Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Jan. 12, 1917 [January 12, 1917] Wea [Weather]
0 [degrees], 10 [degrees] Clear
  Brilliantly clear and intensely cold
with strong northerly wind.
Yesterday's snow fall less than I
thought 7 probably no more than
Three inches ON a level. 
  Garden birds. 2 gray Purple Finches
eating Parkman apples; a Peabody bird in
vines by Museum front door & half a dozen
House Sparrows feeding with it later on grain 
left by the Pigeons; a [male] Downy [Downy Woodpecker] lingering
half an hour or more in cherry trees close
to Museum; a Jay screaming loudly. 
  Two Gray Squirrels running through
tree tops in Jungle, perhaps to discredit
my receny diary statement that they
had ceased to do so now. 
  Working all day at compilation
of notes. It must certainly be
near completion now & in any
case cannot continue much longer.
C. [Caroline Brewster] went in town to St. Paul's this
forenoon & with E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] to their Bee this 
evening so I am spending it alone. 

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Jan. 13, 1917 [January 13, 1917] Wea [Weather]
10 [degrees], 20 [degrees] Stormy
  A gloomily cloudy day with slowly
rising temperature and snow fall of 
about 2 inches in afternoon & evening.
This, added to what came on the 11th
should make good sleighing for the few
horse owners who continue to enjoy it
  Garden birds. Only a Chickadee
and 15+ House Sparrows seen;
Crows heard cawing in early
morning.
  Had to devote entire forenoon
to writing letters & cheques
in payment of monthly bills.
Resumed work on compilation
of Concord notes in afternoon
& tried to finish the task
but failed to do so although
writing more freely than
usual. 
  E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] came down to luncheon
but not to dinner, after which
E. read aloud to me & the two
dogs in front hall.