Concord-Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer]  MON. SEPT. 29, 1913 [Monday, September 29, 1913]  Wea [Weather]
Fine.
Clear & warm with light S.W. [southwest]
wind. Summerlike day with
cicadas singing freely.
  To Concord at 8 A.M. in our
car & thence to Cambridge with
the Melvin's [Melvins] in theirs. Very 
little autumn coloring along the
way. A few dogwoods rather brilliant.
Reached our house at 8.55. Found 
C. [Caroline] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] there. They returned
from Bethel on Saturday.
  Spent forenoon with Percy planting
bulbs. Garden alive with birds.
Saw or heard there 3 Robins, a 
Swainson's Thrush, Water Thrush,
Ruby crown K [Ruby-crowned Kinglet], Red-eye [Red-eyed vireo], Yellow 
rump [Yellow-rumped Warbler], 2 Black-polls [Blackpoll Warblers], Red- bellied
Nuthatch, Junco, Goldfinch, 2 Jays
Walked to Square with C. at 12.30
& went in town. Signed quarterly 
cheques at office. I saw Arthur.
Lunch at Bunch O'Grapes. Back to
Concord by 4 P.M. train. Talked all 
the way with Dr. Huntington.
Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer]  TUES. SEPT. 30, 1913 [Tuesday, September 30, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Dull 
Cloudy with light E. [east] wind, the sky
clearing in W. [west] just before sunset.
  Not many birds except white-throats [white-throated sparrows]
which screamed all day about the 
grapes & in Berry Pasture, going to roost,
at sunset. At 7 A.M. saw 45 Crow
Blackbirds flying low & swiftly South.
At 8 two Great Blue Herons heading 
in same direction & scarce higher than
the tops of our elms; at 5 P.M.
a juv. [juvenile] male Sapsucker in elms & apple trees
along lane. Spent forenoon in
cedar opening where Tom & George
worked on new road; afternoon
about home planting bulbs with
Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert]. Strolled through Berry Pas. [Berry Pasture]
just before & after sunset. Fine
coloring there at last, mostly of
red maple & high blueberry foliage.