Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] July 14, 1905 Ther. [Thermometer]
92 [degrees]
  Clear & intensely hot. Heavy 
thunder showers at evening.
  Spent A.M. in garden & Museum,
P.M. at Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] planning
with Sam Henshaw for some
work that I hope to do this
next week.
  The spraying of our elms has
killed all the elm leaf beetles
without apparently harming any of
our birds. Dr. Driver took tea with
us. About 200 Robins. A cat drove 
them all out just before dark.
  Wea. [Weather] Saturday 15 [July 14, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
86 [degrees]
  Clear & cooler with fresh W. [west]
wind.
  Spent A.M. working with Karl
repairing the garden fence. A cat
got in last night and again this 
morning. A pink pond lily
opened yesterday.
  C. [Caroline] fell in the dining room this
morning & hurt her ankle. I went
to Boston & called on sister
Rebecca at St. Margarets at 4 P.M.
Took 4.47 train for W. Bedford [West Bedford].
Fresh deer tracks front of cabin.
  Wea. [Weather] Sun. [Sunday] July 16, 1905 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & rather cool with light W. [west] wind.
  Spent nearly 2 hours after breakfast
rambling about the farm with James
looking at the crops etc. Raspberries,
currants & thimble berries ripe.
  After dinner picked two quarts of
Schaeffer raspberries and took them
to Mr. Howe's. Afterwards weeded the 
flower garden. Hollyhocks & Larkspurs at 
their best now. Gilbert counted 27
Bats in shed part of them young.
  Wea. [Weather] Monday 17 [July 17, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer]
91 [degrees] max [maximum]
  A.M. cloudy with light showers.
P.M. clear & intensely hot.
  Spent A.M. in and about 
house weeding in the garden etc.
Forbush worked on the windows
in the parlor. Took 4.25 train
for Cambridge walking to Ball's Hill.
Found fresh tracks of a large deer
near Birch Gate. A big pine struck
by lightning this last storm & fearfully
shattered, near the wood shed at Pine Park.