Cambridge - Boston
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Sept. 5, 1918 [September 5, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Operation on C's [Caroline Brewster] right eye. Fine
Clear with light southerly breeze. Warm
thro day, cool at morn & eve.
  Garden birds. A general dearth of
all bird life & seeming total absence of
south-bound migrants such as are
usually coming & going numerously at this
season, are quite as marked here as at
Concord. Within our grounds today I
could find but one bird, a silent Jay.
After an early (7.30) breakfast Dr. Gehring &
I motored to Boston he to be with C.
during operation by Dr. Cheney [Dr. Cheeney], assisted by
Dr. Spaulding, on her right eye. It began
at 9.30 & lasted almost a full hour during
most of which I sat reading at the Vendome.
  Towards its close I walked up Newbury St.
& met Frank Manning. Dr. Gehring soon
joined us with reassuring news that
everything had gone smoothly & well. He &
I then motored first to the Touraine & next
to our office where we spent half an hour &
he was introduced to Miss Walker. Thence
we went to North Station & lunched
together. He took 1.15 train for Portland &
I returned by trolley car to Cambridge.
Spent P.M. in Museum & Garden, evening
in front hall, E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] reading David Copperfield.

Cambridge - Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Sept. 6, 1918 [September 6, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Alternating clouds & sunshine,
mostly the latter after 11 A.M. 
Rather warm. Light northerly winds.
  Cambridge Garden. Heard the whining
call of a Red-eyed Vireo. No other
evidence of any feathered creature
about our place this morning.
October Farm, Concord. 2 Cat birds &
Maryland Yellow-throat in dooryard
shrubbery; a Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] in bird bath;
several Towhees calling vociferously 
near grape vines ripe fruit of which is
already much damaged by these or other
birds; Crows cawing far & near.
This is the full list of all I saw
& heard here to-day.
  Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I started for Concord at
10.30 A.M. taking the usual Arlington,
Lex. [Lexington], Bedford route. Reached Farm
about 11.45. Spent most of P.M.
strolling about near the house. Burbank &
George finished ploughing grass field
across road. C. [Caroline Brewster] "had comfortable day"
I hear through telephone this eve.