Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] May 23, 1902 Ther. [Thermometer]
90 [degrees] max [maximum]
  Clear & intensely warm.
  C. [Caroline] & I walked to the intervale
near the bridge after breakfast &
sat there under a big maple for half an
hour. I wrote through rest
of forenoon.
  In P.M. C. [Caroline] & I took electric car
to South Lancaster where we
visited the greenhouse & bought
geraniums, forget-me-nots & pansies
for the flower bed in front of the cottage.

  Wea. [Weather] Saturday 24 [May 24, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
88 [degrees]
  Clear & very warm. Heavy
thunder showers 8.30 P.M.
  Took 7.30 A.M. train for Cambridge.
Had hair cut, called at 5 Phillips
Place & saw Mrs. Thayer. Spent rest of
A.M. at Museum. Lunched with Walter
& Margie. Dug a lot of plants for Mrs.
John Thayer, took 5.01 train for
W. Bedford [West Bedford]. Earnest T. Seton on it.
We crossed river & spent night at
cabin. Before supper walked to
Holden's Hill.

  Wea. [Weather] Sun [Sunday] May 25, 1902 Ther. [Thermometer] 
  Cloudy most of day & very sultry.
Light rain after sunset.
  Seton & I spent A.M. in woods.
Walked to Birch Island by river paths, across
Green Field to the farm, back through
oak woods & past spring, then over
Pine Ridge. Saw & heard many birds.
After dinner Seton made some artificial
hollow limbs of wire, burlap & plaster [of] Paris
We took electric to Concord at 5 P.M. He went
thence by train to Boston, I by electrics
to Lancaster reaching Miss Holman's at 8 P.M.
  
  Wea. [Weather] Monday 26 [May 26, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
  A.M. sunny with strong S.W. [Southwest] wind. P.M.
cloudy with heavy thunder shower 5-6 o'clock.
  Spent day with John Thayer & Harriman
searching for nests of Henslow's Sparrow
in meadow on the Pansy Farm. Found
4 [2 males] Henslow's singing & flushed a [female] [?]
in nearly same place but could not find nest.
I watched a [female] D. virens [Dendroica virens] to nest in white
pine on which she was working.
Got home just before the shower. C. [Caroline]
had bad headache & went to bed at 7 P.M.