God heaps coals of fire on my head. A M – Finished work on the 1950 – "Autumn Leaves and Brook” “Re-birth of Spring” (song of Meadow Lark) 1951 and “The Last Falling Leaves” 1954...
Spent yesterday morning in Wade Park sketching. A fine cool windy October day. White shattered clouds. The sunny bank of Doan creek is pleasant...
A.M. working in studio on the 1917 group – while Bertha & Peggy cleaned the upstairs. About noon we head south for the country – A cloudy day, strong s.w. very mild..
…Phil Elliott out yesterday to pick out & take in two of my pictures for the Albright School Faculty Show, which opens Friday the 12th – we settled on “August Twilight” (at Annie’s) and “Spring Rain in the Woods” –
To early service, Then working on frames some – painting the small ones. Shortly after dinner, Olmsteds call & invite us out to their Sardinia summer place...
A dream – Working someplace to the north of here; a channel like depression in the earth with a few woods; a trolley line took us home at night...
P.M. B & C & I (and Pal) driving to country east of Marilla. Attempt to walk in woods, but too wet. On three – and Four-Rod roads. Climbing hill on South Three Rod Rd. A glorious prospect.
In pursuit this year of the dried-bean mood. It seems to be coming nearer – this is the season – late September or early October – everything drying up...
"I must up & away from this. I must regain my lost ground. It is but a little slip, but I must take firmer step lest I tumble..."
In the front yard, the white picket fence with the red, yellow, and white chrysanthemums, and the rich red orange maple tree in Cottrell’s yard, with our maple above and in front still a rich green.