Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, April 12, 1918 Wea [Weather]
36 [degrees] Stormy
Snowing hard all day much of
it melting as it struck but more
accumulating until by night it
covered the ground uniformly &
almost everywhere to a depth of five
or six inches and loaded the trees
with snow foliage of exquisite
purity & beauty besides plastering
their trunks well on the easterly
side whence the wind came.
It is not often that we have
such a show at this season.
  Garden birds. Only a Robin and
a couple of Crow Blackbirds, all
looking very forlorn.
  Entire day spent in house.
E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read aloud to me &
C. [Caroline Brewster] & I worked & talked
together up stairs. We sat 
in hall & played Victrola a
little after supper. Dr. Stevens
came to see me about noon.
I did not go out all day.

Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, April 13, 1918 Wea [Weather]
34 [degrees] Dull
Thin cloudy with a few snow flakes
falling now & then. The snow that
came yesterday shrinking fast & wholly 
gone by noon from streets & sidewalks
although still covering our lawns to 
a depth of several inches. From
the trees most of it blew away or
melted before sunrise this morning.
The entire day cooler but less chilly 
than yesterday.
  Garden birds. A Robin & 2 Blue
Jays - all three seen in our lindens.
  Another tedious day spent
almost wholly in doors altho.
I did have one outside walk
with Percy going up Brattle St.
as far as to Elmwood, despite
much dizziness.
My eyes continue troublesome
& this diary is all I try 
to write.