Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. NOV. 14, 1909 [Sunday, November 14, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Dull.
 Cloudy, calm, very mild. Ground
crickets chirping in our garden.
Spent most of day in Museum
writing letters. Charlie Lamb called
in forenoon bringing, for identification,
the skin of a young Lesser Snow Goose
taken in Maine. In late afternoon
I called on the Blackwells & the
Almys. The latter family are now
reunited & I saw every member of it.
  We had a good talk, chiefly about
England. In the evening C.[Caroline], & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons],
Lotty & I sat in the morning room &
listened to reading aloud from Price
Collier's book on England - very good.
  Saw at one time, this afternoon, in
the Garden a Chickadee, Creeper [Brown Creeper],
Blue Jay and 2 Downy Woodpeckers,
[male] & [female].
Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. NOV. 15, 1909 [Monday, November 15, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
60º [60 degrees]  Fine
 Clear & warm with light W. [west] wind.
  Spent day about the place, working
in the garden, consulting with
Mrs. Bruce about the renovation of
her house, writing letters & rearranging
books in the Museum.
  Mr. Rich of Painting & Decorating Co. [Company]
came out to discuss estimates for
work in the Bruce house which is
to begin to-morrow.
  Purdie [Henry A. Purdie] & Miss Allyn [Miss Alice Allyn] dined with C. [Caroline],
Lotty K. [Lotty Kettell] & me at 7. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] is still
too lame to come down stairs.
C. [Caroline] had her reading class in P.M.
I [hosted?] the Nuttall Club this evening. Allen
read a good paper on his pair of
Mocking birds [Mockingbirds]. Only about 10 members.
Saw 5 Chickadees, a Creeper [Brown Creeper] & a Goldfinch
in the Garden.
