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May 13

1988 — Friday — 50° at 6:30 — Fair — Walked dogs inside fence while Wes got breakfast. 
Sprayed big rhododendron at garden room with Ferbam as some leaves turning grey. Wes worked on fence posts all day. I went to see Eileen at Phelps Hospital at 10 — she had a painkiller as had a bad night May go home next Wednesday — returned home at 1:30; Wes had sandwich ready — nap — deadheaded daffodils — brought wood chips to daylily bed above wall garden — to Tempanelli's at 6:30 — took dogs in car — dinner — saw their Sicily slides.

1989 — Saturday — 48° at 6 AM — Foggy. — off and on mist — able to work outdoors — cool when sun not out. 
We voted against budgets (we won) to bank & Marcus. Waldbaums for strawberries & veggies.
Wes redid wild garden (bog) wall, making it lower. Replanted primula tree & put in a few plants of seeds I grew. NY Botanical Norfolk Island Pine plant arrived — Mr. DaSilva installed guestroom draperies — need to be lowered. 

1990 - Sunday 49° at 6:30 - Raining - off and on all day. To 8 o'clock Mass. Read papers - Wes in shop. Made muffins & cookies. Martini luncheon and nice long nap. Trimmed myrtle standards - cut out all dead wood from one that was injured going to Greenwich show - don't know how to treat it yet. Wes back in shop, Phoned sisters - all well.

1991 - Monday - 68° at 6:30 - Beautiful day. very warm and breezy. Wes painted (stained) front gate. I met Heidi Riggs at Joan Minot's at 9:30 and we worked out a scheme for the Hartford entry. Wes & I had dug up 2 Heuchera Palace Purple - a Japanese Painted Fern - some Iris cristata and Sweet Woodruff. Home at noon. After lunch, Wes spread leaf mulch on East Slope - I replanted Woodruff and Iris (not used for Hartford) planted 12 tomatoes & the 2 Tiddlywink Kalmia. To Old Greenwich at 4:30 for Texaco reception - home 8 pm
Saw Messrs Long - Rambin - Foley

1992 - Wednesday off and on cloudy but turned sunny in afternoon - NYC having rain - we need it.  Worked around place - I cut the grass thinking it was to rain. To S&S - gasoline for the car - Marcus - liquor. Asked the Freemans to come for a walk about to see the Rhododendron Carolinianum - here at 5 pm until 6:45. Astronauts - 3 walking in space rescued a satellite to put it in better orbit.

May 14

1988 - Saturday - 50° at 6:30 - Sun breaking thru quarter inch rain in gauge from last night's thunderstorm. I had slept upstairs with Snow as she cried when couldn't get on bed with us. Walked dogs before breakfast. To Stop & Shop. then Wes went to Marcus and bank while I fixed lunch. To Phelps Hospital - Eileen in wheelchair - may go home Tuesday - to her house to pick up dog food and eat lunch - Home via Route 35 to vote budget too high - Wes bought Sak-Crete for fenceposts - cut grass - trimmed - walked dogs. Beautiful day - dogwood out - high 69°-70.

1989 - Sunday - 46° at 6 AM. Sun coming up thru fog. Mostly sunny - few drops at 3 pm.  To 8 o'clock Mass. Prepared for Eileen & Mary - here to celebrate Mary's birthday Nice visit. Walked about garden - they left early - at 3 - Mary had a reception to go to at 4:30.
I separated seedling plants - deciding what goes where. Dogwoods out beautifully in the woods.

1990 - Monday - 52° at 6 AM. Cloudy - predicted clearing - it did - To a beautiful day. (6/10 inch rain)
Eileen came up and we went to Olivers Nursery - Eileen bought a Stewartia - a stone for $12.00! plants I bought Azalea Marie Hoffman (Roseum) Heuchera Palace Purple - White Bleeding Heart - 2 Thalictrum Kiusianum. Home for late lunch.  Wes had bought birdfood at Young’s, bananas. Afternoon put leaf mulch on Hostas at wall - Wes had replaced stones at curve of walk there.

1991 - Tuesday - 62° at 6 AM - Warm - few sprinkles - hail storm at night. Wes went to mass I prepared for work at Ballard Garden (Muriel away) - good crew - cleaned beds - planted 15 Snapdragons. Wes cut north grass - scraped soil from rock at tree, cut down opposite Piper. I planted Myrtle "Pretty in Pink" at Garden Room entrance - moved Herb Cicily to Wild Garden. Soil very dry.

1992 - Thursday , 58° at 6 am; We both had a poor night. To Mass.  Beautiful warm day.
Chimney cleaner here at 8:30 - cleaned livingroom chimney. Rick's Pump came right after - couldn't find anything wrong with garden pumps - think switch on tank wasn't working. Anyway water flowed again. thank God. Wes dug weeds from around one planting bed - cleaned leaves from northeast slope. I planted 5 Tomatoes bought at greenhouse - 3 Early Girl, 2 Super 100. Edged shade garden.