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September 22 1988 - Thursday - 56° at 6 AM - Cloudy - off & on but some parts of day lovely. To Mass - Father approved Readings for 8th Oct. Mass - sent copy to Bit. Took out huge stone where we transplanted the Siberian Iris - Wes moved all those stones to bog wall - He turned over the compost. I cut grass. Transplanted one propagation box of Cardinal flowers (15 plants). Left them under plastic for moisture adjustment. Fall started 3:10pm. 1989 Friday - 74° at 6AM. Cloudy. Tropical storm warning Hurricane Hugo devastated Charleston, So. Carolina - Fall arrives 9:20 PM. To Mass. Took in all furniture from deck and all handing plants and pots - put them in garage. Left at 10:30 for Ellen's - admired all her new work - tree-planting - pruning - shower enclosure, etc. She gave us Ruth Clausen's book on Perennials for our Anniversary. To Bronxville Town Tavern - Mary took us to lunch. Dropped Ellen off - She had bought us David's cookies. Home at 5pm - nap - Read paper. High wind 1990 - Saturday - 53° at 7 AM - Had light shower in night. Keeler Tavern House Tour Day. Eileen came up at 9:15 - we picked up Helen Ross at 9:45 - parked at Congregational Church - walked up and down Main Street seeing five houses - lunch at The Elms at 12:30 - glad to sit and have a drink. Rained most of time - Eileen left for home at 3pm with the dogs - they had spent morning in car and were very good. We napped. I made oatmeal cookies and plum torte. Phoned Hooker - Joan had walked in hospital - sore but okay. (.30 rain) 1991 - Sunday - 43° at 6AM. Heavy fog over pond - cool sunny beautiful day. To 8 o'clock Mass. Telephoned girls, Helen Ross came here at noon - we went to The Arch - had Millicent Sattler - Jane Jessup - Bruce and Barbara Sobal for lunch - good time - home at 3:30. We planted the dwarf Laurel (dug out yesterday from Garden Room) at top left of well/shed path - hope it "grips" as looks good. 1992 - Tuesday - 70° at 6AM. Dark. Fall arrives at 2:43 PM. Some mist - rain in Ridgefield at 1:30 but we said none here. To Mass. Wes cleared up deck - I phoned Van companies re trip to Haddam Oct. 7th - Eileen agreed later too expensive - at least $400 - I went to Ivy Hill Lutheran Church for RGC meeting. Helen Haskall spoke on Daffodils. Wes tried to cut back Freddy Frog pump - only made it higher. We picked beans - threw out the final tomato plant and a couple zucchini. Thunderstorm at 10/12 midnight (Andy Vill put great treatment on) September 23 1988 - Friday - 58° at 6AM - Cloudy - Some light mist midmorning - cleared later. To Mass. To bank. Mall for my haircut. Wes bought nails at Weekes for deer fence - early lunch and nap as I went to 1 o'clock meeting on Horticulture at Edith Meffley's - picked up book for birthday present - Wes put staples in deer fence - we watered rhododendrons and azaleas around Garden Room - very thin - must prune next spring. 1989 - Saturday - 75° at 7AM - Clearing - "Hug" remains went through during night - winds and rain (1/4 inch) Tree down behind St Frances - loads of sticks and leaves. Wes cut up all of tree except branch caught in oak - Called Wright on that - will put us on their list. I cleaned garden room - front walk. Rain after lunch so no more outdoor work. Washed, ironed, read papers - early shower. Only about 1/4 inch rain. Temperature dropped 20° in one hour - 52° at dinnertime. 1990 - Sunday - 52° at 6AM - Fair. Fall arrived 2:55 AM early morning hours - real fall day - cool. Breezy - trees changing color. To 8 o'clock Mass. Made copy of Danbury Joe bill at post office - Wes paid bills and balanced bank statement. I did a wash. After lunch we finished plating the little trees in pots picked up yesterday at the Greenhouse. Transplanted one Clethra in Dell Garden - moved a Partridgeberry there as an experiment. Moved 3 Geranium macrorrhizum from shade garden to Northeast area cleared by Wes. Phoned Joan, doing OK. 1991 - Monday - 50° at 7am - cloudy - Fall starts 8:48AM. Misty day but didn't stop out-door work. Took Rosemary Rung and Autumn Lrsaves Dshlia to Anne Tracy for Zone II show is Newport. To Stop & Shop. Transplanted 2nd dwarf Laurel from Garden Room to top of Dell/Shed Path. Moved Big Hosta from shade garden to Northeast path - also Maidenhair Fern from Garden Room to that path - took out a lot of stones to do it. 1992 - Wednesday - 52° at 7AM. Cloudy - became a beautiful fine day - very windy - cool - sunny. I made muffins & coffee for expected visit from Kelly but she never came. We transplanted lots of plants in perennial garden - dug up & bagged Boltonia to take to Ballard tomorrow, threw away the Canadian Burnet - will compost a lot phlox if ladies at Ballard don't want it. Wes took Freddy Frog's pump to Otto Gust who put a valve in it but then Wes couldn't get it started - phoned Jim Redmond.