Cambridge
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. DEC. 16, 1909 [Thursday, December 16, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Clear, calm, mild
  Spent day in Museum working
with Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] & George rearranging 
things, an endless task, apparently.
Billcliffe & his man putting up
book shelves. Clark & Mills man
came to plan changes in electric
lighting in house & Museum.
C. [Caroline] confined to her couch in the
[?] room all day. Dr. Driver, who
came to see her, says she has
a touch of grippe. 
  As I was dressing at 8 A.M. I
heard the teetlee call (not song) note
of a Carolina Wren. Looking out
dressing room window I saw the
bird in the wisteria vine over the
gate that spans into the driveway.
Three Chickadees with him. He was
a big, red one & called a long time.
A Flicker & a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] a little later.
Blue Jay still later, screaming
Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. DEC. 17, 1909 [Friday, December 17, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Clear, calm, mild but chilly.
  Spent day in Museum writing
letters etc. [etcetera]. Billcliffe & his 
man still working on the
book cases. I have just ordered
a cedar canoe to be made by
Robertson of Auburndale. It is to
be a copy of the one I have at
Concord that I bought of Sheldon
nearly twenty years ago for the
Suwanee River trip.
  C. is still confined to her room
& couch. Mrs. Scudder and
Miss Thompson called at 8.30 this
evening & I walked home with them.
Heard Chickadees & a Blue Jay
in the Garden this forenoon.
If the Carolina Wren was there I
failed to find him.