Concord
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. [Tuesday] MAY 30, 1911 Wea. [Weather]
Decoration Day. Fine
Early forenoon cloudy. Remainder 
of day clear & warm with light W. [west] wind.
I spent most of forenoon at the 
hill putting canoes, boats carts etc.
away for the next few weeks. James
came down to help me. We drove
about the place & to the Farm
studying Moth conditions etc.
Gilbert went to Cambridge to pack
my trunk for a trip to New York.
C. [Caroline Brewster] is unwilling to have me visit Camb. [Cambridge, Massachusetts]
at present because of evidence of 
mysterious & malignant tonsillitis there.
In late P.M. I walked to Farm.
Very beautiful there with lots of
birds. The spraying does not seem
to have harmed any of them.
Orioles, Indigo Birds & Wood Pewees
in especially joyous song. Got back 
to cabin at dark.
[margin]Turtles laying everywhere. Snappers, Painteds & Musks

Concord - Boston
Ther. [Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] MAY 31, 1911 Wea. [Weather]
Forenoon sunny & cloudy by turns.
Light rain in afternoon. Easterly winds.
  Spent forenoon at Ball's Hill, planting,
transplanting etc. Duren spraying on
Pine Ridge. Pat came down at 7
bringing his dinner pail but I sent him
home again. He has been absent from 
his work and drinking for past two weeks.
I told him I might want him next week.
  Gilbert & I closed the camp at noon
& took 12.45 train. I went to Boston.
Spent most of afternoon at our office.
Had long talk with Arthur & Buttrick about
estate matters. Wrote some letters etc.
Saw Mr. Eaves about passage to England
last of June. He will telegraph for one on
"Laurentian" sailing 24th fr. [from] Montreal.
Got to Athletic Club at 5.30 Wrote letters
most of evening. Also talked with
Henry Thayer & others. Saw Frank M.
in hall. He had been drinking & 
looked badly.