Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN.  MAR. 21, 1909 [Sunday, March 21, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
27 min. [27 degrees minimum]   Clear.
Brilliantly clear with N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Out all the forenoon with
Larry. Walked to Ball's Hill
via Holden's Hill returning via
Davis Hill & Prescott Pines.
In Birch Field met Mr. & Mrs.
E.W. Emerson & turned back
with them to stroll about in
Birch Field & the bordering woods.
It was 12.30 when we reached 
the house & they departed.
Saw one Butterfly a large
yellow brown one (not Antiopa)
  Spent afternoon in house
writing letters. Walked
through Berry Pasture just after
sunset. Cold then with no
sound save that of wind 
in the trees.
Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. [Monday] MAR. [March] 22, 1909 Wea. [Weather]
20 min. [degrees minimum]   Clear & cold.
The harshest kind of a rough
March day with violent N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent forenoon in house writing
letters. A N.E. Tel & Tel[New England Telephone & Telegraph] man came
just after dinner in response to
my request for one. I have arranged
with him to put a telephone in the
Barrett house at once. I need one
& cannot use James's because of
illness there. I am to pay $25.50
for one years [year's] service & have signed
contract to that effect. Mrs. Howe
whom I saw has consented to it.
  Spent most of P.M. in Birch
Field working at new wood road
along northern edge. Larry with me.
Saw 7 Robins [in flock] in Ritchie field & heard
a Junco sing in orchard. No other birds
seen or heard by me but Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] saw
8 Juncos [in a flock] at the Bungalow chicken yard.