Cambridge - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, July 9, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cool through most of day but
cloudy after 5 P.M. with a light shower
about 6. Wind S.W. [southwest], strong at times.
  Leaving home at 10.30 Gilbert & I 
motored to Concord via Belmont, Waverley,
Lexington & Bedford. Where in the last -
named town the road crosses the
Shawsheen Meadows we usually see Red-wings [Red-winged Blackbird]
& Barn Swallows. The latter were there
today but not the former. Reached the
Farm at noon. Spent most of P.M.
with Gilbert, Burbank & George picking
currants, raspberries & Schaffer raspberries
to send to Cambridge tomorrow. We
got 18 quarts of currants & 4 of raspberries.
The strawberries almost gone. I could get
only a quart.
After supper I strolled about Farm, along
road to Lawrence's & back to Ritchie place.
Many birds singing well - 2 Robins, a Hermit [Hermit Thrush],
3 Veeries, 4 Chippies [Chipping Sparrow], a Tanager, the White-
thr. Sparrows [White-throated Sparrow], a Towhee, Indigo bird, Grass Finch.
Song Sp. [Song Sparrow], Cat bird etc. Heard a Grosbeak
singing faintly. 

Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, July 10, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fine.
Sunny & seasonally warm up to 6 P.M.
when gathering clouds brought a succession
of heavy thunder showers with downpour of
rain lasting a couple of hours or more.
One lightning flash accompanied, rather than
followed, by a crashing report, must have
been very near at hand.
  Less bird music than yesterday. 2
Robins & a Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo] the only birds singing
freely & continuously. Heard a Song
Sparrow & Indigo bird now & then.
A [female] Marsh Hawk flying high W. [west] passed
over field front of house, 3 P.M. Shortly
after this I saw 4 Carolina Doves
take same course just above tops of trees.
  The foliage of our shade, orchard &
woodland trees remains as unscarred by
leaf-eating insects as it was in June.
  Spent forenoon working in flower
beds bordering lawn. At 3.30 P.M.
the Emersons Mr. & Mrs., with Raymond's
daughter, Ellen, drove down to see me.
It was Edward Emerson's birth day. We
had sent him a cake originally intended
for mine but not used then. He brought me
two of his paintings as a gift. They stayed
here about an hour.

Spent evening at the Lawrences listening to Columbia records played by Richard.