Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1918 [October 29, 1918] Wea [Weather]
80 [degrees] Fine
Clear with rather fresh S.W. [southwest] wind
agreeably tempering what seemed &
indeed was oppressive heat for the
temperature rose to 80 [degrees] by 10 A.M.
and remained thereabouts until late
afternoon. Hylas calling freely. A few
Butterflies on wing. Tree Crickets heard
last night. Tiny Mosquitos (apparently of the
pitcher plant breed) very numerous & troublesome.
Bird life settling on a late autumnal
basis. Our dooryard birds represented
today by a single Robin, a Downy [Woodpecker],
5 Goldfinches & about 15 Juncos.
Now & then a Jay flew over or Crows
cawed in distant woodland. Once 
I heard Horned Larks piping
somewhere in or above Lawrence's field.
  To devote such a day as this to
farm drudgery was irksome enough
but it simply had to be done.
Zeph & I piled lumber, Burbank &
George hauled manure, Gilbert picked
2 quarts of strawberries & a pint of raspberries.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1918 [October 30, 1918] Wea [Weather]
76 [degrees] (70 [degrees] at 6.30 P.M.) Fair
  Sun shining dimly through fleecy clouds.
Light southerly wind. Summer-like
temperature through entire day & both nights.
Frogs jumping into pond front of house
whenever I passed that way. All this
in strange contrast to leafless trees & dry
leaf strewn ground beneath them.
  First Tree Sparrow, chirping faintly in
Berry Pasture. Rosy red [male] Purple Finch &
one in gray plumage, in fruit-laden gray
birch at Ritchie place. Rather more
than a dozen Juncos in millet patches.
Solitary Robin in dooryard, another
at Ritchie place. One Jay; 10 local
Crows. This comprises all the birds
seen by me today. I heard the
flight calls of a Titlark & those of
Horned Larks.
  Spent day out of doors working with 
the men. Zeph finished piling lumber.
Burbank & George hauled manure & boxed
apple. Brown & his Henry pruned
apple trees.