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July 26 1983 - Thursday - 60° at 6:30 - Foggy. No Mass as Father on vacation. Hot but a nice breeze. I worked at Ballard 9-12. Wes read papers and rested. After lunch and nap I watered - ran the well down but watered most everything. Put chips on Eileen's azalea - looks so good will spread chips over all that area. Took walk to see Grouse house and up Bogus. Picked strawberries for tomorrow's breakfast 1984 - Saturday - 59° at 6:30 - Cloudy. Walked Boo. Off and on cloudy - cleared in evening. Did wash - changed bed - Walked Boo. To Young's to inquire about chipper - will call on Tuesday - to Ridgefield Supply to ask about equipment sheds - forget them as have to have an order for four before they get them in - home for lunch - nap - picked up stones for Bog water channel - moved 3 ferns there cleared out weeds. Picked up Billie Newell at 5:30 and went to the Tracy's cocktail party - Home at 8. Eileen home from SF - will come tomorrow 1985 - Sunday - 58° at 6:15 - Fair - beautiful day. To 8 o'clock Mass. Hartcorns came after Mass for Fuller's Earth - he has spots of oil on flagging Did a work wash. Wes enlarged hole near shed to transplant Hemlock & discovered three huge stones. Worked that spot all day finally was able to move one. I brought 3 Christmas Ferns up from deer trail - planted them at huge rock along path to shed. Freed Poly Pody from cliff edge off deck & added that to area. To Jessups' cocktail party at 5:30. 1986 - Monday - 70° at 6:30 - cloudy. Ate breakfast on deck. Cloudy - warm, humid weather - a bad stretch. Light shower in late afternoon. Deadheaded. To town - Brunetti and Stop & Shop. Delay on Ridgebury Road account paving. After lunch and nap transplanted 2 dwarf Hostas from edge of Garden Room to step garden - put Impatiens from dell walk in their place. Went over cliff to cut small branches from maple spoiling view of pond. Wes' hips & leg & forward a little better. Spoke to Pat Neligan about stopping pills. 1987 - Tuesday - 69° at 7 AM. Fair - beautiful day - sunny - warm - low humidity. I prepared luncheon for Muriel Pedersen, Edith Meffley and Charlotte Crossby (Ballard Garden crew) Wes swept walk and Garden Room - discovered deer had come in driveway - ate Day lilies and Phlox in Perennial Garden - Hosta and Solomon Seal - Ladies went to Garden Club meeting at Jane [[?Piloubet]] - I was first for Jacobinia - Wes dug one post hole and started the second - finished rough grading at well area. July 29 1983 - Friday - 69° at 6 AM. Sunny, hot and humid but a breeze - drying. To Waldbaum's early - avoided crowds - stopped at Marcus. Transplanted White Petunias from Dell Path (too dry) to Shade Garden - Killed slugs Cut grass - decided to lower mower as needs it in shade and in sun its burned out anyway. Put peat moss in soil at northeast day lily bed - watered Wood Knoll. To Ruth Sharp's at 5 for a tonic 1984 - Sunday - 56° at 6:15 - Nice day = Sunny and breezy. To 8 o'clock Mass. Prepared for Eileen's visit. Here at 11:30-2:30. Heard about her interesting time in Los Angeles and San Francisco. She brought us beautiful raspberries - we gave her beans. Had nap after she left. To Hemlock Hill Lake Association meeting on Insurance at [[?expere]] - no decision - another meeting next Sunday which we will miss. Deadheaded wall garden - 1985 - Sunday - 58° at 6 AM. Partly cloudy and cool in morning - cleared to a beautiful afternoon. Worked around place all day - Wes dug big stones near shed area - got another one of these loose - but not out! We moved a big stone from right of stair area - taking out a step and a few plants to do it - down to the base of the big rocks where the concrete birdbath is. Wes reset the step and regarded. I reset ferns and plants - cleared off cliff of compost & soil - pulled Virginia creeper from rocks by going down cliff path. 1986 - Tuesday - 72° at 6 AM. Cloudy - humid - bad weather continues - sprinkles around noon - heard thunder at 4 pm - only sprinkles here - flooding in Westchester and NYC. To Mass. Deadheaded - cut south grass - rear & along road. Wes brought down stones from North slope and cliff top (north slope) for proposed wall behind shade garden/bog walk. Quit early account thunder. Raccoon ate three tomatoes that were ripening! 1987 - Wednesday - 55° at 6 AM. Cool night - good sleeping - Fair. To Mass. Wes dug the second hole for the driveway posts - luckily didn't hit any big stones. I replanted the bean row - only few had come up - trimmed Myrtle and Rosemary Ring - Watered a few plants - deadheaded - killed Japanese Beetles. Left at 11:45 for Tuckahoe - Rockwell Restaurant - where met Mary for lunch - returned home via Rosedale to buy a Bonsai pot for Chamysipris Herb from Memorial Garden. Nap before dinner
