Glendale [Mass.]
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. SEPT. 3, 1911 [Sunday, September 3, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Glorious day, brilliantly clear with
fresh, cool N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent forenoon in garden with
Dan & George [?]. Mr. [Lukemann?]
joined us for a time with his pair of
beautiful collie dogs. We had dinner
in the back porch. Wrote a letter after
it & then went to call on Mr. Seeley
Mrs. French taking me there in the car.
Spent about an hour looking at
Seeley's wonderful photographs. They
impressed me deeply. He seems to have
literally discovered a new use for
photography & to have achieved by its
aid alone pictures which equal fine
paintings by the best artists. I
Walked back from his home through the
Bowker woods.
Glendale [Mass.]
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. SEPT. 4, 1911 [Monday, September 4, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Fine           Soaring night-hawks
Another rare day, cloudless & rather warm with
light westerly winds & brilliantly clear air.
  Jays screaming, Red Squirrels chattering and Hylas
cackling all day long in woods at rear of studio
At precisely 3 P.M. I saw about 40 Night hawks
in a dense swarm soaring in large circles, on
set wings, fully 200 yards above the earth, drifting
down towards S.E. [southeast] before light breeze. They behaved
exactly as Herring Gulls do when soaring high. Their
circles were about 20 yds. [20 yards] in diameter. I was simply
amazed at this novel performance on their part.
  Spent most of forenoon writing in woods
behind studio. At 3 P.M. we all went over to
Stockbridge in touring car to see George Keyes &
Mr. Walworth win in a double match at tennis.
It was stubbornly fought & beautifully played. 
Mr. Fletcher left for Boston & Mr. Sturgis for
New York soon after it was over. We got
home about sunset. The golf links looked more
English than ever in late afternoon light
& the chimes were ringing delightfully in the
village church. We spent evening in parlor
talking before an open fire.