Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Dec. 14, 1918  [December 14, 1918 ] Wea [Weather]
Dull.
Low-hanging clouds, slow-rising
mists and incessant if light rainfall
have combined to make this short
December day seem endlessly long
and unutterably dreary - at least to
me confined as before to the house
with nothing more profitable to do
than writing a few letters.
  Dr. Stevens came to see me
at 6 P.M. & after that I had a
short talk with Sarah & Ruby
Ames who called on E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons]
We have just finished the usual
evening reading in the hall.
  The snow has wasted fast of
late and tufts of still green
grass are appearing here & there
on our front lawn.
  Notman sent up a dozen enlargements
of Mrs. Farley's [Mrs. Thomas S. Farley] youthful tin-type this
morning. Keeping two copies for myself
I have mailed eight to Mrs. F. [Mrs. Farley],
one to Henry Henshaw & one to, Ruthven
Deane. The picture seems an excellent
reproduction of the tiny original.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Dec. 15, 1918 [December 15, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Dull
Cloudy but less darkly so than during
past few days. Heavy, warm rain last
night had removed almost every vestige of 
snow by day break this morning. Our
lawn thereby fully reexposed to view
appears scarce less vivid green than it
did a month or more ago. The snow
blanket has no doubt sheltered it from
recent bitter cold.
  Garden birds. A Chickadee & a Hairy
Woodpecker both heard calling,
apparently in the lindens, whence their
voices reached my ear through a partly
open window.
  Still another day passed wholly within
doors & mostly in the Den. Wrote
letters in forenoon. Mrs. Stone & Miss
Allyn with us at dinner. Before they
had gone Charlie Lamb appeared to
be followed by Dick Dana [Richard Henry Dana Jr.] & he by
Harry Bartlett. So the afternoon sped
most pleasantly with much friendly chat.
Usual evening reading by E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons]