Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] Oct. [October] 22, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
50 [degrees]
72 [degrees]
58 [degrees]
  Cloudless with soft haze & 
deliciously warm. Wind S.W. [south west]
  We broke ground this morning for
a wood shed & tool house just east
of Gilbert's cabin. I stayed with the
men all day & by night we had the
excavation completed & some of the
stone underpinning laid. Roland
left me by the 8.15 train this
morning.
Wea. [Weather] Tuesday [October] 23, [1900] Ther. [Thermometer]
52 [degrees]
77 [degrees]
67 [degrees] 8 P.M.
  Clear and warmer even than yesterday
with fresh S. [south] wind.
  Spent entire day at or near cabin.
James Long, a Carlisle mason, came at
10 A.M. to lay the wall for the
new wood shed. He set the steps 
in front of the new cabin in the
afternoon. A Hermit, 4 Golden crests,
2 Black polls, 4 Chickadees, a Downy
& a White-throat visited the thickets
about the cabin during the day.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Oct. [October] 24, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
40 [degrees]
78 [degrees]
  Clear, very warm, calm all day.
  Took 9 A.M. electric to Concord to meet
C. [Caroline], Leandra & Ada Brewster at Fitchburg 
station, at 10 A.M.  Leandra & Ada came but
C. [Caroline] did not so I returned to Ball's Hill
leaving L & A [Leandra and Ada] to wait for her. She arrived
at noon & they all drove down together
& dined at the cabin. After dinner we
drove to the farm where C. [Caroline] & I spent our
first night A & L [Ada and Leandra] departing for home at 3.30.
The oak foliage gorgeously colored to-day.
It turned last night.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday [October] 25, [1900] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear with fresh N.E. [north east]
wind. Cooler than yesterday.
  In A.M. C. [Caroline] & I drove to cabin, round
thence to Davis's Hill, walked to Birch Island
& through the Lawrence wood road to the
farm where we dined.
  Soon after dinner we drove again to Ball's Hill
& I rowed C. [Caroline] up river to Concord, up the 
Assabet & finally to Naushawtuck bridge.
She took 4.41 train for Lancaster. I rowed
back reaching cabin at 6 P.M.
  Oak foliage still at its prime. I have never
seen it more brilliant.