Bethel Portland
Wea. [Weather] Sun. [Sunday] Jan. 27, 1901 [January 27, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
18 [degrees]
26 [degrees]
  Snowing lightly all day about 3 in [inches]
falling. Wind N.E. [Northeast] changing to N.W. [Northwest] at
sunset when blue sky & the sun appeared.
Spent A.M. in house writing and developing
the plates exposed yesterday.
  In P.M. walked up Wood road about 1/2 mile.
No birds. Only one track, that of a mouse
& perfectly fresh. The evergreens are snow powdered
again & very delicately the snow emphasizing all
the details of twig and branch without crusting any
of them. Heard a Jay in the orchard this A.M.
Wea. [Weather] Monday 28 [January 28, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
16 [degrees]
26 [degrees]
  Midday sunny; morning & late afternoon
cloudy. Light W. [West] wind
  Took 8.45 A.M. train for Portland where
I met C. [Caroline] and Gilbert at this station at
12.10. We went to Congress Square Hotel.
Gilbert brought on a clay model made 
by Lois Hour to illustrate proposed changes 
of Barrett house at Concord & C. [Caroline] & I spent
most of P.M. discussing them. We took a
walk after supper & C. [Caroline] had a bad fall on
icy sidewalk near hotel. Gilbert returned to
Boston by 6 P.M. train.
Portland Bethel
Wea. [Weather] Tues. [Tuesday] Jan. 29, 1901 [January 29, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
10 [degrees]
17 [degrees]
  Clear with light W. [West] wind.
  C's [Caroline's] head troubled her so after her fall
of last evening that she remained in bed
all day. I wrote in the hotel office 
most of the forenoon. After dinner I
went out and did some shopping.
Later in the afternoon and through the
evening C. [Caroline] & I read aloud from the
"Cardinal's Snuff box"
Wea. [Weather] Wednesday 30 [January 30, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
+1 [degree]
32 [degrees]
  Sunny, the sky hazing over before 
sunset, however. No wind.
  Spent A.M. in hotel, writing on
the Cambridge Birds. C. [Caroline] up & dressed &
feeling quite herself again. We took
the 1.30 P.M. train for Bethel walking
to the station from the hotel and
from the station at Bethel to the
Gehring's which we reached soon after
sunset.