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						s M A Y 3 1, 2 0 0 3 Weedings 5 1/2 hours of strenuous community gardening. In between downpours. And later laundry, general cleaning up, &c. Got a few celosia plants for my garden for Amy. A good day. Though it took until this evening to convince myself that it wasn't June -- I was sure May only had 30 days. f M A Y 3 0 , 2 0 0 3 China Blue Corydalis Blooms! It started perhaps four days ago, and has now reached full bloom on the one branch. Several more look like they will flower in the near future. The first two coreopsis blooms opened this morning. The lupine is history. Munched or crushed, it is gone. Both delphiniums have buds -- so despite my dismal history with delphiniums, there is hope yet. The variegated sedum on which I had given up hope has finally sprouted. The annual plumbago should bloom within days. The perennial plumbago is doing well also, though not ready to bloom. The peonies are still wonderfully full, and the blooms are supported by so many old campaign sign wire supports that they have not yet hit the ground. Several more great strawberries were red and ready. The nasturtium in the hanging basket is doing very well -- I love to walk by, pick off a bright orange flower and eat it. The last of the Japanese iris have bloomed, and the ornamental allium all have buds. The sweet william are blooming, still working up to full bloom, and the sea lavendar are beginning to send up their flower stalks. The lavendar plants also are preparing to bloom soon. r M A Y 2 9 , 2 0 0 3 More (unbelievably) daylillies Mary across the street had an equal number dug up from what I had displaced last weekend; she hated to throw them away, so I will try to plant some more at the community garden. Some day there will be a daylilly glut and gardeners will be forced to simply destory them as there will be no space left to put them. I finally got the cucumbers and broccoli and the vining pea plant in the ground where the shed had been. Hope the tomato plants will take and will get enough sun to set tomatos. Memorial Tournament Spent the afternoon at Muirfield With Don, Rick, Stephen who all know far more about golf than I Unusually low scores (Charles Howell III was at 8 under and a huge crowd was at 5 under) on the first round -- attributed to good weather, little wind, immaculate greens, and new high-tech drivers. Lunch before at Mary Kelley's in Muirfield. The family restaurant (according to the tablemats) was originally on the south side on Ohio Avenue. Good sandwiches. Rick and I followed Don separately (neither sure quite where Mary Kelley's was located -- and as it was, the turn into the strip mall was quite obscure). We nearly followed him through a drive-through ATM twice, but thankfully avoided it the second time, waiting to the side. Parking at Muirfield was not pleasant -- I've never attempted to park anywhere but at Dave's house before. I don't often get up around Dublin -- I forget how the suburbs appear so much more prosperous than Main Street. As they are. How incongruous would the Friends of the Homeless shelter be. w M A Y 2 8 , 2 0 0 3 Thunderstorm Just before dark. Sat ion the front porch swing and watched. I really need to fix the gutter on the roof -- I hadn't realized it is in such bad shape. Mourning Dove Has built a nest in one of the window boxes under my bedroom. Not sure this will last, though it is better than in the transom windows above the front porch and back doors, each of which seem to be favorite locations. An unpleasant day at work Thankfully it is over. My computer crashed at startup. Norton Utilities repeatedly failed to see the hard drive when using the Norton startup CD. Apple (the morons) did not bother to include a startup CD for OS 9.2 with the computer -- so there was no easy way to do what should be the simplest repair procedure ever. The OS X CD only wanted to install OS X -- I couldn't even just start up with it and then run Norton. Morons.. t M A Y 2 7 , 2 0 0 3 How embarrassing The NYT had to pick Central Ohio to dateline this story? So many people convinced that God must reveal himself to all people in exactly the same the way. Planting daylillies At the community garden Still a huge tub to go, but the front beds needed weeding so badly that I couldn't ignore them I was there in the morning and after work in the evening too m M A Y 2 6 , 2 0 0 3 To Columbus Rhubarb pie With one to bring home. Dug daylillies And loaded down the car with them. MEMORIAL DAY n M A Y 2 5 , 2 0 0 3 Finished watching Buffy Not a bad ending for a series. To Akron M&D to Hessel More potted plants Last minute remembrances. Congregational picnic A beautiful day. Dixieland Jazz Service Not quite Pentecost, but close enough. s M A Y 2 4 , 2 0 0 3 Gardening Trimmed ivy on the back fence and wisteria on the arbor. More strawberries ripening -- up to six eaten so far. I got maybe three all of last year from the plants, supposedly everbearing, and I have dedicated such a large swath of sun (quite scarce) to them that I expect much better of them if they expect to not be replaced. Potted plants From Bexley for summer care. f M A Y 2 3 , 2 0 0 3 Commercial Lending, Columbus Executive Woman Too much for one holiday Friday -- we were there until after 7. r M A Y 2 2 , 2 0 0 3 Impromtu dinner in Bexley Stephanie and Mrs. Doctor Unfortunately redesigned logo The Washington Times redesigns its website. Which it needed to do -- but why add this? Signs of things to come? Can we expect them to merely copy the coverage of the paper across town now? w M A Y 2 1 , 2 0 0 3 Five jump pages And that's a lot D to Columbus t M A Y 2 0 , 2 0 0 3 CLC Communications Committee Discussed budgeting for next year Discussed wishful projects: archiving (which hasn't been done since Judy), making the Chronicle work in design and reach, signage outside the church and inside the doors ... Photo shoots at loft locations downtown Including one where (it's OK, he's legal now) the tenant said he started off in the space squatting -- the janitor knew he was there, but the owners didn't. Warned once that the owners were coming on a tour, he barricaded the door to his space and put up a sign that warned of asbestos dangers. It worked -- he wasn't discovered. m M A Y 1 9 , 2 0 0 3 Mostly slept After updating a number of days on the website Ari Fleischer resigns As White House spokesman. As he cannot possibly impart less about what is going on in the White House, this action seems somehow pointless. n M A Y 1 8 , 2 0 0 3 Volunteer party At Nina and Mary Jo's. Talked to Ron and Jane, who live behind the community garden. Discussed the problems of encouraging wisteria to bloom. Amy to Akron Olde Towne Tour of Historic Homes Amy, Jen, my mother, her mother. Ran out of guidebooks; the turnout was much better than expected. No rain, and even a bit of sun once. Praise to thee O Lord for All Creation All things come of thee. 8:30 service. Peonies are actually open in the garden And the first of the summer in the kitchen. s M A Y 1 7 , 2 0 0 3 Dinner at Mike & Jen's & Birthday cake. They planted their vegetable garden the day before -- peppers, tomatos, zuchini ... Hamburger None for Charlie at Big Bear. Helen Winnemore's All of the wooden flowers had broken petals. No sale. f M A Y 1 6 , 2 0 0 3 Amy's Birthday. Dinner at Taverna Opa. The best green beans, with tomato, garlic, dill, maybe lemon? according to Amy. They had shrimp after all. And lamb, of course. Amy to Columbus > MAY 01
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