Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] May 23, 1906 Ther. [Thermometer]
82 [degrees]
  Clear, calm, rather warm.
A beautiful June-like day.
  Dan [Daniel Chester French]  & I roamed around the farm
looking at things until 11 A.M. when
we started for Ball's Hill. Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] 
joined us at the cabin and we
then dined together there. Purdie
departed for Boston at 3 P.M. when
Dan & I took the boat & rowed up
to Dakin's Hill. Returning we walked
home via Holden's Hill. It was
a memorable day - perfect in every way.

Wea. [Weather] Thursday 24 [May 24, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & warm with light S.W. [southwest] wind.
Light thunder shower at evening.
  Dan [Daniel Chester French] departed at 8.30 to return to
Glendale. I spent most of day
with the carpenters. They finished
the chicken yard and worked
on the "retreat" for Ball's Hill.
  I walked to Ritchie place at 
morning & to Berry pasture at
evening. The migration is evidently
about over. Heard a Canadian Warbler
near the house yesterday & a
Black-poll [blackpoll warbler] to-day. No other northern birds.

Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] May 25, 1906 Ther. [Thermometer]
54 [degrees]
68 [degrees]
  Cloudy with light 
easterly winds. Thunder shower at eve. [evening]
  Spent day with the carpenters
in the shed. We put finishing 
touches on the rustic summer house
by covering timbers with fresh stripped
elm bark. It peels easier than
pine or birch & is very tough.
  Walked to Ritchie place at morning
& evening. C. [Caroline] got back from Fond du Lac
late this afternoon & telephoned me at 6.45
from Cambridge.

Wea. [Weather] Saturday 26 [May 26, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
50 [degrees]
79 [degrees]
  Clear with strong S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Purdie [Henry A. Purdie]  & H.H. Kimball [Henry H. Kimball] spent the
day with me arriving by the 10 A.M. 
train & going back at 5.45. Dimick
was to have come but did not.
  We walked about the farm in
the forenoon and went to Ball's Hill
via Davis Hill in P.M. Found a
Dr. Brainard & his two boys observing 
birds near the cabin. They are from
Brookline. A Blackpoll heard this
morning was the only migrant noted.