Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] WED. [Wednesday] FEB. 4, 1903 [February 4, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
34 [degrees]
40 [degrees]
Cloudy with fine rain. Almost
all the snow & ice has disappeared
from the city streets & yards.
  Walked to Thayer's with C. [Caroline] just
after breakfast. Spent remainder of
day in museum working on Introduction.
No callers. C. [Caroline] & I dined with
Walter and Margie Deane at 6.30.
A Nuthatch, Golden-crest, Downy
& Chickadees heard in the Garden.
Wea. [weather] THURSDAY 5 [February 5, 1903] Ther. [thermometer]
32 [degrees]
Brilliantly clear with strong
N.W. [northwest] wind.
  C. [Caroline] & I walked nearly to Mt. Auburn
this morning. The sidewalks were again
coated with ice & dangerously slippery.
The ice was wholly gone when we
walked to the Thayer's after lunch.
I spent the day as normal, working
on my Introduction.
Heard a Nuthatch & Chickadees
& saw a [male] Downy, in the Garden.
I have crocuses and jonquils as well
as tulips & Chinese lilies in bloom in the house.
Cambridge
Wea. [Weather] FRI. [Friday] FEB. 6, 1903 [February 6, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
20 [degrees]
36 [degrees]
Cloudless with fresh N.W. [northwest] wind
  Walked to the Thayer's with C. [Caroline] just
after breakfast; after lunch we went
to the Botanic Garden where we found
a beautiful display of flowers. The
primroses were at their very best
I should say.
I spent most of the day working on
my Introduction. I am dealing now with
duck shooting at Fresh Pond in the '60s.
Botanical Club meeting in Boston this eve.
Purdie is said to have gone to Florida.
Wea. [weather] SATURDAY 7 [February 7, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
22 [degrees]
36 [degrees]
Cloudless with fresh northwest
breeze.
  C. [Caroline] & I took a short walk after
breakfast up Appleton Street &
back by way of Highland & Sparks
Streets. She went in town after
lunch. I worked on my Introduction
all day as usual. Walter gave
out after lunch & went to bed.
There were no callers at the museum.
The only bird I noted in the Garden
was a Downy. Heard a Crow at sunrise.