Concord, Boston, Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, April 2, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Mixed
Early morning sunny, cloudy by
noon, raining before sunset, snowing
after dark.
  As Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I were at breakfast
the Fringillidae flock were at theirs in
the seed bed, with some birds ever in
song in the neighboring thicket so that 
the air rang ceaselessly with superb
outbursts of Fox & Tree Sparrow music.
Motoring to Concord through deep mud
I took 8.06 train to Boston & on
arriving went to Touraine where I found
Bingham & Upson but not the Gehrings
who had gone to their steamer, the
"Cedric" (White Star). Thither I followed
& had nearly an hour with the Doctor
sitting on deck of ship. She sailed at 11.
I returned to Boston, spent hour
at office & them came out to Cambridge
where I found C. [Caroline Brewster] & E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] at dinner.
Had hair cut & read letters in P.M.
Reading aloud in evening.
Snow drops in fullest bloom.
A few crocuses.

Concord - Boston
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, April 3, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon cloudy; afternoon sunny.
Cool with fresh northerly winds.
  In the Garden 2 ([male] [female]) Robins, 4 Juncos,
a silent Fox Sparrow, a Song Sparrow
singing freely but brokenly, a Jay,
7 or 8 Crow Blackbirds, 10 or 12
House Sparrows. 2 Crows.
  To Boston to meet 9.30 A.M.
appointment with Dr. Blake who made
critical examination of my ears. He
finds the right one almost if not quite
as good as ever. The left one had to
be freed from much hardened wax (a
painful operation) after which it proved,
when tested, to be by no means as dull
as we had both expected. All these
conclusions were not guess work but based
on results obtained by comparing tests made
to-day with those made at intervals
for many years back of which Dr. B.
had preserved the records.
  Home by 11. Spent rest of day writing
letters, cheques and my annual
return of taxable property.
C. [Caroline Brewster] & E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read Barchester Towers this eve. [evening]