Concord, July 3, 1904
  Clear & very cool with fresh W. [west] wind. A
superb day but more like October than July.
  After breakfast C. & I walked to the 
Ritchie place & afterwards to the Howe's where
we found only Mr. Howe at home. Returning
C. [Caroline] read to me for an hour or two. In the 
afternoon we read & walked about the
place & read aloud. The birds sang freely today.
I heard Red Crossbills on the 1st & again today.