Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Aug. 26, 1917 [August 26, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Superb
Brilliantly clear & deliciously cool
with fresh, bracing N.W. [northwest] wind. Cicadas
shilling [shrilling] by day, Tree Crickets out in
great force after dark. Many Butterflies
including one fine big "Milkweed" visiting
our garden flowers which are now looking
uncommonly well. Counted nine Green 
Frogs in pond by Museum, all grown
from aquarium tadpoles of last winter.
  Garden birds. 3 Robins, an unidentified
Warbler, a Goldfinch singing sweetly, 2
Chippies [Chipping Sparrow] in potato patch, 2 Grackles on lawn,
2 Flickers calling, a House Sparrow (only one)
a Swift heard at evening, a young [male]
Oriole in Jungle & an adult uttering
his bugle calls somewhere across Sparks St.
  Spent most of day in Museum,
writing letters. C. went in town to
church with Lizzy Fuller. Harry
Bartlett called in late P.M., staying
about an hour. Victrola music
in hall after supper. Both dogs
with us there.

Cambridge - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Aug. 27, 1917 [August 27, 1917] Wea [Weather]
60 [degrees] - 75 [degrees] Perfect.
Altogether cloudless with light westerly
wind. Cool at morn & eve, summer-like
warmth prevailing through mid-day hours.
Cicadas shrilling freely. Tree Crickets at
Concord after dark but all remote
from house, the sprayed areas near it
being apparently wholly without them.
  Garden birds, Cambridge. Very few, a
Robin, a Flicker, an Oriole & a Goldfinch
being all I noted during the whole forenoon.
  Farm birds, Concord. A Cat-bird & a
Maryland Yellow-throat near bird bath,
a Robin flying across open field, a Chickadee
in Cedar Park and an unidentified
Warbler in oaks behind barn were
literally all I saw or heard, 4-6.30 P.M.
  Leaving Cambridge at 2.20 Gilbert & I,
with Timmy, motored to Concord via
Arlington, Lexington, Bedford. Reached Farm
about 3.45. Roamed about it until towards
sunset. Everything flourishing. Great show of
aut. [autumn] flowers, Zinnias, Phlox, Asters etc.