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July 2 1983 - Saturday. G spent night with Eileen - went to Ridgebury for morning - deadheaded wall garden - watered. Hot and humid. To hospital at 1:30 for visit with Wes. He is doing better - eating more = still on antibiotic and intra venous - urinating every 15 minutes - noise during night. I returned to Tarrytown - caught in back up of cars going to Lymhurst for concert & fire works. We walked Boo after dinner. 1984 - Monday - 64° at 6 AM - Sun up! First time we've seen it in days. .54 inches rain in gauge at 6:30. Beautiful day, but humid - both of us felt very loggy-bazy until after lunch and nap. We did plant the laurel and ilex Eileen brought us yesterday. The Ilex went on the Wood Knoll - in front - where a Bleeding Heart wouldn't grow - Wes took a big stone from the hole. The laurel went in holding bed until Spring. I cut grass, tied up tomatoes - deadheaded. Wes continued on Bog Wall. Took Honda to shop for new front fenders - rust. 1985 - Tuesday - at Baron's Cove Inn, Sag Harbor. Some clouds - cleared at times - fog at night. Walked to breakfast on Main Street - drove to Montauk through East Hampton - a very pretty town - out to Montauk Light - came back to Montauk Harbor - at East Hampton on returning were moving a house down Main Street - thru South Hampton - to Greenport ferry to Shelter Island, then another ferry to North Haven and Route 114 to Sag Harbor. Dinner at Long Wharf. 1986 - Wednesday - Raining - stopped bout 1 pm. 1.15 inches - glad of it even if windows were washed yesterday. Well driller didn't come. Annie Harrison here at 8 o'clock - cleaned house - Wes took her home at 11:30. I cooked chicken for salad Friday - made Muffins & cookies cooked prunes - [[?fixed]] pineapple - went over tablecloths. Wes had appointment with Dr Neligan at 1:30 - bursitis in right hip affecting sciatic nerve - blood pressure was good - he put gas in car - had windshield wiper fixed. 1987 - Thursday - 65° at 6:15 - Cloudy - light shower in night - not measurable. Cloudy and showers all day. 3/10 inch in afternoon. To Chris Clark's to pick up Dark Pink Coral Bells and Cecily Herb plant - Stopped at Reclamation - Bank - Hardware Store - groceries at Stop & Shop - Home to plant Cecily near big rock along Compost Path - took out many rocks from hole naturally. Peggy Ryan brought silver bowl I wan for Sweepstakes high score - made propagating box cover from [[?Hartman cloth]] - big job. July 3 1983 - Sunday - at Tarrytown with Eileen. Wes in Presbyterian. Sunny, hot & humid. To Farm Market with Eileen after 7:30 Mass - She went to NYC for funeral of Irene Singerman's h1984 - Monday - 64° at 6 AMusband. I drove to the hospital at 2:15 - Wes seemed better - had walked in the hall in the morning. Dr Puckner back from Vineyard said would continue antibiotic. I returned to Eileen's for the night. 1984 - Tuesday - 68° at 6 AM. Cloudy. Some sprinkles in morning - cleared in afternoon - thunderstorm at five PM but not much rain here. To Mass. In rented Escort (Honda in shop for new front fenders) Wes drove me to Ballard to work 9-12. He shopped and went to Reclamation with papers & bottles. He returned for me at noon - lunch - nap. Wes went to pick up the Honda - I washed flowerpots - cultivated gardens. To Ruth Sharp's at five for a drink - Billie and the Rosses there. Ruth has a new couple - Patrick and Margaret. 1985 - Wednesday - left Baron's Cove Inn, Sag Harbor, at 7:30. Sunrise Highway (Route 27) to Southern State Parkway to Whitestone Bridge to Hutchinson Parkway to Conn. Thruway to shop at Vista and buy Ice Cream Cake at Baskin Robbins, Ridgefield - home at twelve - everything looked fine - only a trace of rain in gauge. Gizella had taken in mail and papers. Lunch & nap. Cut grass. Wes started digging out soil to extend flagging in Garden Room - we moved two Bleeding Hearts. Cooked chicken on grill - ate on deck - first dinner 1986 - Thursday - 58° at 6 AM - Beautiful day. Wes to Mass - I prepared for work at Ballard Park - where four ladies worked spreading 50 bags of pine bark mulch from 8:30 to 11:30. I shopped Stop & Shop following. Wes rested his leg - picked up pills in afternoon. Made preparations of dinner - house & garden for Holmdens and Shedlockes, here at 6 PM. Had casserole dinner - watched the Statue of Liberty lighting on TV - bed. Well to 500' - over 3 gals - not bad. 1987 - Friday - 58° at 6 AM. Drizzling - had rained in night - 1/10 more - cleared in afternoon but not dry enough to cut grass. To Church (Rectory) to find note on door no mass. So humid, hard to get going. I wrote to Joan - typed propagation information for Muriel Pedersen and took it to Backus P.O. as missed mail here. Fixed planting bed between big rocks over Piper - moved in ferns & Heuchera. Wes spread leaf mulch on mid Wood Knoll. To Tracy's for cocktail at 5:30 - Home at 8 pm.