Glendale.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, July 22, 1916  Wea [Weather]
Dull
Mostly cloudy with oppressively warm
& humid air.
  Birds singing fairly well through
forenoon and again at sunset. At
latter hour heard two Wood Thrushes,
one at rear of Studio, the other in
woods across road near the Warner place.
The Field Sparrow sang especially well &
often through the morning in thickets
bordering on the road.
  Many gigantic black Beetles are
frequenting the decaying trunk of an
old Butternut tree standing near 
the studio. They enter & emerge from
a hole near its base & thence ramble 
about over the lawn, occasionally
unfolding their wings for distant flights.
  My day passed much as usual.
In forenoon I wrote letters & played
Victrola in Studio while Dan [French] worked on
an oil painting of Louise Schoonmaker.
In P.M. we had a call from Mc.Intosh
for whom I played many recent records.

Mrs. Miller arrived from New York at 5 P.M.

Glendale.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, July 23, 1916  Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon sunny, hot & humid with
strong S.W. [southwest] wind. Clouds gathering by
mid-afternoon. Clear, calm, cool evening.
  Birds singing only sparingly & fitfully through
warmer part of day among the Red-eyed &
Solitary Vireos, Chippy [Chipping Sparrow], Goldfinch, Field Sparrow,
Indigo bird [Indigo bunting], Wood Pewee. In late P.M. heard
4 Song Sparrows scattered about in Knight's brook
meadow lands, all in full song. The Wood Thrush
in woods at rear of studio sang long & gloriously in
gathering evening twilight. Robins severely silent
and feeding mostly now in recently cleared mowing
fields as are Chippies [Chipping Sparrows], also. At least 25 Barn Swallows,
old & young, flying into & from Knight's barn or
perched on telegraph wires near it. Big, long-legged
Rabbit, apparently not a cotton-tail, running at top speed,
with long, deer-like bounds, through uncut, tall
grass at Mc.Intosh's. Bull Frogs bellowing & Fire Flies [Fireflies]
twinkling very numerously, after day.
  Spent most of day in room, writing letters.
In late P.M. walked, with Dan, to Mc.Intosh's
where we had usual pleasant chat & light refreshments.
Air sultry yet agreeably cool in places at sunset.
Spent evening in studio with Victrola playing.