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October 28 1988 - Friday - 33° at 6AM - Alex Ross' 80th Birthday - To Mass. Clear morning + evening light rain mid-day + high wind blew lots of leaves down - Prepared salads for party - to Taste of Paris for bread. Maryellen Bake Shop for cake - lunch - nap - Wes in shop. I finished making salads (huge amounts for 24 people) to Mary Luke's at 6 pm - unloaded - forgot salad dressing + returned for it - good party - all neighbors except Sobols but including Charles West, guest of McKeon's. Home at 10:30pm 1989 - Saturday - 53° at 7AM - Foggy - became a beautiful warm day - 70°. Incredible weather continues. Clean up after party - did glasses and rest of china - put back furniture - returned table and chairs to Rosses Wes with Alex + Helen to Jack Stephenson's in Bethel for wake of Helen Stephenson - open casket at home - beautiful flowers - loads of people in house + walking around grounds We raked leaves in afternoon - tremendous amount of them - almost all down except beech. Major TV Antenna Mr Hendrik here - will return Monday with new rotor box. 1990 - Sunday - 42° at 6AM Standard Time. Fair early morning - to 8 o'clock Mass - became cloudy. Moved leafchipper to well area - Wes chipped leaves there all morning. I dug up small Dahlias and all annuals off South terrace wall - raked leaves there. Rain, light at noon. Sunny part of afternoon/cloudy To Keeler Tavern Chamber Music Cremona Quartet, at 3 - home 5:15. Wes cooked lamb chops - good. 1991 - Monday - 58° at 6:30. Fair - no fog for first time in a week. Good to have light at breakfast time. Grass covered with oak leaves again - high wind - became cooler in afternoon. Wes raked leaves on South side - all day. I also raked leaves - cut down Royal Fern and Monkshood in Wild Garden - cut out stubs of small trees and shrubs there. To PO for stamps - Penney's for robe + hot/scarf for Mary - Stop & Shop bananas 4 lbs $1.00 - home to rake leaves north grass. 1992 - Wednesday - 35° at 7AM. Fair. I had a 9AM appointment with Dr Santer - they made a mistake - she was in Norwalk - rescheduled for Nov. 18th. To Muriel Pedersen's to pick up bulbs + sand - Home to learn Wes couldn't get leaf chipper started - great day - I had a permanent - Wes couldn't get new tires (Michelin) until afternoon. I planted wild tulip bulbs at garden room entrance Raked some leaves - cut down more astilbe in shade garden. Wes took out pumps from pools. October 29 1988 - Saturday 35° at 7:30 AM. Clear - beautiful fall day - cool and sunny. To Mary Lukes to rearrange furniture - take glasses etc back to Celebrations - returned home via Route 7 to Marcus for milk. After lunch raked leaves on South side - Wes used blower - Garden Room - paths and lawn looked neater at end. Cut down Mace Astilbes and bleeding hearts - raked leaves near cardinal flowers in Bog. 1989 - Sunday - 50° at 6AM (Standard Time) - Foggy - became a beautiful warm day. To 8 o'clock Mass. Raked and blew more leaves. I cut down more perennials. After lunch + nap, to Grand Union for bananas and oatmeal - they have the large old fashioned gasoline for can and car - picked up American Artists Christmas Card book from Muriel Pedersen (Alex Ross' card) to Keeler Tavern for reception opening of Custodial Room - home to rake more leaves - I planted Narcissus Ice Follies at well Hosta garden - putting down the old Hostas first 1990 - Monday - 40° at 6AM - Fair but very windy and therefore cold. To Mass. Did a wash. To Nutmeg for lawnboy oil - Stop & Shop - gasoline for car ($1.699) and for can. Wes raked leaves at well and after lunch chipped them - still more to chip. I made oatmeal cookies - planted tulips at Triangle Bed and cut down perennials there - cold fingers Put Swingtime in crawlspace - put away small Dahlias 1991 - Tuesday - 39° at 6AM - Fair - cool - beautiful clear day - not as much wind. To Mass. I went to Louise McKeon's to help her trim her Rosemary ring - her right arm not useable since her accident Wes raked leaves. The leaf chipper was delivered by Young's but only worked a half hour when broke down so they picked it up again. We raked and picked up huge amounts of leaves - grass finally looking a little better - watered the North Grass. 1992 - Thursday - 38° at 7AM - Cloudy. To Mass. Partly sunny day. Young's sent a man to start leafchipper - Wes ran it all day - cleaned up the leaf pile at the shed. Eileen came up at 10:15 - we went to Welton's Autumn Heritage Designer Showhouse - opposite Congregational church - the old parsonage - picked up my watch from Craig's - home - Eileen off about 3pm - I finished the ironing - did a little raking. Wes moved leafchipper into garage.
