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July 12 1983 - Tuesday - 60° at 6 AM - Partly cloud - heat forecast - it was sunny & hot - not too humid. Another quiet day - Wes feeling a little better -still gets up every hour at night. Took a ride to Rosses to return cake plate - give them cocktail tomatoes. I shopped Waldbaums (was charged $17.94 in excess). Bank and Marcus. Continued weeding along upper road - cut out deadwood from tulip in Bog. 1984 - Thursday - 66° at 6 AM - Fair - going to be hot & humid - opened doors and put on fan - not a bad day at all - warm sun but not too humid to work - house cool No Mass as I had to be at Ballard at 8:30 - Met Parks & Rec men - brought in topsoil and mulch to cover front beds except for East side where it needs more topsoil. Put the balance of mulch in garage. Wes finished Bog Wall - has made a two layer wall at one section - needs one more stone. I cut grass - planted Ligularia in Bog - dwarf Aruncus in shade - allium and Hutchensia alpina on wall garden. 1985 - Friday - 58° at 6:30 - Fair - Hazy at noon - thunderstorm after dinner - unexpected & welcome Wes to pharmacy to renew blood pressure pills - new post office near Kenosia for stamps - very convenient for us. Brought more leaf mulch to Wood Knoll, cut off parts of Pussytoes and planted them at back steps - Wes had put stones at top to hold bank - cut grass. 1986 - Saturday - 62° at 7 AM and raining - had 1.40 inches after lunch - cloudy rest of day. Did house chores - finished ironing - some cleaning. Read papers - Called up friends to invite them to lunch on Sunday, August 3rd. Went out between showers to stake plants and deadheaded - Made David's cookies - Chocolate chunk - from dough Eileen got for us 1987 - Sunday - 72° - Very foggy - humid - H H H. Really bad day for humidity. To 8 o'clock Mass. Hartcorns came to see Wes' deer fence - walked about Lucienne studying plants for their swimming pool area. I deadheaded - watered under Rhododendrons on South side - Wes watered Wood Knoll. We trimmed Hemlocks in garden room. Mary Luke came to look at the Solar Room - she is considering addition to her porch. Wes cooked steak on grill just before loud thunderstorm - heavy ran - 1.35 in gauge at 7 pm. July 13 1983 - Wednesday. 70° at 6:30 - Beautiful morning. Another hot day forecast - no rain - warm but low humidity and a nice breeze. Wes had a quiet day & suffered from gas pains. I watered - ran pump down - cut up fallen limbs and others in bog - put 8 wheelbarrow loads of chips along road above mailbox - cut south grass. Mike Mannion repaired kitchen slider lead - we hope. Wes & I took short walk in evening. 1984 - Friday - 60° at 6:30. Sun up - Warm beautiful day. Played golf 8:30/10:30 - placed with 2 men good golfers - Shopped Waldbaum's and Marcus and bank. Lunch & nap. Wes found two stones to place on big buried stone in bog wall. I watered - cultivated. Emptied both water barrels - first time in weeks - God does a better watering job. Our Wren is singing all day long - Cowbirds are the ones taking the strawberries - Robins have a nest in back over drive. 1985 - Saturday - 58° at 6 AM - Fair - .38 rain in gauge from last night's storm - very welcome. Cleaned house. Wes staked out stair - path from shed to well - decided too many steps. Deadheaded. Finished spreading the leaf mulch on holly grape area - front of sun garden - used it up - good wood garden effect - we think. President Reagan operated on for intestinal growth. Moved seedlings from wall garden to back steps. 1986 - Sunday - 58° at 6 AM - Cloudy - dreary all day - rain in afternoon (thunderstorm) - again after went to bed - 1 inch more. To 8 o'clock Mass. I was Lector for John Murphy Quiet day - read papers - desk work - checked on tablecloths for Aug. 3rd luncheon - brought down metal table to measure - made lists of supplies needed - Made a rum cake - studied salad recipes 1987 - Monday - 70° at 7 AM - Slept an additional hour. H H H again. Bad day - sun too hot to stay in it - very high humidity. Did wash. To Ridgefield Hardware for aluminum shape - Wes will make a propagation box - bought stakes for Ballard at Youngs - a few groceries. In afternoon Wes worked on the propagation box (very warm in shop) I deadheaded - swept walks - lots of washovers from heavy rain - put some leaf mulch on spots.
