Glendale [Mass.]
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. AUG. 28, 1911 [Monday, August 28, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
80º [80 degrees]   Dull
Cloudy warm & oppressively sultry & humid
All day long there were frequent
mutterings of thunder and ominous looking
clouds drifting hither & thither athwart the
sky. Apparently a thunder storm of rather
unusual magnitude was forming almost
directly overhead. It moved off to the
northeast late in the afternoon. After dark
the sky was incessantly alight with its
distant flashes. Still later a part of it
seemed to turn back & we had heavy rain
& some sharp flashes & crashing detonations.
After that rain fell through the night.
  Dan was a little better to-day. I
sat with him in the parlor talking
much of the time but also wrote
letters and a few pages in my journal
in the studio. Saw 5 Night Hawks
flying south & 3 Swifts circling in
later P.M. Mc.Intosh called at evening.
Glendale.
Ther. [Thermometer] Tues. [Tuesday Aug. [August] 29, 1911 Wea. [Weather]
64º [64 degrees]    Dull
Cloudy & cool with occasional showers.
Dan much better to-day but still
confined to the house, where I sat
with him much of the time.
Worked four hours in the studio
revising my journal entries relating
to the recent voyages to & from
England. Also began a general
account of my field experiences
while in England. At 6.30 P.M.
I started on a solitary walk
going as far as the Knight farm.
There was a rich & very beautiful
sunset. As I stared watching it
3 Night hawks appeared high in
air flying southward across the
rosy tinted clouds. A Phoebus [Phoebe] was
almost the only bird seen near our house.
Mc.Intosh called in afternoon.