Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Dec. 17, 1902 [December 17, 1902] Therm. [Thermometer]
40 [degrees]
36 [degrees]
  Early morning cloudy; remainder of
day clear & mild.
  When the storm began yesterday we had fully
18 inches of snow. This morning the ground
was bare in many places & the exposed
grass on the lawns bright emerald green.
C. [Caroline] & I walked to Mt. Auburn after
breakfast. Spent A.M. working on
Cambridge List. In P.M. Outram Bangs
& F.B. McKechnie called bringing birds
to identify. Went in town into at 6.30 met
C. [Caroline] at Oak Grove Cafe at 7 & supped there. Attended
Bos. Soc. [Boston society] meeting at 8 P.M. Fine lantern slides
talk by Wm Davis [William Davis] on Colorado cañon [canyon].
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 18 [December 18, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
34 [degrees]
40 [degrees]
  Clear & mild with light W. [west] wind.
  Walked to Mt. Auburn with C. [Caroline] just
after breakfast. Spent day in
Museum working on Cambridge Birds.
No callers. Heard Chickadees & Kinglets
in the Garden, Kinglets & a white br
Nuthatch [white-breasted nuthatch] at the Gray place. Saw a 
Crow at Elmwood. Gray Squirrels out
again since the mild weather began.
The "We Dine" Club met at our house this
evening. Present -
Wea. [Weather] Fri [Friday] Dec. 19, 1902 [December 19, 1902] Therm. [Thermometer]
24 [degrees]
44 [degrees]
  Clear, calm, rather mild.
  Wrote letters for 2 hours after breakfast.
spent remainder of day in town shopping
for Christmas. The stores were not over
crowded and I accomplished my task
rather easily. Lunched at Young's and
called at our office. At 4.30 P.M.
changed my clothes at the Athletic Club
and at 5.15 C. [Caroline] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] called for me in
a carriage & we drove to the Algonquin where
we attended Margaret Manning's "coming out" reception.
At 6.30 dined at Riverbank with Roland Haywood.
Home again by 10 P.M.
Wea. [Weather] Saturday 20 [December 20, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
27[degrees]
35 [degrees]
  Clear, calm, rather cool.
  Spent entire day in Museum
working on the Cambridge List.
I am still busy revising & interpolating
& have scarce begun the long &
different introduction. C. [Caroline] went
to Providence for the day to visit
Aunt Ruth.
  No callers. Heard Chickadees in
the Garden. The Gulls [delete]have[/delete] ceased
flying over it towards Fresh Pond nearly
two weeks ago.