Wea[ther] SUN[day] DEC[ember] 9, 1900 Ther[mometer]
30 [degrees] - 9 A.M.
2 [degrees] 8 P.M.
  A wild day, brilliant sunshine & dense
snow squalls alternating, then snow blowing 
from the trees & drifting across the fields
before the raging N[orth] wind. Air frosty but not
really cold. This is the first windy day thus far.
  Took my usual walk in the fields after
break-fast. The drifting snow drove past me
in dense wreaths half blinding me but I 
enjoyed the exercise & the wild turmoil of
the elements. The mountains were hidden.
No sight or sound of bird or animal not
even a track in the ever drifting snow.
Spent rest of day in doors.
Wea[ther] MONDAY [December] 10[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
-10 [degrees]
-2 [degrees]
  Brilliantly clear with violent
N[orth]w[est] wind
  The Potters started for Boston, Mrs Gehring
& the girls for Portland, by the morning
train. The Doctor & I went to the 
station to see them off. We all drove
down together on a platform sled. It was
bitterly cold but with a dry exhilarating
air. Then Doctor & I walked all the way
back. Spent rest of day in house.
At evening had news that a wrecked freight
had delayed our friends at W. Paris
all day. No birds. Two Deer with does
killed within 200 yds.[yards] of our house this morning.
Wea[ther] TUES[day] DEC[ember] 11, 1900 Ther[mometer]
-10 [degrees]
+14 [degrees]
  Clear with moderate N[orth]w[est] wind.
  Regulus satrapa 1 h[ear]d 1 seen. wood road S[outh] of Dr. G's.
  Spent A.M. in doors. At 3 P.M. started
for a walk with Dr. G. we followed the wood
road which enters behind Miss Irene's house for
nearly a mile. Met several sleds laden with 
cord wood. Woods silent as the grave save for the
voices of the two Kinglets. Saw only rabbit tracks
& but few of them. Had an exhilarating walk,
however. The Doctor was testing my hip & pushed
me hard and fast.
Wea[ther] WEDNESDAY [December] 12[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
-4 [degrees]
+12 [degrees]
  Brilliantly clear with strong N[orth]w[est]
wind.
  In A.M. the Doctor gave me a sleigh
ride to the station & back. At 3 P.M.
we repeated yesterday's walk but went
a little further on getting finally into
a somber woods of tall balsams & hemlocks.
Neither sight nor sound of bird or mammal
and no fresh tracks save those of a squirrel.
The wind laughed mournfully in the tree tops
& the snow crunched under our feet. Otherwise all
was silence. My hip troubled me somewhat
but I walked fast the whole way on [?] 2 [?]