Concord - Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, June 7, 1918 Wea [Weather]
First ripe cherries Mixed
Heavy rainfall continued thro. [through] last night
& up to noon today, accompanied by
violent S.W. [southwest] wind. Afternoon sunny
with cooler, more westerly wind.
  Birds in Cambridge Garden, late P.M. 2 ad. [adult male]
Robins in full song, several full grown young;
Red-eyed Vireo [in full song], pair of Blue Jays feeding
unfledged but well-grown young, in nest in
hawthorn; several Starlings & House Sparrows
in cherry tree eating its fruit already nearly
ripe; Swift heard at eve.
  Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I spent forenoon at Farm house
putting things away for the summer etc.
After dinner we picked 7 boxes of strawberries
& I got some Mountain laurel in full bloom.
Motored to Cambridge via Bedford, Lex. [Lexington] &
Arlington 2.30-3.40 P.M. Found C. [Caroline Brewster]
greatly improved in health & spirits. Her nurse,
Miss Greenough, leaves to-morrow. 
Called on the Spelmans before supper &
on the Fairchilds after it.
Plenty of cherries ripe or ripening in
tree near tool house & birds feasting on them.

Cambridge - Boston.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, June 8, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear & delightfully cool with
strong N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Garden birds: Robins, Jays, Starlings,
House Sparrows, Swift, Grackle, 2 Crows.
  Motored to Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] 9.30 A.M. Saw
Got glasses at Pinkham & Smiths. Reached
our office at 11 A.M. There until 3 P.M. Saw
Estabrook & Buttrick. They read letter from
Lydia A. Brewster & advised me to answer
it briefly & courteously, without discussion of
its evidence - which I did by dictation
to Galloupe. Lunched at Thompson's.
H.K. Brown came to our office at my request
2.30 P.M. We talked over matters relating to
various Kettell trusts etc. He promised to have
them settled as soon as possible. A
guardian & administrator for the Jeffersons must
first be appointed in England.
  Home by 3.30. Ad. [adult] [male] Oriole feeding young in
nest high in elm over street, near Mr. Harris's 
house, Mercer Circle. Saw him go to it twice.
  Spent eve. in hall C. [Caroline Brewster] playing solitaire, E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] reading to me.