Cambridge - Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, July 13, 1917 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Alternating cloud & sunshine. Light
S.W. [southwest] wind. Hot & humid. Heavy
thunder shower at Concord & Bedford
about daybreak this morning. Everything
well soaked, brooks running brim full,
river meadows flooded, all crops in
highly flourishing condition.
  Leaving Cambridge at 8.40 Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I
motored to Concord via Arlington, 
Lexington & Bedford. Reached Farm at
9.50. Spent remainder of day weeding
flower and strawberry beds. Walked
through Berry Pasture at sunset. Very 
sweet & peaceful there: Wild rose,
white azalea & elder in fullest bloom.
Birds singing ceaselessly & joyously all
day long. Rarely have I heard a finer
concert here. Robins, Cat-bird, Wren,
Red-eyes [Red-eyed Vireo] (2), Indigo bird, Goldfinch,
Tanager, Maryland Yl. thrt. [Maryland Yellow-throat], Song
Sparrow & Pine Warbler took chief part in it.
Quail whistling at evening S.W. [southwest] of Berry Pas. [Berry Pasture]
  Strawberries still holding out but nearing
end. Ripe St. Regis raspberries. Not many
cherries.

Concord - Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, July 14, 1917 Wea [Weather]
Fire Fly in Garden. Dull
Early morn sunny; after that dark cloudy
with frequent light showers until 2 P.M.
when the sun shone bright again & continued
to until it set. Warm & humid all day.
  Spent forenoon at Farm, picking strawberries
& working in flower beds. Familiar
birds singing freely close about house.
Quail whistling somewhere near Mr. Howe's.
Bobolink in full song in Lawrence's field. 
First ripe raspberries - St. Regis - 2 pints.
  Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I left Farm at 11.30 & motored
to Concord where I deposited in bank $70.
mortgage int. received from Bensen yesterday.
Then we returned to Cambridge via
Lincoln, Waltham & Watertown, reaching
home shortly before 1 P.M.
Spent afternoon in Museum & garden.
  Garden birds. Many Robins in cherry trees,
2 [males] singing superbly at sunset. Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo]
& Goldfinch in full song. Silent ad [adult male] Oriole
with several young calling; Swift, Jay, Flicker,
Bronzed Grackle & lots of House Sparrows.

A Fire-Fly in Garden this eve. [evening]