Boston - Concord
Wea. [Weather] THUR. [Thursday] April 16, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
24 [degrees] min. [minimum]
Brilliantly clear with fresh N.W. [Northwest] wind.
very cold for the season 24 [degrees] min. [minimum] 35 [degrees] max. [maximum]
  Spent most of forenoon at
Athletic Club. Miss Magratt called to
see C. She thought she had a man
for me but when he came at 3 P.M.
he turned out to be a professional
gardener & nothing else. I went to
see a dentist. Dr. Boardman for
C. but did not like him. Miss
Allyn called to 3:30. At 4 I escorted
C. to another dentist's Dr. Sherman and 
then took 4:51 train to Concord.
Wea. [Weather] FRIDAY 17 [April 17, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
14 [degrees] at 5 A.M.
Brilliantly clear with fresh W. [west] wind
Very cold last night. Ground hard
frozen this morning. Warm at midday
  Spent day at Balls Hill with Gilbert,
James, Emil and Pat. We scraped the
cabin roofs & repainted two of them.
I roamed about in the woods a
good deal. A flock of Warblers etc
at Ball's Hill 3 Yellow rumps [yellow-rumped warblers], 5 Yellow 
Palms [yellow palm warblers], 2 Pine [pine warbler], 1 Ruby crown Kinglet & 2 Tree Sparrows. Leopard Frogs snoring. Wood
Frogs croaking. Started 4 Partridges &
heard one drum Pulpit Rock Woods. They rose fm. Prescott's pines
Wea. [Weather] SAT. [Saturday] April 18, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy with strong S.W. [southwest] wind and
with light rain at evening.  Much warmer
  Vanderhoof came to 8:20 to discuss
plans for a bath room in Ritchie house.
At 9 we call went to Ball's Hill for
the day. James & Emil scraped roofs
& Pat raked leaves. We examined the
well dug & stoned last autumn & found
it filled nearly to the top with sand.
Visited the Hawk's nest in Holden's Hill woods
The [female] Buteo flew from it & then flew at me
passing thrice within 15 ft [feet]. A small flock
of Warblers on Ball's Hill.
Wea. [Weather] SUNDAY 19 [April 19, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer] 
Partly cloudy with fresh N.W. [northwest] wind
& a few light showers. Cooler at evening.
  Spent most of forenoon in house
going over my stock of clothing &
picking out a lot of things for the
sufferers from the Chelsea fire.
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Emerson called at
11 staying about an hour.
Wrote lettres [letters] after dinner & took a
long walk in the woods, on the farm
later. Saw very few birds. A Robin
sang feebly at evening. Marsh marigold
nearly in bloom at our pond.