3 Deer in our rye. Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, April 26, 1919 Wea [Weather]
26 [degrees] Hard freeze Fair
Partly sunny, mostly thin cloudy.
Strong, chill N.W. [northwest] wind.
Surface of ground & of shallow
ponds hard frozen at sunrise &
in places thro [through] day. Much damage
to vegetation. Many herbaceous
plants & unfolding leaves of trees
& shrubs wilted & blackened.
Even the hardy lilacs suffered
thus but apparently not two
apple trees. Early peach bloom
doubtless ruined.
  Many tiny nests of Tent Caterpillars
visible yesterday & to-day.
  Two Chickadees in Cedar Park,
several Juncos in a millet patch
& a few scattered Crows were all
the birds noted by me - except a
silent [male] Bluebird in our hen yard
& a Robin heard singing at eve [evening].
James saw a buck deer & 2 does
leave our winter rye at 8 A.M.
He caught a Skunk at the hen yard
last night by setting a horse hair
noose for him. I walked almost to
Pulpit Rock in A.M. & to Bungalow in
P.M.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, April 27, 1919 Wea [Weather]
64 [degrees] max [maximum] Jersey cow examined & condemned by Dr. Rose. Fine.
  Brilliantly clear, almost wholly
windless, comparatively warm.
Plum trees in full bloom.
  Farmer neighbors report very
serious damage by frost of yesterday.
One claims a loss of $400 in
asparagus almost ready to cut.
Others think the apple crop ruined
which I doubt.
  With this delightfully sunny &
warmer weather bird life resumed
somewhat but not largely its
former status. A Robin and a Chippy [Chipping Sparrow]
were singing & a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] drumming
near our house. A merry party
of 5 frolicing [frolicking] Tree Swallows also
reappeared as did a silent Phoebee [Phoebe].
In Carlisle I heard 2 Vesper
Sparrows in full song.
  Dizziness, nausea & nervous exhaustion
combined to give me a rather mean
day. My morning walk extended
only the length of the lawn. In P.M.
I motored to Chester Durens but he
was not at home. Garfield &
Smith Dexter called on me.

Dr. Rose examined our Jersey cow. He reports her left lung somewhat
affected with tuberculosis.