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the road by the gully. The rain barrel filled many times over.

[[strikethrough]] Last night the deer came in & ate daylily buds, helenium tips & the lathgus blossoms & tips. the oil. [[/strikethrough]]  

In evening went to Sampsons (also Nancy Wyner & June Dale (?)) for anagrams etc.

Tues 29th - Put twigs in pea row & in cucumber patch.  Sally Kallem spotted a sparrow hawk on Gussaw roof & called me over to look thru binoculars. [[underlined]]Heavy[[/underlined]] fog today; the air is cool!

Wed 30th - Spent all day framing, photographing & wrapping 2 W.C.'s [[watercolors]] for Boothbay Show.  Rained briefly today again.  Vegetables all growing well.  Made "Spaghetti with pesto" (basil & parsley) & had it with steamed clams.  Played games here at 9 pm with Samspons & Elliot Hubbard.

Thurs 31st Visitors to studio - mostly dull.  In evening to Sampsons - singing, guitar, games,

Fri Aug 1 - saw sampsons off on their boat the Columbine.  Ed took us over in punt to the boat - stayed 15 min. I dislike boats. Fog rolled in just as they left island. Delivered 2 ptgs to Balmy Days. Picked veg. for Sally's supper. (& some for Henry)  Supper: Nancy & Dick Lewis & us. Talked mostly about houses & homes & apts - & New Zealand - & Alan Curnow.         

Sat. Aug 2 - Rained for 2 hrs early am. Heavy air, thick fog, damp air. No wind. A depressing day. Kelly & Gertrude Greenberg dropped in for tea this afternoon. G. smoked mackerel in fire place. First zucchini. Swung the new w.c. [watercolor] over to a more dramatic sky. The possibilities of evocation in ptg. are limitless.