Concord (Ball's Hill)
Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Oct. 6, 1905 [October 6, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer] 
Brilliantly clear & cooler with
strong N. [north] wind. 
  Spent day in Holden Hill 
woods with James, Harry & Mc.Grath
We cut a number of oaks that 
were crowding five chestnuts. 
Pat with three of O'Connor's men
worked in the boat pit which 
is nearly finished. I walked to 
Prescott's pines at evening & heard 
a Great Horned Owl hooting there. 
  Wea. [Weather] Saturday 7 [October 7, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer] 
  Brilliantly clear with little or 
no wind. Warmer
  Spent day in Holden Hill 
woods with James, Harry & Mc.Grath. 
Pat also worked through A.M. 
We cut down a lot more
trees. The Italians worked 
on the boat pit near cabin. 
Not many birds about. Saw 
3 Grebes between cabin & Beaver Dam
Two Red shoul'd Hawks [red-shouldered hawks] screaming. 
  Concord. Boston, Cambridge, Concord
  Wea. [Weather] Sun. [Sunday] Oct. 8, 1905 [October 8, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer] 
  Brilliantly clear & very warm with 
fresh S.W. [southwest] wind. Mosquitos swarming
& ravenous. Tree crickets in full blast, 
A Phoebe in full loud song at cabin
for five minutes before sunrise. A Golden 
crest singing sotto voce at 8 A.M. 
  Spent A.M. working on my 
museum report., P.M. rambling about
in the woods behind Ball's Hill, on 
Pine Ridge & on Davis Hill. Most 
of the swamp maples leafless & but little
brilliant color anywhere. Have been 
half ill with a cold these past 2 days. 
  Wea. [Weather] Monday 9 [October 9, 1905] Ther. [Thermometer] 
  Cloudless with light S.W. [southwest] to S.E. [southeast]
wind. As warm as a summer day. 
  To Boston by 8.13 train. Went 
direct to office and signed our
quarterly annuity cheques. Also paid 
my tax bill by cheque. 
  To Cambridge at 10.30. Had Walter
copy my museum report. Lunched
with Walter, Margie & John E. Thayer. 
Planted bulbs front of house in P.M. 
Returned to Concord by 5.01 train