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Birds feeding on seeds above
snow		201st & 4th 17 - (19-22-3-5-9 &
on 31st)
31st hemlock seeds
Blue shadows20
Get in boat28 from Walden52Nov. 302Nov. 26 on ac. of
fence		10Nov. 29not taken out
in 61
Sheets of ice float down river in [gap] (in eve)8thNov. 19 at eve
1st cold morning say 14° +12 cold at last4 coldest day yet +
clear with consid.
wind - after 1st cloudless
morn. for a week or 2
24th is cold		 5 very cold last
night		5th clear cold winter weather 8th at 8am 8°+ prob
coldest day yet
10 at 7 ½ 3°+
17cold with wind		3rd suddenly quite cold
freezes in the house 9thsudden cold last night		3 colder yet
14°+
[gap] 4° at 7 am
Clears off cold after rain18th
17 piercing cold PM
Very cold, zero or below		18 very cold windy day28 perhaps coldest
night - pump slightly
frozen		20 said to be coldest
morning yet
31 a very cold day		3118 very cold - go
to Amherst		23 colder24 cold wind
25 the last the
coldest night yet28 cold. 29-at 8am
15°⁠—		 265°— coldest
morning yet
F.H.P. frozen again
River frozen again21 skimming
over again
Dec 16
Flint P. frozen		22 yesterday4 only skimmed a little
at the shore
Dec. 5		11 how long9 at least 4 inch thick
yesterday
26not more than 1/2 frozen
17 it was only slightly skimmed
Walden begun to freeze
a rod from shore on the 231/3 frozen		27 no ice in to-day22 a few acres of it freeze
24 almost entirely open
again - 30 not quite		21 all but an acre
in my cove298 or 10 acres open		9 scarcely a particle of ice27 almost skimmed over
will be to-night		11 1/3 skimmed over
13 not so much as 11th
18 merely a little edges
20 frozen except 2 spots in mid.
same23		24 ½ for more than
a week - an acre or 2 open
yet		21 none is there
27(?)
Walden frozen		Jan. 5 (52-3)night of 30-31stap. 2 inch thick
prob night of 18th 		prob night of 30 19 last night - 21 open again
owing to rain of 20th - 27 still open
in one place - 28 froze againlast night		Dec. 2825 at length was skimmed
over last night		24-5C says 1st frozen
the 16th		 29
Goose Pond skimmed over13 31st 1st [gap]frozen
(was skimmed over night
of 3-4		13 just frozen to bear
Study ice crystals10
19
Wild apples frozen
1st walk up river12 on ice to F. H. Hill
also 25 to Pond		13 to F.H.P.
Skating 14 boys been skating
a week		18th Lorings P.Nov. 28 in Cambridge
Dec. 22 10 days old		6 on way to Providence
from prob. the 5		15 boys 2 or 3 days
but not firm for men yet
20 pretty good		6 fairly begun13 Goose pondNov. 26 some boys skated on G. pond23 only on G.
Pond commonly for a week or
2 past
Good skating18th Lorings Pond
good there		24 skate across
Flints P.
25 skate to F. Haven & [gap]		19th tolerable
skating - 20 skate to
F. Haven		20 pretty good on mead-
ows & side of river		7 to F.H.P.29 to I. Rice's26 to Lee's bridge
29 to Ball's Hill
17
Attend to bees
Rosettes on ice 20 on river
21 on Walden 		29
50 51
Spring like days 		52 53 54 17remarkably fine spring
like morning
55
23& some previous days- pleas
ant & spring like weather 		56 57 58 Nov. 30 & 1 & 2
59 		60 61
River ap. frozen everywhere19 last night so cold
R. closed almost every
where - 20 ap. every-
where
Turtle under ice3rd (7 in a brook?)
9th		2 & 13
Lizards under ice43 & 5
Ice whoops20 at eve28 now the ice cracks23 at eve 24-5
Boys skate on crust27 & 28 in streets
Level bars of frozen mist10
Raked-toothed icicles15 Walden on ac. of
wind of morning
Kill fishes under ice18 at Walden
Ground cracks18 at Amherst (v.23)
Walk on Walden & study
shores		28th
Vapor from open parts of
river in morning		29 (v.31)
Teaming ice29
14 sweet gale etc &c at Loring P
Plants, buds, fruits &c above
ice		14 along river25 sweet gale
31
4 beautiful - almost In Sum.
pure glassy air
Ind. summer-like days		Nov 29-30 &Dec 1 pleasant-
est days since Nov. came in 6 warmest & pleasantest yet 7 True Ind. summer day
8 another 		11 almost Ind. sum.
clear & warm - with-
out greatcoat		3 delicious mild pm
through gr. covered with snow		Nov 30- Dec 1 & 2 very warm
& spring-like		7 & esp. 8th
when 60° + at 1 ½
pm
Gnats in air6th7 in a thaw
Gossamer6 across Corner causeway
Mornings of creation14 a fine winter morn-
ing
31		10 (?)
Can walk in road, enough to see sky &
breathe air		31 beautiful clear
very cold day		22
Fine days though cold2nd pleasantest day of all v. Ind. sum. days9 3 glorious days - clear
& not too cold
10 another, among finest
in year		20 sharp clear air
& still- white snow & pol-
ished ice - 21 among
finest in year		3rd & 4th 23 a remarkab-
ly bright & pleasant day
with a very soft wind a little
N of W		6 amid sweet fern
27		21 rather mild
22 & 23 all fine
clear bright & rather mild		12 but colder
(20°+ at 8 am)& several bet
this & 18
A leaf frost on trees & [gap] 9th — 1631 after mist in night
fog AM		10 small one31 some12—