Height of apple bloom. Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, May 8, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Cloudy sultry morning following a
very warm night. Light thunder
shower at 9 A.M. Remainder of
day brilliantly clear with strong,
cool N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Apple orchards for most part in
fullest bloom - superabundant this
year. Every kind of vegetation moving
on with unusual precipitation.
Tulips already past their prime.
Plenty of dandelion blossoms now.
  Bird arrivals. First Cat bird, [male in full song]
in Forsythia bushes, front of house, at
7 A.M. Chestnut-sided Warbler, [male in full song]
near house.
  A handsome Oriole fluting in 
orchard. No evidence of any heavy 
flight of Warblers as yet, but some
are coming nightly.
  Renewed weakness & dizziness obliged
me to keep indoors through most of A.M.
Felt better after dinner & walked a little
with Zeph clearing up about building.
Dr. Stevens called at 4.45 staying
a half hour or so.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, May 9, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear with moderate westerly winds.
Very cool - indeed almost frosty - in
early morning, warming up as day
advanced. Evening calm & mild.
Apple trees still in fullest bloom.
Many oaks covered with leaves
much larger "than a mouse's ear." We
should be planting corn according 
to this token - but are not yet.
  Bird arrivals. First Yellow Warbler
& Warbling Vireo, both single males
in song at Wheeler Farm. nothing new, 
save a [male] Cooper's Hawk, at our place.
  Feeling much stronger & more energetic
than hitherto I passed a comparatively
busy day, mostly out of doors.
In forenoon I was with Zeph working
about the out houses etc; in afternoon
Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] motored me to Concord where
I did some errands in village, called
at Ben Brown's grain store, at Wheeler
farm for strawberry plants, at Sleepy
Hollow to inspect evergreen about Melvin
Memorial. Home by 4. Evening walk about Farm.