Glendale [Mass.]
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. AUG. 24, 1911 [Thursday, August  24, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon sunny; afternoon cloudy.
Calm with rather cool air.
  Spent most of forenoon in the woods
at rear of studio. They are simply
swarming this month with Red Squirrels
which Dan [Daniel Chester French] says have appeared in them
only recently at least in the present numbers
where the path from the studio enters
them. I found, this morning, a small
mixed flock which seemed to be made 
up chiefly of Black-throated Green [Warblers] & Black 
& Yellow Warblers & Black & White Creepers.
There was also a single Bay-breast Warbler [Bay-breasted Warbler]
showing much chestnut on flanks & probably adult.
Saw a Broad-wing Hawk & heard Blue Jays
a Wood Thrush "challenging" at sunset.
  Dan began a fresh oil painting of me soon
after luncheon and worked at it for
upwards of two hours. In the evening he
& I sat in the studio & listened to his
new Victor phonograph  Mrs. French &
Margaret having gone to a concert at
Stockbridge.
[margin] 9 Night hawks in a [?] flock mig.S.[migrating south] at evening. [/margin]
Glendale [Mass.]
Ther. [Thermometer] Fri. [Friday] Aug. [August] 25, 1911 Wea. [Weather]
Rainy
Cloudy, calm, cool with fine rain
falling steadily all day & late into night.
  Spent forenoon in parlor with Dan who
was unable to do anything because of a sharp 
attack of sciatica which had kept him
awake all night. The doctor came to see
him soon after breakfast & ordered him
to keep quiet & warm. We had an open
fire to sit by & plenty of things to talk about.
In the afternoon he slept a good deal
while I wrote a lot of letters in 
the studio. According to D.C. French
there has been a marked scarcity of birds
here during the past summer. The
Phoebees [Phoebes] have nested under the east
portico of the house (instead of north porch)
& reared their brood. A Screech Owl was
heard (by D.C. F. [Daniel Chester French]) a few evenings ago.