Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, June 15, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Partly sunny, mostly cloudy. Thunder
shower 8.30-9 P.M. Rather warm.
  Spent most of day working in 
the flower beds in front of house
& barn with George. After weeding
them thoroughly we watered some
of them in late P.M using the
big sewer pump & drawing water
from the well with it. The
ground is terribly dry & every kind
of surface vegetation is suffering
more than I have ever known it
to before, so early in the season.
Birds singing fairly well thro.
day. Young Bluebirds looking
out of nest hole in elm uttering
there plaintive autumn call
Parents fed them occasionally.
  At 7 A.M. heard the Hermit
Thrush singing in direction of Birch
Field as I stood in front of house
& a moment later heard a Quail
far off towards Mrs Howe's.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, June 16, 1914 Wea [ Weather] Fine
 Mostly sunny with great cloud masses
driving before a raging N.W [northwest] wind.
Very cool at evening.
  Spent entire day near house with
Zeph & George watering flower beds.
Following my usual custom I
fairly drenched all I undertook
to do, wetting the ground thoroughly
to a depth of a foot or more.
  Wherever possible we used the
big sewer pump with a spraying
nozzle but much of the water
had to be hauled to beds beyond
direct reach from the well.
 I also transplanted a lot of 
Zinnias, asters, snapdragons etc,
Thanks to the perfect rest I had
at Glendale my normal strength
has been recovered at last & my
unremitting work all day has tired
me out little. Birds silenced by
high wind. 2 [males] Tanagers together
directly over bird bath front of house
at 6 P.M.