Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, July 7, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Dull.
Cloudy with occasional light showers.
Very cool. Open fires blazing all day in
house & Museum.
  At least a dozen Robins, adult & young,
assembled in our cherry trees, three of which
are now laden with ripe fruit. Two or
more Jays & several House Sparrows also
attracted by them (I saw one of the Jays
eat several cherries). Heard a Goldfinch
calling. 2 Swifts flying low at evening.
  Spent day in Museum writing letters &
cheques. Percy spent it working on a
huge branch of our big calalapa [sic] [catalpa] which
broke last night under its weight of
water-soaked leaves & blossoms & fell
in the middle garden path doing but
slight damage to anything. We shall miss
it sadly for it drooped low over the path.
The tree is now in full bloom.
  C. [Caroline Brewster] read aloud from Barchester Towers
this evening. Clara & Lois Howe
called but stayed only a few minutes.

Cambridge - Boston
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, July 8, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Sunny but hazy. Rather warm & humid
with light southerly wind.
  The Garden thronged with Robins & 
Crow Blackbirds, upwards of a dozen of each,
attracted, no doubt, by the ripe cherries.
There were also one or two Blue Jays, a
small flock of House Sparrows, a Red-eye
& a Goldfinch in full song, 2 Swifts
flying overhead, a Flicker calling.
  To Boston at 10 A.M. Spent two or three
hours at our office where I had a talk
with Arthur about Miss Heartz and dictated
a letter to Wolfeboro giving Y.M.C.A [Young Men's Christian Association] permission
to use town hall free of cost. Lunched
at Marston's. Took $1000 mortgage note
from safety vault & left it with Mr. Edes
to be exchanged for a new one. He gave me 
no receipt. Called at Steinert's & 
looked at victrolas. Think I shall
buy $100 one. Home by 3.30. Fanny
Randall called. At 5 C. arrived from trip
in Ford to Wellesley bringing back Sun
& Tiny Tim.