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September 18 1983 - Sunday - 52° at 6 AM. Fog in early A.M. Cleared to a beautiful day. To 8 o'clock Mass. Worked at big rock North End - moving stone from off path to central position. I deadheaded wall garden - picked off leaves - put sedum and sempervivum into new stone backing cracks. After lunch we transplanted Cimicifuga from perennial garden to back of shade garden - moved five ferns to North Rock Cliff. Cut grass. 1984 - Tuesday - 42° at 6 AM. Fog over pond. Fair beautiful day. To Mass. Roads and parking lots at church being blacktopped. I worked at Ballard in morning - Hatsy Hart painting the fence - Muriel Pedersen, Bobbie Hoffman, and I weeded, trimmed, transplanted daylilies and filipendula Wes continued clearing around shed - moved the kindling - I watered south side transplants - used house water on new grass on North slope - picked beans and strawberries & tomatoes. Crops slowing down. 1985 - Wednesday - 49° at 6:30. Fair, beautiful day. Relaxing day - didn't have to go out until evening. Wes, after shop time, cut the three small trees along Sofia that had the dead grapevine on them - went over cliff and cut dead trees lying across rocks. I watered transplants - cut grass first time with the Lawnboy set down - seems too close, had to rake - went to holding bed & cut there - Wes took down dead dogwood - cut down half dead beech over cliff at birdfeeder - pulled it by rope so it fell tip top - to North Ridgefield Assoc. Meeting at 8 pm - signed petition to change CDD zone to 3 acre residential. 1986 - Thursday - 43° at 6 AM. Clear morning. Clouded up in afternoon. To Mass. Took papers & bottles to Reclamation - shopped for groceries, liquor - Youngs for fertilizer, lime and potting soil - on to North Salem Herb Fair for lunch - home for nap - out to cut grass - Wes finished placing remaining soil above mailbox. We added peat, topsoil, lime and fertilizer [[strikethrough]] bed [[/strikethrough]] to triangle bed and dug it in - moved the 5 Santolina to edge of Asclepias bed. 1987 - [[strikethrough]] Saturday - 54° at 7 AM - Cloudy - dreary. 8/10 inch in rain gauge. [[/strikethrough]] Thursday, Sept 17th - light rain - Stopped enough to think of going to Herb Fair for lunch - despite rainy weather lots of people there - moved a few more perennials in garden, inspected for deer damage - believe deer coming up front cliff. Wes had gone to Meekers & Pharmacy for blood pressure pills - Dr. Neligan away - no doctor available to authorize renewal - has to go back to Pharmacy Friday. September 19 1983 - Monday - 62° at 6:30. Fair - hot and humid day. 90 degrees in afternoon. Dry wind - With Gizela took flowers from church to Louise - she wanted to dry the celosea. We transplanted the Varga's and our Pieris Japonica - and Eileen's white azalea to back of perennial garden - digging out the Heliposis - Ciuccoli came to repair the spreader switch - took 2 of the Heliopses - said would return for two others. Watered - just reached second white pine when pump shut off - glad to have done so much. 1984 - Wednesday - 44° at 7 AM. Slept an hour later - felt good. Fair. Our last day lily out along path outside Solar. Beautiful sunny day - we want rain it is so dry. Wes moved wood pile at new shed - cleaned up that area. We transplanted Birds Nest Spruce from Wall garden to spot near garage entrance - digging up and throwing away purple rhododendron. I watered all transplants and new grass on North slope. 1985 - Thursday - 56° at 6:15. Dark at breakfast time. Later warm, sunny day - back to summer - dry. To Mass. Wes had shop time - then over the cliff to cut old trees and brush lying on rocks & ground. I checked Mother Fern and Confederate Jasmine for the Darien show - watered Lamium over cliff - transplanted Solomon Seal off House/shed walk - cleaned off rock there with a white vein. To Muriel Pedersen's at 1:30 with plants - on to Lockwood - Mathews Mansion, Norwalk - entered my two and Hawsie Nash's and Chris Clark's ferns - Home at 4:15. Admired Wes' clearing over cliff. Plant light stand delivered at 8 pm by Susi Riveto of Kent - no lights yet. 1986 - Friday - 58° at 7 AM. Cloudy. Light shower overnight - barely measurable. Sun (if we saw it) 6:40 to 6:58 - cleared in afternoon & sun did come out. Wes went several times to Danbury Block for blocks to make a junction box for the new pool. He worked on the big rocks on North Slope. I watered - transplanted more perennials into new bed - made Tavern Bar Cookies. To Waccabuc at 6:30 - guests of Sattlers for seafood buffet - Tempanellis and Billie Newell there. 1987 - Saturday - 54° at 7 AM. Cloudy. 8/10 in rain. Light mist - not enough to stop working. Saw a deer off deck - so fenced in area below cliff from location off Solar to compost. Pulled leaf mold to bare one cliff rock - used that in transplanting rhubarb - day lilies - lythrum. To Wooster Village Market for ground round for Sunday's meatloaf - Marcus for milk & eggs. Worked outdoors after lunch also, but not dry enough to cut grass. Picked up huge amount of oak leaf clusters. Put heat on - damp & cold.
