First cherry blossoms. Cambridge 
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, April 30, 1918 Wea [Weather]
72 [degrees] max [maximum] Fair
Early morning cloudy. Rest of day
sunny, calm, very warm. Vegetation
forging ahead fast. First cherry blossoms
began opening by 9 A.M. Only a few
showing then but very many in
full bloom before night. Tulips in
bloom everywhere now. Many trees
in half leaf.
  Garden birds. [male in full song] [female] Robin, several House 
Sparrows, a Chippy [in full song] in Hubbard Pk [Hubbard Park]
& another in the Spelman's grounds,
7 Grackles, a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] & a [female] ad. [adult]
Sapsucker, the last making a new
well in the already much perforated
trunk of our Austrian pine.
  Outram Bangs called at 9.30
A.M. staying most of forenoon.
He picked out a lot of breeding
Robin & Savanna Sparrow skins to
study at Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology]
  In P.M. I took a short walk.
Called on Mrs. Almy at 7.30 P.M.

Cambridge, Boston. 
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, May 1, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Mixed.
Heavy rainfall last night & lighter
one this morning ceasing before
noon. Afternoon mostly sunny.
Cool N.E. [northeast] to N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Garden birds. 1 Hermit Thrush; a
new arrival, ad. [adult] White thr. Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow];
a pair of Robins & of Blue Jays;
several House Sparrows.
  Percy & I started for Boston at 9.15 A.M.
Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] motored us to Harvard Square
where I called at Chas. Riv. Trust Co. [Charles River Trust Company]
for ten $100. Liberty bonds bought
the other day. Reached 15 State St. at
9.45. Arthur there just arrived from the
South. Galloupe made out my city
tangible tax return which I swore to
& then signed. It is essentially the
same as last years one. Miss Walker
went out to Cambridge City Hall to
consult the 1917 one for me.
Lunched at Thompson's. Called on 
Mr. Brown in his office. He reports that
he has report of Geo. B. Kettle Estate
nearly finished. Arthur sent me 
home in his Simplex car.