Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1918 [February 13, 1918] Wea [Weather]
30 [degrees], 46 [degrees] Fair
Mostly sunny despite a partly
overcast sky. Almost or quite windless
and very mild. Brattle Street
gutters brimfull with rapid flowing
snow water which also overspread
bordering sidewalks in many places.
No bare ground as yet except in
central portions of much traveled
city streets
  Garden birds. Chickadee & Jay
heard. Crow seen flying over.
  Devoted entire day to work on
Umbagog Preface, thereby bringing
it somewhere near completion.
Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] type-copied "Gant Gurley"
story, compiled by me a week
or two ago from a reprint in
Maine woods.
  C. [Caroline Brewster] attended moring [morning] service at
St. Johns. I walked up Brattle &
down Highland St. after luncheon,
meeting & talking with Carruth but
encountering no birds save a few House
Sparrows in Sam Henshaw's sorghum.
  
Cambridge. First spring bird-voice
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Feb. 14, 1918 [February 14, 1918] Wea [Weather]
24 [degrees], 40 [degrees] Fair
Calm, mild & thin cloudy
with some pale sunshine.
City gutters again filled brimfull
with snow water & sidewalks
flooded here & there. Bare ground
beginning to appear on southern-
facing slopes.
  Garden birds. A Chickadee
& a Jay. The former was
uttering its Phoebee [Phoebe] notes at 9 A.M.
Coming from somewhere in the
lilacs they were repeated many
times & seemed very good to hear.
  Working all day on Umbagog M.S. [manuscript].
Made rather good progress.
Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] now type copies it for
me - & very accurately.
  Walked up Brattle St. to
Elmwood & back thro [through] Highland St. [Street]
after luncheon. Sidewalks flooded
in places. Heard Flicker in
Sam Henshaw's trees.