Concord.
Wea. [Weather] Mon. [Monday] April 9, 1906 Ther. [Thermometer]
28 [degrees] min [minimum]
  Cloudy with strong & intensely 
chilly N.E. [northeast] wind which brought
snow at nightfall.
  Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] & I drove "Betty" nearly
to Carlisle after breakfast. The country
was dreary enough but we saw lots
of birds chiefly Robins, Bluebirds &
Song Sparrows. Saw 10 Fox Sparrows,
a few Juncos, 6 Crows, and a
Cowbird. Walked to Ritchie place on
our return & again at evening. Read 
& wrote letters in the afternoon.
A few yellow crocuses in bloom.

Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 10 [April 10, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
30 [degrees]
  Cloudy with N.E. [northeast] to N.W. [northwest] winds.
Rained heavily in the night taking off
most of snow by morning. Misty 
rain in A.M. P.M. fair.
  Walked to Ritchie place with Purdie [Henry A. Purdie]
after breakfast. Heard 2 Doves cooing &
2 Vesper Sparrows singing. Found fresh
track of a coon in snow in my
wood road & up lane towards barn. 
Birds singing well. To Ritchie place
again in P.M. Robins singing. James
saw big flock of Geese over Ball's Hill.
Wrote a lot of letters.
[margin]Professor Shaler died today[/margin]

Concord.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] April 11, 1906 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & warmer with light W. [West] wind.
  Spent most of day in house. My
lame knee was much worse & I could not 
walk at all without pain. 
  Parlee & another carpenter came from
Chelmsford this morning & began work here.
  Yesterday came news of Miss Elizabeth
Bishop's death at 61 Sparks St. on the 8th.
To-day as we were at dinner George Hayward 
telephoned that his brother Roland died last
night. Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] went to Boston by the 3.17
train to see Harry & to offer help in my stead.
He got back at 8.40 P.M.

Wea. [Weather] Thursday April 12 [April 12, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy with strong, cold N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent most of day in house. Knee a
little better but still weak & painful.
Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] took several walks & went to cabin.
Carpenters working on Pigeon house & pen.
  3 Fox Sparrows, 2 Juncos & a Robin
feeding on bank front of house. A Pine
Warbler singing in elms. Wood Frogs
croaking all day. Hylas in full cry at
evening. Telegram from C. [Caroline] about Roland's
death. 