Cambridge - Boston
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, July 15, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Sunny & rather warm with little or
no wind. Clouds of thunder-cap type
gathering in late P.M. 
Garden birds. Robin singing delightfully
towards evening; Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] & Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo] in
full song through much of day; Flicker
shouting feebly; Kingbird calling; 2
Swifts at sunset; silent Jay; Crows
heard not far away; 2 or 3 House Sparrows.
  Botanic Garden birds. One Song Sparrow
singing sweetly, another chirping anxiously;
Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] singing; Kingbird calling & perching
on lily pads in pond; family party of
Crows, ad. [adult] & juv. [juvenile]; a Grackle 30+ House Sparrows
At Botanic Garden 10-11 A.M. Took over
spray of Buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula)
from our Berry Pasture where I found two
small trees of it day before yesterday.
It comes from Europe & is probably new to Mass. [Massachusetts]
Mr. Cameron gave me flowers of a beautiful
Convolvulus (tricolor) & a lot of water poppies.
Walked back via Huron Ave. & Sparks St., hearing
another Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] & Kingbird on the way.
  Lunched with C. [Caroline Brewster] & E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] on back piazza.
Went in town at 2.15 to have eyes reexamined.
Dr. Smyth away for the week. His patients taken
over by Dr. D.A. Heffernan who decided that
both kinds of eye glasses he prescribed for
me are wrong. Went next to Pinkham & Smith's
to order new ones. Walked across Common
to see house & garden there. Home by 6.
C. [Caroline Brewster] & I walked thro Sparks & Foster Sts. after 
supper looking at many gardens there.

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, July 16, 1918 Wea [Weather]
90 [degrees] Fine
Brilliantly clear with fresh westerly wind.
Warmest day since hot spell in May. Ther. [Thermometer]
rose to 90 [degrees] in Boston according to eve. [evening] papers. 
I did not see it above 84 [degrees] on our back piazza.
  Garden birds. In full song, only a Robin
& a Red-eye [Red-eyed Vireo]; singing feebly a Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] & a
Flicker. 2 Goldfinches calling on wing, a 
Kingbird & a Flicker perched. Young Crow
cawing not far off. 12 Grackles, flying in
scattered order N.W. [northwest], passed over at sunset.
when I also saw 4 Swifts circling high
& quickly passing out of sight. Later I saw
a single Swift drop towards chimney of old
Carpenter-Choate house but it did not enter it.
  Spent most of day in Museum writing letters.
Edward Emerson called at 9 A.M. While on
our front sidewalk at 9.30 I was hailed by
two men in a passing automobile. At first I
failed to recognize them. They proved to be 
John Burroughs & his son Julian on their way
to Duxbury from New York State. Burroughs, now
82 years old, looks well & vigorous still. He
had ridden 200 miles yesterday. I talked with
them about 20 minutes but they would not come in.
  C. [Caroline Brewster] saw Dr. Cheeney this forenoon. He says
her right eye is seriously affected now & counsels
an immediate operation. I am to see him
tomorrow instead of going to Glendale as planned.
Telegraphed & wrote there soon after C.
communicated this news.