Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. NOV. 30, 1909 [Tuesday, November 30, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine.
Clear & cold with fresh N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent day in Museum working 
on Merrill memorial and making
some, if slight, progress. Had
many interruptions, the first by
James who drove down from
Concord bringing some boards, 
pine trees etc. and leaving the
horse, "Prince", at Irving's to spend
a second winter in the city. He
is still much afraid of electric cars.
Pierce with 4 men worked all
day on the lindens removing
dead wood & treating gypsy moth 
eggs. Late in the afternoon I
heard the Carolina Wren scolding
long & loud in the lilacs.
  Earlier in the day I saw a Flicker
a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] & a Blue Jay in Garden.
Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] WED.DEC. 1, 1909 [Wednesday, December 1, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
18º min. [18 degrees minimum]  Chiefly dull.
Early forenoon sunny. Remainder of
day cloudy. Cold with strong N.E. [northeast] wind.
  I must have added to my cold
yesterday for I had a rather feverish
chilly night & felt so ill this morning
that I decided to remain in bed
& to send for Dr. Driver. When he
came he fully approved of this
course although he found nothing
more serious the matter than
an ordinary epidemic form of
cold. I slept through almost the
entire day as well as the
following night, but in the
evening I partly dressed and sat
in the morning room for awhile
Lizzy reading aloud to me from
Collier's book on England.
Pierce & his men worked on the
apple trees through the day.