Glendale
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, July 12, 1916  Wea [Weather] Fair
88 [degrees] max [maximum]
  Oppressively warm & humid with
light southerly breezes & distant muttering
of thunder. Evening serene & beautiful with
refreshing breeze and myriad Fire Flies [fireflies]
flickering over fields of uncut grass.
  Birds singing freely & delightfully, especially at
morn [morning] & eave [evening]. Nowhere else in localities known to
me can so many of such varied kinds and
sweet voices be heard so close about a large
& well. appointed [well-appointed] country house. Here we have very
near at hand not only those given to frequenting 
cultivated grounds but also practically all the
characteristic woodland species as well. It 
is [I am] especially grateful to hear the Wood Thrush,
Hermit Thrush, Solitary Virio [Solitary Vireo] & several species
of forest-dwelling Warblers as I sit writing in  
my chamber or lying awake in bed. A 
pair of Red-shouldered Hawks were soaring
high & screaming wildly over the house this
morning & at evening there was a Whippoorwill. 
Spent most of day in room answering letters
Dan & I called on Mackintosh in late [?]
Evening passed as usual in parlor.

Glendale
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, July 13, 1916  Wea [Weather] Foul
Cat bird [Catbird] serenading Rabbit.
Forenoon cloudy, calm, oppresively sultry.
Heavy thunder shower at noon followed by 
succession of other more or less violent & protracted
continuing through afternoon.
  Usual local birds, in accustomed places,
singing more or less freely when the rain held up
& sometimes during its continuance.
  A young Coney (?) Rabbit, scarce half grown, is
haunting the grounds close about the house,
appearing fearlessly on the lawn at early morn
& late afternoon (usually well after sunset).
  Last evening he came within a few feet of the
[storm?] step at north door & while there was
encircled twice, within a foot or two, by a [male]
Cat bird [Catbird] who, while hopping about him on the
ground, sang ceaselessly in subdued tones
- altogether a very pretty & interesting thing to
witness & listen to. The Cat bird [Catbird] did not seem 
to alarm him or even wish to do so but I twice
saw a Robin fly straight at him as if with
such intent yet without disturbing his serenity.
  Spent forenoon working in my room & playing
in studio records just recd. [received] from Boston.
 Dan & I motored down valley at noon to Lunch
with Mc.Intosh. Back by 2.15.  More Victrola
music. Evening spent in parlor.