Cambridge.
First big snow storm of this winter.
Ther. [Thermometer] Sun. [Sunday] Dec. 26, 1909 [December 26, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Stormy.
Heavy north-east snow storm
beginning about 5 o'clock last
night & continuing through to-day, 
about 15 inches of wet, heavy snow
falling clinging to everything &
doing almost if not quite
unprecedented damage to trees 
& shrubs by bending down & breaking
off their tops & branches, The
old lilacs at the rear of our house
and many of the smaller trees & larger
shrubs elsewhere about the place
appear to be not only prostrate
but also badly broken. I fear the
injury will prove very serious.
  Spent day in Museum writing
letters. A Jay that flitted through
snow embowered jungle our only bird
visitor. C. [Caroline] still keeps to her Peace
Room & Dr. Driver comes every day.

Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] Mon. [Monday] Dec. 27, 1909 [December 27, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Fine.
Clear & cold with fresh W. [West] wind.
The sun rose this morning & shone
all day on a world of spotless
& glistening white for scarce any
of the snow with which trees, shrubs,
fences, & sides & roofs of buildings were
loaded & plastered yesterday has melted
or fallen off to-day. It was wet when
it fell & afterwards it froze on. The
ruin it has wrought among our lilacs
and elsewhere in the Garden is sad to see.
The newspapers a filled with accounts
of the storm which has crippled railroads
& done immense damage everywhere
from Portland to Baltimore. In some
respects it was the worst storm for over
50 years.
  Spent day in Museum. Wrote letters &
skinned [female] Shoveler Duck sent me by Poland
last Thursday. Received Abbott & Gerald Thayers
great book on Concealing Coloration this evening.
It came from the Publisher with the Author's
compliments. Mrs. Cobb & Lizzy F. [Lizzy Fuller] called at 8 P.M.
[margin]At 5 P.M. heard a Screech Owl wailing in the lindens. A Flicker
eating fruit of Parkman apple this morning.[/margin]