Bethel.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Jan. 23, 1901 [January 23, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
-10 [degrees]
+26 [degrees]
  Brilliantly clear in A.M. Clouds
gathering in P.M. No wind. 
  Spent the forenoon writing. By the 
late P.M. (3-4) walked up the
wood road about a mile with
the Doctor. Heard a Kinglet & a
small flock of Chickadees. The snow
has been crusted for some time now
and shows no recent tracks.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 24 [January 24, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
20 [degrees]
38 [degrees]
  Cloudy most of A.M. Brilliantly
clear in P.M. Not a breath of wind.
  Writing all the forenoon and up
to 4 P.M. when I started for a walk
going down past the hotel and the
mill and out along the Faggot Road
to the old house near the railway crossing.
I took the 4x5 Premo but was too
late for pictures & made only one exposure.
The sunset light on the distant mts [mountains]
was exceptionally fair.
Bethel.
Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Jan. 25, 1901 [January 25, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
25 [degrees]
38 [degrees]
  Cloudless in A.M., cloudy in P.M. Almost
no wind.
  Starting at 8.30 A.M. in the Doctor's sleigh with
[?] to drive I followed the Gilead Road
for about 4 m. [miles] out. The morning was perfect
but the country barren of obvious life. I saw
only 2 birds - a pair of Blue Jays in white pines
woods. No tracks in the fields save one of a Fox.
Took a camera but saw nothing to photograph.
In late P.M. went to the Doctor's woods on
snow shoes & worked at the new path for an hour.
Wea. [Weather] Saturday 26 [January 26, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
19 [degrees]
30 [degrees]
  Brilliantly clear - light W. [West] wind.
  Walked to village just after breakfast making
a few exposures (mostly "snaps") with the no. 2
Bull's -eye. At 3.15 P.M. started for the
"Faggot Road" with the 4x5 Premo. Exposed
eleven plates in a little over an hour.
The light was exceedingly brilliant & there
was absolutely no haze. Saw a small
flock of Chickadees in white pines and a
Blue Jay in the old orchard near the mill.