Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Mar. 11, 1914 [March 11, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Fine
  Clear, calm, not cold. Snow
& ice wasting away steadily if 
slowly. About half our place bare
ground. Streets & sidewalks mostly
bare & dry.
  Garden birds: - 1 Chickadee, 4 or 5
House Sparrows, Crows (hd. [heard]) 2 Jays,
Hairy Woodpecker (hd. [heard])
  Worked whole forenoon on Great-
Horned Owl story rewriting first
page although I had thought it
finally finished. Afterwards composed
another page of fresh matter.
  The little Hardy boy from Atlanta,
Georgia, who called last Sunday
reappeared at 3 P.M. to-day to see my
collection. Although but 12 years old
he is more intelligent than half the
men I know, as well as amazingly
well informed & well mannered. He
was with me until 5. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] at
Lowell for night. C. [Caroline Brewster] read paper to me
after supper. She is laid up by lame foot.

Cambridge - Boston.
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Mar. 12, 1914 [March 12, 1914] Wea [Weather]
First snow drop for us. Fine
Clear, calm & frosty, with crisp,
dry air. Altogether a very delightful
day albeit somewhat wintry.
The first snow drop flower showed
itself on the bank in front of our
house this morning.
  Garden birds - 1 Chickadee, several
House Sparrows, a Jay (hd. [heard]), a Crow,
a Flicking [Flicker] (shouting) and a [female]
Hairy Woodpecker (at suet in catalopa [catalpa]).
  Worked all forenoon on Great Horned
Owl story, revising & rewriting it as 
C. [Caroline Brewster] type-wrote it. It is a rather
poor bit of composition therefor, I
fear, perhaps because I have tried
over-hard to make it better.
Had to go in town after lunch.
Spent 2 hours at office signing
quarterly cheques & the transfer of a 
mortgage deed. After that went to Ames
Plough Co. & bought $50 worth of farming 
things, including hand cart. Home 
by 6. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read aloud this evening.