Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Mar. 7, 1919 [March 7, 1919] Wea [Weather]
30 [degrees] Dull
  Thin cloudy; light S.E. [southeast] wind;
chilly but not cold.
  First yellow crocus, in front
of Museum.
  Garden birds. 5 Robins seen
early in morning by Percy.
I could find nothing but
House Sparrows later until
at length a Bronzed Grackle
was first heard & then 
seen, at first across the street
in Hubbard Park & then in
the top of one of our lindens.
  This has been my most active
& best-feeling day for weeks.
In forenoon C. [Caroline Brewster] & I gathered the eggs
& then took them over to Lizzy
Fuller whom we saw. After
luncheon we walked around the
square occupied by the Choate place
Lizzy Simmons [Elizabeth R. Simmons] not well. Kept 
her room all day. Dr. Stevens
came to see her at 6.30. The nurse
Miss Leadbettor expected now.

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Mar. 8, 1919 [March 8, 1919] Wea [Weather]
Fine
  Clear, calm, comparatively mild
Grass showing green with renewed
life in sheltered, sunny places.
Crocuses of all colors blooming
freely in many front yards now.
Practically no solid frost in ground.
  Garden birds. Percy, coming here
soon after daybreak, heard a
Robin singing across Sparks St.
in the Horsfords' grounds &
saw a single Crow Blackbird
in our Jungle. Five birds
were seen by me. They included
a Chickadee & a silent Song
Sparrow, both close under my
study window; a Downy [Downy Woodpecker]
heard calling; Crows [heard calling]; 4
Starlings flying over high in air
  Remained in bed until 10.30.
Soon after that Outram Bangs
came to see me & later J. A. Brown
Soon after lunch C. [Caroline Brewster] & I collected
4 pullet eggs & then walked
up Brattle & Appleton Streets.