Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, May 4, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear, calm, comfortably warm
with light S.W. [southwest] wind.
Shad bush in nearly full bloom.
First dandelion in dooryard. 
A few tent caterpillar nests.
  Birds singing freely all day.
A Purple Finch sang in Cedar Park
in early morn. At sunset a 
Hermit Thrush in full song near
Pulpit Rock & a Brown Thrasher
in Howe pasture. Three Bitterns
pumping in distance along river,
one near Birch Id. [Birch Island], two in
Great Meadows. Oven bird in
flight song. Robins singing
far & near. 3 Swallows about
[?] boxes. Barn Swallow heard.
  Spent most of forenoon working
in flower beds near house, afternoon
setting out strawberry plants in
field across road. Walked to
Pulpit Rock & along Bensen's road
at evening. Mrs. Melvin &
Mrs. Cummings called at 4 P.M.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, May 5, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear with strong N.E. [northeast] wind in
forenoon & still stronger S.W. [southwest] wind
in afternoon. A few cherry trees
& most plum trees in blossom.
Our peach trees show no fruit
buds whatever. They must have
been killed by the intense cold
of last winter. Because of it
many trees & shrubs perished or
were sadly disfigured as has
happened to nearly all my white
cedars & those in Bedford swamp.
Even the hardiest Va. Junipers [Virginia Junipers]
suffered similarly in exposed places.
In the larger nurseries there was
heavy loss, of evergreens especially.
  Not feeling well I kept to the
house through most of day to-day but
took two or three short walks
about the place. Few birds seen
or heard. Two hen Pheasants & a
handsome cock in field front of
house & the cock afterwards in flower
garden behind it.