Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Mar. 24, 1916 [March 24,1916] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear, calm, mild. Snow
melting fast & much bare ground
showing in city streets before
night but none elsewhere save
where the snow has been removed
as in front of Museum where green
crocus shoots are now appearing.
  Noted no birds other than a Crow
& a few House Sparrows. 
  Spent day in Museum 
rearranging eggs. Mr.[Whittle?]
came at 2.30 P.M. to pack
the collection of eggs & skins
I have laid aside for Miss
Granger. This occupied him
& Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] most of the afternoon.
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] went to her Bee this
evening. C. [Caroline Brewster] & I had a good
Victrola concert with some
beautiful Gluck records bought lately.
I also read the war news
to her.
 
Cambridge
Crocuses & snow drops bloom
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Mar. 25, 1916 [March 25, 1916] Wea [Weather] Fine
48 [degrees]  Flicker shouting
  Clear, calm, warm. A really
springlike day, almost, if not quite,
the first. Snow settling fast in
fields & yards. Streets deep in slush.
  Recently uncovered snow drops in
front of Museum showed several large
white flower buds to-day. Two yellow
crocuses in full bloom front of house
where Percy claims to have seen
them a week or more ago.
  In Garden: Chickadee calling; White-
bellied Nuthatch [White-breasted Nuthatch] singing and Flicker
shouting (at 9 A.M.); Peabody bird
singing; 2 Jays screaming; 2
Crows flying low.
  Worked on egg collection through A.M.
Mrs.Osborne of Winthrop came by
appointment at 2.45 P.M. with
her Camp Fire Girls, nine in number.
C. [Caroline Brewster], Walter D. [Walter Deane] & I received them in house
& showed them objects of interest there.
Walter & I entertained them afterwards
in Museum where they stayed until 4.45
Dick Dana came just before then.