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April 17

1988 - Sunday - in Atlanta at AHS meeting Took optional trip to Callaway Gardens - beautiful Azaleas - dogwood - toured Sibley Horticultural Center Vegetable Garden - Azalea Walks - they gave us brunch in the Reception Center - back at Waverly at 5:05 - Taxi to Holy Spirit RC Church - Mass at 5:30 - taxi picked us up - returned to Waverly at 6:30 - Walked in Galleria after a drink in our room and had a pasta/shrimp meal.

1989 - Monday. 36˚ at 6 AM. Clearing - fog over ponds turned into a beautiful sunny day - high 70. To Mass 
Transplanted one Leucothoe from well area to Leucothoe Bank - Wes fixed up drain at driveway corner - raised the bed behind the three blueberry bushes at end of fence, made a stone wall to hold the soil. I moved Alchemilla to join others outside Wes' shop - raked the chips back over the Hosta at the well - Moved day lily in perennial garden. Good day - stiff but happy. Eileen has June 12th as operation day.

1990 - Tuesday - 48˚ at 7AM - Cloudy - Rain at noon (0.19) No early Mass today - 7:30 pm instead
I went to Garden Club meeting at 11 AM - Aldrich - meeting at 11 - lunch - flower arranging demonstration - Japanese
Stopped at bank enroute - Stop & Shop going home.
Joe Keller had delivered planting box - set it up on North top & put in cow manure and topsoil - needs more soil to come next week. Wes had shop time in rain. We went to Library for Wild Flower talk & slides by Jack Sanders.

1991 - Wednesday - 50˚ at 7 AM - Light rain - very disappointing as hoped for good working day - was able to get out most of time in mostly mist. Planted some of nursery delivered plants - put 5-10-5 on garden and shrubs - Wes took wheelbarrow wheel to Nutmeg for repairs - picked up leaves at big rock and opposite Piper - Wes moved 2 stones there to prevent over [[brushing?]] the laurel

1992 - Good Friday - 38˚ at 7 AM: Foggy. Rain predicted. .75 on our gauge at 7 AM. Mist - light rain - most of day. Shopped Stop & Shop - jammed. 
Renewed 3 prescriptions for Wes - $129!
Cleaned kitchen and den. - small ants coming back. To 3 o'clock services. Balanced checkbook on return. 


April 18

1988 - Monday - at Waverly Hotel. Atlanta - up at 6 - breakfast of orange juice - grits and toast in atrium. Finished packing - hotel bill left under our door - 8 o'clock limosine to airport - rained heavily  enroute - took "People Mover" to airplane gate - 10 o'clock flight to La Guardia - tail winds so arrived 10 minutes early at noon - brunch on board - Connecticut Limousine to Danbury. Alex Ross picked us up - only quarter inch rain in gauge - Helen had sent chicken dish for our dinner - went to bank, Marcus & Waldbaum - lots of Narcissi out - took a look around garden

1989 - Tuesday. 54˚ at 6:30 - Cloudy - Had shower overnight No Mass as going into doctors. Few house chores - left at 10 for Columbia Presbyterian - parking a mess - lots of cars but we made it. I had 12 noon appointment with Dr. Jacobs - he was running late so we had a sandwich in the cafeteria. Trees coming out in garden. Tulips were out. I was with the doctor about 12:50 - good report. Prescription for quinine for leg cramp - Wes to Dr. Puchner about 2:15 - also late - but good report - home at 4:30. Sun out in afternoon - glad Solar windows were open - seedlings didn't dry out.

1990 - Wednesday - 32˚ at 6:45 Fair - quite cold, windy - needed jackets to work outdoors. Forgot to record Wes relocated one squirrel yesterday. #17 - none today. 
Moved big Leucothoe on dell path toward house - big job hope it lives as it looks better. The Ventris team worked - edifice has corner braces - looks better all the time. Standard Oil man came to clean furnace but needs new pipe, so must return. Wes chipped leaves behind garden room after cleaning up dell path. I put Clethra in black GCA pots - dug up Aquilegia from driveway

1991 - Thursday - 42˚ at 6 AM - Cloudy. Bit leaves Eileen's today for home. Poor day. Cloudy and damp and cold. To Mass. Did a wash - ironed - Wes set up light timers for weekend trip - picked up wheelbarrow wheel at Nutmeg - bananas from Stop & Shop - liquor. I made up bed for Eileen Sunday night. Cleaned upstairs. Planted Scabiosa Blue Butterfly - cut grass. Wes cleaned leaves - (started the job) on North Slope

1992 - Holy Saturday. 39˚ at 7AM. Cloudy. Sun 6:12-7:39 - haven't seen it recently. Rain off & on - mostly light.
Made two cakes - apple and an egg - fixed chicken Beaucaire. Wes cleaned living room. After lunch to liquor store (packed) Marcus - no good flowers at Merry Brook so bought tulips at S & S and picked a couple of our daffodils - not many out yet except for dwarfs. 
Inch of rain in gauge - haven't dumped it