Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] Aug. 31, 1903 [August 31, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy with continued N.E. [Northeast]
wind but no rain. 
  Purdie ill last night & keeping
in house all A.M. I went
to Ritchie place with Long &
afterwards planted some Bocconia
& sunflowers with Forbush's help.
We all drove to Concord after
dinner & Gilbert & I returned to
Cambridge by 2.23 Fitchburg
train.
Wea. [Weather] Tues. [Tuesday] Sept. 1 [September 1, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear & hot.
   Spent A.M. in house, museum
& garden. Patsy & his men at
work on the new pond in
front of Museum, putting in
foundation for lining.
  Dined with C. [Caroline] on back piazza
& took 1.38 P.M. train
for South Yarmouth. Reached
the Stone's about 5 P.M.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Sept. 2, 1903 [September 2, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
A.M. clear; P.M. cloudy. Cool.
  Went up Parker River in Davis's
steam launch in A.M. with Alice
& Will Stone. Landed just
above the town & found a lot
of orange milkweed just out of
bloom. 
  Walked to Swan Pond in P.M. 
Talked with Davis's gardener, Frank,
about coming to me at Concord next 
spring to take Hansen's pines.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 3 [September 3, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear with S.E. [Southeast] wind.
  Off in A.M. with Alice & Will Stone
in a canvas canoe. Explored the
big salt marshes across the river
threading our way through creeks &
across salt ponds bordered by tall
sedges. Saw Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs,
Grass birds, Pipers (about 50), Green Herons
a Bittern & a Great Blue Heron. Three
men shooting on marsh. 
Walked to James & Long Ponds in P.M.
Miss Davis & Miss Hagen took tea with us.