Wea. [Weather] Sun. [Sunday] April 29, 1906 Ther. [Thermometer]
34 [degrees]
72 [degrees]
  Clear with light S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Bank Swallow. heard at B.H. [Ball's Hill] Arrival.
  Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] & I drove to Ball's Hill just
after breakfast with old Charley horse.
  We went through Pine Park & over 
Hemlock Knoll to the larches. Got
back at 10 A.M. Mr. Leverett & Sam
Henshaw arrived at 10.30 & spent day.
Purdie took them to Ball's Hill in
A.M. We spent P.M. talking. They went
back by 6.34 train.

Wea. [Weather] Monday 30 [April 30, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
48 [degrees]
64 [degrees]
  Cloudy with fresh S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Least Flycatcher, 1 [in full song], near house, 8 AM Arrival
  My knee worse. Sent for Dr. Chamberlain.
He made careful examination & reported
nothing serious. Thinks it a gouty
condition. Advises me to go to Ball's Hill
which I shall do soon. Wants me
to walk more. (I walked through
orchard at evening).
  Spent most of day in rustic
summer house with the two carpenters.
Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] went to river in A.M.

Wea. [Weather] Tues. [Tuesday] May 1, 1906 Ther. [Thermometer]
46 [degrees]
66 [degrees]
  A.M. cloudy. P.M. clear.
Strong W. [West] wind.
  Spent most of day with the
carpenters in rustic summer house. It
is nearly finished now. Walked to
foot of lane in A.M. & to lower end of
orchard at evening. My leg is very
much better. Purdie & Gilbert drove to
Carlisle in P.M. to have Betty shod.
They found the town deserted, all the people
were fighting a forest fire said to be in
the big pines of the Appalachian reservation.

Wea. [Weather] Wednesday 2 [May 2, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Fresh deer track by pond in Berry pasture.
39 [degrees]
68 [degrees]
  Cloudy with S.W. [southwest] wind.
Thunder showers in distance in
P.M. followed by gentle rain that
lasted into the night.
[margin]Arrivals[/margin]
Brown Creeper
Black-thr. Green Warbler [black-throated green warbler] 4 [males in a flock in full song]
Nashville Warbler 1 [male in full song]
Bittern hd. [heard] in [?] in Great M. [Great Meadow]
Cedar Bird flock of 10 or 12 in orchard.
  The warblers just mentioned with one 
or two Black & White Creepers, a Brown Creeper,
2 Ruby-crowns & 4 White-thr. Sparrows [white-throated sparrows] were
collected in the elm by the barn & in the
neighboring orchard at 8 A.M.
  Spent most of day with carpenters in
summer house. Dr. Chamberlain called at
10 A.M.