Wea. [Weather] Thur.[ Thursday] Dec. 13, 1906 [December 13, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
16 [degrees] 
34 [degrees]
Forenoon sunny; afternoon 
cloudy. Little or no wind. Warmer.
  Spent day in Museum. I am
still working at trifling but, I
think, necessary tasks - writing
letters, filing or copying notes,
clearing out desk drawers. Then
there is the preparation of gifts
for Christmas which is taking much 
time. Gerald H. Thayer writes me 
from Monadnock N.H. [Monadnock, New Hampshire] that he has
just shot a [male] Evening Grosbeak & seen 
two Hawk Owls. Pine Grosbeaks & Redpolls
are "swarming" there, he says.

Wea. [Weather] Friday 14 [December 14, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer] 
26 [degrees]
Brilliantly clear with light
W. [West] wind.
  Spent most of day in Museum
doing up Christmas presents, writing a
few letters and planning for some new
book cases in the hallway of which we
are greatly in need. Mr. Chase of Boston
telephoned this morning that some 20
Ducks which he thinks are Red br. Mergansers [red-breasted mergansers]
were swimming in the Back Bay Basin on
the Cambridge side. Those were there yesterday
about the same hour (9 A.M.)
  C. [Caroline] & I walked to Elmwood with Larry
just after dinner. No birds in Garden.  

Wea. [Weather] Sat. [Saturday] Dec. 15, 1906 [December 15, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
Raining steadily most of 
the day, a cold rain that wasted
the snow & ice but little. The sidewalks
are still dangerously slippery.
  C. [Caroline] went to Boston, Gilbert to Concord
with the plumber to change a pipe there.
I spent the day in the Museum
where I am still puttering over
trifling things. Walter & I worked 
awhile at the books. No callers.
A Flicker in the Garden, 4 Crows
& a number of Gulls flying over it.

Wea. [Weather] Sunday 16 [December 16, 1906] Ther. [Thermometer]
30 [degrees] 
35 [degrees]
Cloudy, calm, mild.
Snow nearly all gone this morning.
  To St. Johns church with C. [Caroline] at
9.30 A.M. Spent remainder of
forenoon in Museum writing letters.
  Miss Allyn & her nephew dined with
us at the Scudders at 1.30. At 3.30
I met Will Stone at the Museum.
He stayed about an hour. 
C. & I took tea at the Thayers'.
Miss Allyn there.