Wea. [Weather] SUN. [Sunday] June 4, 1905 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Forenoon clear; afternoon
cloudy. Strong S.W. [southwest] wind. Cool.
  Spent most of day writing
 but took a short walk at
morning & evening & pruned some
 apple trees in late P.M.
 The Chimney Swifts are back
 in the farm house chimneys -
 2 pairs - the first since Forbush
shot them out in 1903.
  Wea. [Weather] Monday 5 [June 5,1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear and intensely warm with 
light S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Spent day working with
James & Frank about the
farm. Finished the flower
garden, cut grass & trimmed
trees in front of house &
along lane. Tree Toads have been
calling incessantly for a week or
more.
  Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Batchelder 
arrived at 6.p.m. to pass night.
  Wea [Weather] TUES. [Tuesday] June 6, 1905 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy and cool with N.E. [northeast]
wind and rather heavy rain
at intervals. The earth, indeed, has
received a good wetting at last.
  The Batchelders & I spent most
of the forenoon at the farm but 
then walked to Balls Hill about 
noon & dined at the cabin.
  They returned to Cambridge by 
3.18 train. I planted some 
violets on my way back to farm.
  Wea. [Weather] Wednesday 7 [June 7, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy, with strong, cold
N.E. [northeast] wind. Heavy rain began
about 9 P.M. and continued through
the night.
  Planted a lot of Viola pedata
in early forenoon. Spent
remainder of day in farm 
house writing a short article
for The Auk on Bachman's
Warbler.
Saw neither Swallows nor Swifts
to-day. They must have been
all on the hill meadow.