Cambridge.
Wea.[Weather] THUR.[Thursday] DEC.[December] 24, 1908 Ther.[Thermometer]
10[degrees] min[minimum]
Partly cloudy. Morning cold;
afternoon mild, snow thawing. No wind.
  Spent day in Museum working
on Barrows Golden-eye article. It
drags sadly. No callers & not a
bird of any kind (save House Sparrows)
seen or heard about the place. Yet
only a little way out in the country
& even about Fresh Pond there are legions
of Redpolls & Pine Linnets I am told. 
  Gilbert & Henry dressed our hall with
Christmas greens this afternoon. I took
around some presents after dark.

Wea.[Weather] FRIDAY 25 [December 25, 1908] Ther.[Thermometer]
Forenoon sunny; afternoon cloudy.
Calm; very warm - like an April day.
  We had breakfast at 8.30, Purdie,
Miss Eastwood, Mrs. Edward Wyman, Mrs. Cobb,
Lizzy Fuller, & Mrs. Mansfield. At 10.45
I went with C. to St. John's where we had a
beautiful service & fine sermon from Deacon Hodges.
Got back at 12.30. Alway called & spent hour.
C. & I dined at 1.30 at Mrs. Thayers with her,
Mrs. Howland, Miss Ellison (89 years old); E.R.S.,
Miss Johnson, Mr. &Mrs. Ezra Thayer & 3 children,
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Anns & 3 children. Had games
after dinner. Got home at 4 & opened our
presents in morning rooms at 5 - E.R.S.with us.
We had heaps of things - C. gave me a beautiful
water color of salt marshes.
[margin]Saw Tree Sparrows in garden at 9 a.m.
Heard a Crow there at daybreak.[/margin]

Cambridge.
Wea.[Weather] SAT.[Saturday] DEC.[December] 26, 1908 Ther.[Thermometer]
Cloudy, calm, mild.
  Spent day in Museum
writing letters, chiefly to old friends
from whom I had Christmas gifts
or cards yesterday. No callers
today. Heard Crows crowing
lustily in the lindens at daybreak
and later in day a Chickadee or
two chirping & once the phoebe note
Our winter bulbs were planted late 
this year. I have just taken up the
first of them & started them in Museum.

Wea.[Weather] SUNDAY 27 [December 27, 1908] Ther.[Thermometer]
Sunny, calm, mild.
  Attended church at St. Johns
with C. 10.45 A.M.  to 12.15 m.
On way back we called at the
Cobb - Fuller house.
  Mrs. Scudder & Miss Hoppin
dined with C., E.R.S. & me at 1 P.M.
  At 3.30 I went to the Museum
to write letters. & C. ( a little later)
to Roxbury to see Miss Anna Everett.
  No birds seen about our place today.
Garden still thinly covered with snow.
Streets muddy with ice in places. 







 
