Cambridge - Glendale
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Aug. 18, 1917 [August 18, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Perfect
Brilliantly clear & just agreeably cool
with light northerly wind.
  Soon after breakfast Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] motored me
to Trinity Court Station, Boston, whence I
took 10.05 train for Glendale. Reached
Pittsfield about 2.40 & took 3.17 train
thence to Glendale where Dan met
me with his Dodge car. No one at house
when we arrived but Mrs. French, Margaret
& Louise (Schoonmaker) returned from
Stockbridge later & gave me the usual
warm welcome. Meanwhile Dan [Daniel Chester French] & I
had been all over the place & to the
pasture outlook which seemed more
attractive than ever. We sat in parlor
& talked through entire evening.
  There has been intense heat here but
no drought and vegetation is looking
well. Streams very low between Springfield
& Pittsfield. Chestnut disease widespread
& disastrous all the way from Worcester.
Almost every tree affected & very many
dead or dying. Not quite so bad at Glendale.

Glendale
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Aug. 19, 1917 [August 19, 1917] Wea [Weather]
76 [degrees] max. [maximum] Perfect
Cloudless and almost windless. Warm
at midday, cool at morn & eve.
  A Solitary Vireo, an Oriole, a 
Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] and a Black-billed Cuckoo
singing more or less feebly & for the
most part briefly. A Barred Owl on
mountain ridge hooted who-a, once
only, at sunset. No signs of any
passage migrants from further north.
A dozen Swifts & a few Barn Swallows
on wing over Knight farm in late
P.M. Tanager calling chip-churr.
Cedar birds, old & young, visiting
white mulberry tree (fruit laden still)
  Spent most of forenoon in studio,
playing records brought from Boston
Mc.Intosh with us. He seemed
to enjoy music. In afternoon
Dan [Daniel Chester French] took me first to pine grown
pasture across road & thence to
Knight farm where we lingered until
after sunset enjoying view & calm
serenity of beautiful surroundings. Spent
evening in parlor.