Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. [Tuesday] DEC. 12, 1911 [December 12, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Fine
Sunny with fresh S.W. [Southwest] wind.
Uncomfortably warm in the sun.
James's bees out again all day.
Roads very muddy.
  Spent day about Farm working
with James & Pat getting pines for
Christmas greens & winter covering,
chiefly at Cambridge. We cut
most of them in forenoon among the
cedars at foot of lane. In afternoon
we got them together & packed a
big load of them in farm [?].
The men positively suffered from the
heat & so did I. Very few birds
about. Started six Partridges among
the cedars, a seventh in Birch Field.
Pheasant crowing in forenoon. Saw
a Junco & a [female] Hairy W. [Hairy Woodpecker] near house
Many Crows cawing among them an
odd-voiced one. Heard Goldfinch.

Concord - Cambridge - Boston.
Ther. [Thermometer] WED. [Wednesday] DEC. 13, 1911 [December 13, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Dull.
Cloudy & mild in forenoon; clearing
& cooler with fresh N.W. [Northwest] wind in P.M.
  Rose by candle light & a little later
saw the east blushing with a red sunrise.
When James drove Gilbert & me to station
it was dark cloudy threatening rain.
Saw George Keyes on train. He told me
that George Lombard died in hospital
Sunday last. He was operated on several days
before that for cancer in kidneys. His
funeral was at Mt. Auburn 2.30 today.
  I reached house at 9.15 and spent
forenoon in Museum writing letters.
  Meeting Aud. Soc. [Audubon Society] Directors at Mrs. Cabot's.
4-6 P.M. Very interesting talk about
game legislation etc. - Forbush there;
also Mrs. Cabot, Mrs. Elliot, Miss Roberts,
Miss Kimball, Dr. Townsend, F.H. Allen,
& Harry Bigelow. I got home at 7.
Harry Spelman came this evening to talk
about Pat Flannerys lawsuit.