Niton, Isle of Wight
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. [Tuesday] AUG. 24, 1909 [August 24, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Light S.W. [Southwest] wind. Stormy
Raining steadily most of day.
  As there is no smoking room
in the hotel here I have taken possession
of the greenhouse &, with a rug on the
earth floor & a cushioned arm chair
to sit in, am very comfortable indeed.
My letters, journal etc. are on a shelf
among pretty flowering plants. The light is
perfect this dark day & my glass roof turns
every drop of rain. I look out & down
on a terraced garden intersected by hedges.
Robins & Wrens are singing all about
me & there are many beautiful flowers.
I walked to the shore after lunch (when
the rain held up for a time) through
steep, narrow, hedge bordered lawns of 
great beauty. Saw many small birds;
one with galloping flight must have been
a Goldfinch. Saw a Gold-crest Wren [Gold-Crested Wren]
near house. The ladies kept in all day.
C. in her room not quite well.

Niton, Isle of Wight.
Ther. [Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] AUG. 25, 1909 [August 25, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cool with fresh W. [West] wind.
  Spent most of day in or
near house writing letters & journal.
At 4 P.M. went out for a 
walk with Miss Allyn. We
followed the road down to
the light house by the shore.
Saw many familiar flowers &
some we did not know. Among
the former were Self heal, May weed,
Yarrow, Herb Robert, Buttercups,
Hawkweed etc. A pretty rose red
Mallow (very common) Joe Pie Weed
similar to ours yet different.
  Mrs. Green's daughter showed me
a Toad living in a hole about 6 in [inches]
deep in the lawn. I could not see it well.
She says there are a few Grasshoppers in
the fields. I heard what I took to be 
one this evening in on apple tree in our garden.