Concord. Boston - Cambridge
Ther. [Thermometer] Thursday. April 13, 1916 Wea [Weather]
Dull.
  Early morning sunny followed by a dull
cloudy, rather chilly, day. Light N.W. [northwest] wind
  Leaving Farm at 7.45 Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] motored
me to Concord where I took 8.03 train for
Boston, he keeping on to Cambridge with "Timmy"
In cars found Geo. White [George White] & Charlie Prescott with
both of whom I talked. Prescott has fed a
flock of 12 Meadow Larks & another of 14 Quail
near his house all winter.
  Reaching Boston I went first to Park-Pollard
[?] & bought 2 prs. white Fantail Pigeons.
Next to our office where I spent forenoon.
Darling had been offered $4000 cash & an
equity of 8500.[$8500.] in a Commercial St. store for
one Pearl St. block & a house in Roxbury. He,
Galloupe & Buttrick seemed to favor the
exchange. But John Abbott whom I sent for
said at once that the Will did not sanction 
any such transaction. Darling then sold the
house for $3400. It cost us over $6000 (by [?])
Called at [?] to buy seeds & at [?] for
Easter lily for C. [Caroline]. Home at 3.30. Worked
in Museum until dark. Called on Walter &
Margie Deane after that. Spent evening in
hall with C. & E.R.S.[Elizabeth R. Simmons] who read aloud to us.
A Fox Sparrow & Purple Finch in full song
in Garden. Several Robins calling.

Cambridge - Concord (Farm)
Ther. [thermometer] Friday, April 14, 1916  Wea.[weather] Stormy
Another snowfall.
  Dark cloudy, with strong intensely
chilly north-east wind and steady
downpour of rain which changed to]
snow at 1 P.M. covering the ground to
a depth of an inch or more & loading
the tree branches, by nightfall.
  In Garden: a Fox Sparrow, singing
divinely; at least one Peabody bird,
also in full song; 5 Gray Purple Finches,
one of which sang fairly well; 2 or 3
Robins; Crows heard.
  Gilbert & I had a dreary & very chilly
ride back to Concord. Starting at 10 A.M.
we first made a short halt at Harvard
Coop and next a long one (over an hour)
at Breck-Robinson Nursery where I
bought 18 rose bushes &, to my great
surprise, found Montagu Chamberlain
installed in Gladioli department.
  Reached Farm about 12.30. Wrote
letters after dinner until 6 P.M. when
Timmy & I had a rather long & very
interesting walk through the snow-clad
woods -  very beautiful to behold in
their renewed wintry garb.