Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] Dec. 5, 1901 [December 5, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
12 [degrees]
  Clear & cold with light N.W. [Northwest] wind.
  1 Crow flying over the Garden.
  Dr. Gehring left us at 8 A.M. I drove
to Porters with him. Spent A.M. working on
Lower Cala. [California] Rep. [Report]. C. [Caroline] & I walked to Mt. Auburn
after lunch, visiting Dee's greenhouse. There is 
a new foreman there & everything is now in fine
order. Mr. Lord of Portland, Oregon called
at 4 P.M. He is writing a book on Birds of Oregon.
C. [Caroline] & I spent evening reading the "Octopus"
Wea. [Weather] Friday 6 [December 6, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
6 [degrees]
  Brilliantly clear with crisp, dry air.
  Wrote on Lower Cala. [California] report from 9 to 10.30
when I went in town to attend the
annual meeting of Rod & Gun Club
at 95 South St. Called at office
& dined with Leander at Fellowe's.
Met C. [Caroline] at Dr. Wolfe & Fiske's at 2.30
& selected a lot of books. Afterwards 
visited Denton's picture store. Dined at
Athletic Club at 7 P.M. & attended
meeting of Botanical Club at 8 to 11 P.M.
Wea. [Weather] Sat. [Saturday] Dec. 7, 1901 [December 7, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
16 [degrees]
24 [degrees]
  Partly cloudy, cold, calm
  Chickadee - one in garden.
  Hermit Thrush - a bird injured in some
way and able only to flutter feebly along just
above the ground caught by our dog in Mt. Auburn.
  Brown Creeper - one in Mt. Auburn.
  Spent A.M. & part of P.M. working on the
Lower Cala. [California] Report. After lunch walked
with C. [Caroline] to Elmwood & along Coolidge Avenue
to the Cambridge Cemetery.
Wea. [Weather] Sunday 8 [December 8, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Sunny but hazy. Rather mild
The snow which came on the third
remains clean & crisp & the sleighing
is simply perfect.
  To church with C.[ Caroline] at 8.30. Afterwards
called at the Thayers. Wrote letters
most of A.M. In P.M. C. [Caroline] & I
called in the Bateses, Bishops &
Misses Howard & Windsor at 61 Sparks St.
No birds in the garden to-day.