Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1915 [January 6, 1915] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Partly sunny, partly overcast, with
clouds gathering more densely & temperature
rising steadily as the day advanced.
By noon the streets were deep in slush
and before night most of the snow
had disappeared but the underlying
coating of ice remained unscathed.
  Heard a Flicker, a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] & one or
two Jays, in the Garden. Gray Squirrels
out again in some numbers. "Tim"
kept treeing and barking at them
whenever he was permitted to race
through the Jungle where they
mostly were.
  Spent day in Museum working on
Sapsucker story. Rewrote the matter
composed yesterday and added
somewhat to it. It started well
enough but somehow could not be
kept going. Agent of Manhattan Market
called. I subscribed for 100 more shares
of Preferred 7 % stock at par - $10.
  Victrola music 7.30-9. Reading later
Lizzy Fuller lunched with me. C. [Caroline Brewster] & E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] in tomorrow

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Jan. 7, 1915 [January 7, 1915] Wea [Weather]
40 [degrees], 60 [degrees] Fine
Rain fell last night to a depth of 2/3
of an inch, according to the newspaper.
I [It] did not wholly cease until 8 A.M.
when the clouds broke away. Day sunny,
calm and very warm for mid-winter.
Snow & ice almost wholly gone by night,
exposing lawns still rather green.
 In Garden: two Jays screaming & two
Flickers calling (9 A.M.). One of latter
in Parkman's apple tree (loaded with
fruit). Downy Woodpecker heard.
Gray Squirrels out in force. Saw one
in top of hawthorn eating haws.
I doubt if Squirrels care for them before
they have been softened by freezing and thawing.
  Spent day in Museum working on
Sapsucker story. Had but four pages for
C. [Caroline Brewster] to copy in forenoon & wrote only
two more afterwards. It does not
interest me much and hence is doubly
difficult. Victrola music followed by
reading this eve. [evening]. 5 fresh records brought
out by Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert], all pleasing ones.