathering of Rock Garden at Stone Crop (not a meeting) Route 84 to Taconic to 301 to Derrytown Road - home of Rank Cabot - beautiful rock garden - raised wall gardens - ponds - wood garden - remarkable. Sandwich lunch on their terrace. Home at 2:30 for a nap - cut grass - Wes worked on wall at shed area - for the work area. June 7 1983 - Tuesday - left Holmdens at Williamsville about 7 o'clock. Route 90 to 390 at Rochester - south to 17 to 84 and home. Beautiful scenery along routes 390 and 17 - good weather all the way - we have been lucky - stopped at Marcus for milk - home at 3:30. Unpacked - Wes took nap - I checked garden - cucumbers yellowing - slugs eating lettuce - beans coming up. Had rain on Friday as Eileen said when she came up Sunday. Here was 1.2 in gauge. Cut grass and Wes raked. 1984 - Thursday - 68° at 6:30 - Sun up - beautiful morning - supposed to be hot. Was - 90° and humid. Bit and Boo with us. Wes and Bit did a little shopping - bank - Ace. I got Eileen's room ready she came up after lunch. We walked Boo - sat on deck as it was cooler there. Had her birthday dinner - Wes cooked good London Broil Bit painted her a box with Charleston scene - we have her Tiffany Brooklyn Bridge porcelain box. 1985 - Friday - 48° at 6 AM - Fair beautiful day. Fixed lunch (picnic) packed - Eileen came about nine o'clock, having left Boo at Craighead Kennels. We took Routes 84 - 90 - 20 to Weston, Mass., to Webb-Bigelow House where we had Bed and Breakfast reservation - walked in State Forest (lots of mosquitoes) saw Pink Lady Slippers - dinner at Longfellow Wayside Inn in Sudbury - attractive place Eileen's birthday celebration 1986 - Saturday - 56° at 6 AM - Cloudy, 1.4 inches rain & drizzling off and on most of day - great for the gradens. I picked up cleaning - book on England from Edith Meffley - drugstore and film supplies. Wes moved brush from south to the big pile at north end - Grounds Keepers people didn't pick up. Cleaned (used up) all leaf chips at shed - spread them on "future pool garden" Staked tomatoes - fertilized them as yellowing. [[?Orthered]] rhododendrons on South side. To N.C. Draper at 5 for Belmont. 1987 - Sunday - 48° at 6 AM - Cloudy. Few sprinkles at breakfastime. To 8 o'clock Mass. Deadheading chores - small transplants. To Fred Burke, 80 Walnut Grove Road, off Farmingville - works with Carolyn Blackwel, at his request to identify shrubs & plants. It was an overgrown place - we helped where we could. Home for lunch & nap - Worked around place in afternoon. Cool damp - few sprinkles.