Roque Tudesqui House - Historic Santa Fe Foundation

July 28,1960
Yesterday afternoon they got going with the tractor again until
four and worked most of today. Still at it at nine tonight. Working on front
with the "help" of all the neighborhood children from three to sixteen hanging
on tractor, throwing rocks, dodging cars. Pancho, the dog, adding to the
confusion. Wild! Maybe tonight we'll see the end of this business. Found
a lot of flagstone under the foot of dirt.
Spent hours watering. Everything is so dry. This is supposed to be
the rainy season, but no rain for over a week. Planted tuberous-rooted
begonias in our first flower bed by the back building door. Hope the vine
survives. Can hardly wait to get started on the flower beds. [Eventually,
1 decided not to have any flower beds in the patio, butjust to use pots
of flowers and have the beds in the back.]
Going to Taos tomorrow to see Frances Good. Hoping she will
have some ideas about what to do about selling Boris's work. In the
evening I'm going over to a neighbor's-a
is being married next month.
July 29, 1960
hen party for her daughter who
Whoops, a flat tire [on the tractor.] This AM, a trip to Espanola
to have it fixed and a wait of five days to have it vulcanized. So the tractor
"queens"
done.
it in the patio sans tire with only an hour or so of work left to be
August 1, 1960
Boris is busy on the front stone wall. We got a load of handsome
copper deposit rocks out at the old copper mine near Cerrillos-beautiful
turquoise green. They should look wonderful in the ferny bed I hope to
have on the shady side of the patio. [1 had that garden, but 1 took it
away when 1planted the ivy. The rocks are strung around in the patio
now.]
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