Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Feb. 15, 1919 [February 15, 1919] Wea [Weather]
34 [degrees] Stormy
Large flakes of wet snow coming
thick & fast from daybreak to
10 A.M. covered the ground to
a depth of about 2 inches &
loaded branches & twigs of trees.
After the latter hour the day was
cloudy calm & mild but chilly
  Garden birds. A Blue Jay heard.  
  Spent most of day in den
writing letters but got out
at noon for a short walk
in the Garden with Dannie.
  Harry Spelman called in
mid P.M. to get my signature
to the transfer of a mortgage
on the Mc,Grath farm at
West Bedford, or rather on a
part of it sold & resold within 
recent years. The last purchaser
now wishes to pay off the mortgage.
  E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read to me after supper.
We are finishing "A Fortunate Year"

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Feb. 16, 1919 [February 16, 1919] Wea [Weather]
36 [degrees]  Fair
Partly cloudy but mostly sunny
with rather fresh westerly wind.
Snow melting fast in exposed places
& nearly all gone from streets &
sidewalks before night.
  Garden birds. 7 Chickadees & 3
Downy Woodpeckers ([1 male] [2 females]) near
together in lilacs & willow between 
house & Mus. [Museum] gate; a Tree Sparrow
on ground beneath Parkman
apple feeding busily on seeds of the
fallen fruit; 10+ House Sparrows;
a Crow on wing, flying low; a
screaming Jay.
  All the birds above mentioned save
the Jay were seen about 3.30 P.M.
when Danny & I were walking in
the Garden. I spent remainder of
day in house. Walter D. [Walter Deane] called at
noon, Dr. Stevens at 4.30 P.M.
Miss Allyn & Miss Hoppin dined
with us - on a Concord turkey.
E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] finished the Locke story this
eve [evening].