Pantops Garden Spring 2024

 Tree peony had 11 blooms! P. Ostii 'Feng Dan Bai'

P. Bartzella bloomed for the first time since purchase.

Aechmea in bud May 2024.

Both peonies by road--to right of driveway and north of yellow iris (coral red) bloomed.

 Ordered from Brent and Becky's 3/11/23

Product	Total
Caladium Celebration – Angel Wings, Elephant Ears × 5	$16.00
Caladium Pink Splash – Angel Wings Elephant Ears × 5	$16.00
Agapanthus – Galaxy White × 1	$19.25
Canna Tenerife – Indian Shot – ‘Big Bang for Your Buck’ × 1

Water Line repair 2013

Above grey is old quest pipe; black, new pipe
 4 January 2023

Seth Cassaday visited to check on water use problem.  

Cut off water in house then checked the meter which still showed ca 40g per hour of consumption.  No obvious leaks.  

Conclusion: Main line from street must have a leak somewhere.
 Plan: dig around the entry point to the house outside dining room where problem was last time but was fixed.  

 If nothing is found, check between meter and access point Seth put in by big rock on W side of driveway.  

Next use wire to trace line under driveway and check for leaks at an intermediate point between dining room and big rock.  This will disturb driveway surface which will then need to be patched but if leak is found more digging will be needed in vicinity of leak, with subsequent patching.

6 Jan
Seth visited, old repair dug up, nothing found.  More explorations needed.

Proposed running new water line through old one, destroying it as it progressed.  About 230 feet.  Estimate of $6800 provided; we approved.

9 Jan

Seth dropped off backhoe, equipment truck.  Wet spot in cat room traced to drywall wetness in ceiling where light attaches. 

10 Jan 

Work began,  water off, on again at ca 4pm.  No cat room leak while water off.  It returned when water is on again,

11 Jan

 returned ca 10am to clean up, patch driveway,  traced leak to water line feeding ice maker on fridge above, water regulator is leaking.  Maytag repair (2011 Whirlpool fridge) coming 1/19.

 
In late 1945, Lucile was living on a beautiful tree-lined street at 124 E 37th St, New York, according to her passport, a historic 5-story townhouse built ca 1910 in Murray Hill between Park and Lexington Avenue\footnote{November 10, 1944, New York Times business financial section, Page 32:
Mrs. L. Bonnar, president of the Bonnar-Vawter Fanform Company, has purchased for occupancy the five-story dwelling at 124 East Thirty-seventh Street, near Park Avenue, from Mrs. Dora H. Weiss through the Madison Realty Company. }.   Visas in her passport date around 28 Dec 1945, for Guatemala, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Chile.

 Cuernavaca, Mexico.  Leaving this afternoon for Mexico City which is rather a pity because today is warm enough for a swim, so I won't swim.
Wonder of Wonders the mountains Popo and Ixta have been on view every day.  I did a very good sketch of them yesterday afternoon tho it was rather hard to sit down on account of my horse had bumps which gave me a couple of saddle sores in the course of a 3 hour ride,  It was nice tho and in spite of the cursed Mexican saddle I thoroughly enjoyed it.  We rode to a little village, 3 miles from here, called San Antonio.  This is located on a gorge (They call it a "barranca", the dopes) and El Salto does a daredevil dive over the lip of a giant cup formed by action of said river (yes, it's lots bigger than Bill's mustache cup) does two steps and 75 feet to a green pool.  From the bottom looking up you see a cookie shaped piece of sky and the towering rocky banks that seem to threaten to fall any minute.  It was a hard subject to sketch for my mediocre ability but I think I can work it up so people can tell the difference between the water and the banks.  Also got plenty flea bites and my upper lip is SWELLING.  Can you picture Am. Express consternation when the tenth passenger appears looking like one of those savages Mr. Ringling brought from the wilds of Africa (to his sorrow, I hear)?

Start at 10:00 A. M. in the morning on the dreary round of consulates.  Hope everything goes off according to plan.  Don't know hoe the cold sore will affect my health standing.

No films found so far and I'm sorry to report the weight of camera etc. was too much for the felt in the lovely bag--it's giving out so I'll go to the market and get one of those straw affairs.  It will hold cosmetics too and I can leave two pieces of luggage behind.

Have been sleeping a lot and believe I'm getting caught up.  My head itches tho.  Maybe dust.  I'll know the worst Wednesday when I get a shampoo.  It's my suspicious nature I guess.
...
 She arrived in Guatemala City, Guatemala on 11 Jan 1946 by air and left 15 Jan, according to passport stamps.  Several postcard views suggest she visited Antigua, to the east of Guatemala City while in Guatemala.  A stamp from Panama shows arrival by air there on 15 Jan; by 17 January she had arrived in Peru, at Limatambo in the Cuzco region. 

 Summer bulbs 2022

Ordered three caladiums from B&B:

Caladium Apple Blossom

Caladium Pink Splash

Caladium Summer Breeze

Arrrived 13 May planted 12 June

Fall Bulbs 2021 Pantops

 Fall bulbs 2021

20 Nov: received bulbs from Brent and Becky: Planted near heron 12/15

Red Aria – this lovely flower is registered as having orange petals and a red cup (2 O-R); its petals are ‘coppery’ and the cup is fiery red – no matter how you verbalize the colors, it is an eye-catcher; one of the later blooming red-cupped daffodils; a Grant Mitch hybrid; mid-late spring; 18″-24″.

N. Zaragoza 

– large, showy, upfacing flowers; strong, bright coloration of yellow and orange with lots of substance and long stems; 18″-22″; mid spring.  

N. Congress - ongress – a showy garden flower that was introduced in 1965; vibrant orange cup with golden yellow petals; Classic; 14″-18″; mid-late spring.

Tulips: in pots 16 Dec (May 2022: none bloomed--give up on tulips in pots!)

Caribbean Parrot 

Caribbean Parrot – looks like a luscious flower that is grown in the tropics; very variable and its color changes intensity as it matures; amazing substance and strong stemmed, this is a real winner; 14″-18″; mid-late spring; 11/+ cm.
Avignon Parrot 

Avignon Parrot – rich blend of warm, happy orange tones draw much attention; strong stems; amazing in arrangements; 16″-20″; mid- late spring.
Flaming Parrot 

Flaming Parrot – primrose yellow to creamy white with blood red flames inside, often maturing to creamy white with crimson flames outside; strong stems and a flower arranger’s dream; 20″-24″; mid-late spring.
Parrot Negrita 

Parrot Negrita – a popular triumph tulip now in parrot form; deep reddish-purple with green brush marks on thick wavy petals, opens slightly earlier than other parrot varieties; 18″-20″; mid- late spring.

In Deltaville the A. Konjac bloomed for my birthday but I only saw a late budding stage.  Three of the four peonies bloomed, not the one to right of front steps.  Planted tomatoes and Poblano peppers but by Mem Day they had been rabbitized, according to Sue.  Strawberry cactus had two blooms!   

May 15 or so.  The Canna lilies in the ceramic pot at the end of the driveway were emerging.  I planted four caladiums (Summer Breeze I think) in an apparently empty spot in the pot.  Other caladiums went into pots with Cannas; planted Oxalis in with last year's begonias, which sprouted in garage but wilted in summer sun.  Also with the Cannas I planted a red-purple Salvia and a Sunset colored one and Peruvian verbena to dangle 

The bigger Syandrospadix put up a long slender leaf and a flower.  The smaller one has split in two and was repotted; it shows a green sprout.

Retreived the A. bulbifer in a green pot; it is beginning to come up.