Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] SAT. DEC.12, 1908 [Saturday, December 12, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Forenoon cloudy with sleet & snow.
Afternoon clear & rather mild with no wind.
  Spent most of day in Museum
working on Otter article but making little
progress because of frequent interruptions
due chiefly to preparations for Christmas,
in which our whole household took part.
There was, too, Miss Upton whom C. [Caroline] is
employing to help. She lunched with us,
a bright woman highly educated & refined.
  No callers today except the Cunninghams
who appeared about - 5 & stayed an hour.
Not a bird of any kind seen or heard in garden.
Wea. [Weather] SUNDAY 13 [Sunday, December 13, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy with snow flurries now & then.
Calm, mild. Sidewalks icy, trees ice coated.
  Spent most of day in Museum
writing letters. Miss Eastwood dined with
us at 1.30. George Farnsworth called
at 5 P.M. As he was leaving about 6
Harry & Mrs. Bartlett, formerly of Lowell
now living in Cambridge, came for a
long call. Never before have I known
our place so utterly barren of bird life.
This is the third consecutive day that
has passed without my seeing [?] [?]
-. save on a few House Sparrows.
Cambridge - Boston.
Wea. [Weather] MON. DEC.14, 1908 [Monday, December 14, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear, calm, mild. Trees & shrubs hung
with ice diamonds in early morning.
  C. & I took walk with Larry after breakfast,
up Brattle & Fayerweather Strs, [Streets] back through
Highland St. Saw 1 Blue Jay at Nichols
place & 2 more in Hooper place on hill.
I wonder why they do not visit our garden.
  In the Garden today heard a Kinglet [Golden-crowned Kinglet] &
saw 2 Crows in lindens. Spent forenoon
working on moth-eaten nests. To Boston at
2 P.M. for Christmas shopping. Visited [?] 
& bought 2 books at Little & Browns. Called
at our office. Got home at 6. Walter & Margie
Deane called in evening.
Wea. [Weather] TUESDAY 15 [Tuesday, December 15, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Forenoon cloudy with drizzle of rain.
Afternoon clear, calm, mild.
  Spent day in Museum working on
moth eaten nests. Much interrupted.
Carpenter fussing about. Walter Deane
called twice in afternoon spending
nearly 2 hours in all. C. kept her
room all day. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read [Cromer's?]
Egypt to me in evening. After 9.30
I read Preeble's book on Mackenzie Region.
I sit up until midnight reading in my
den nearly every night now. Preeble's
book has occupied me there for a week or more.