Working all day in school mid afternoon sun comes out in a blue & white streaked sky – wind commences –
B&I to Gowanda Country – a bright clearing day after the heavy showers of last night. Took the road straight south after leaving Hamburg...
A flaming red sky at sunrise and as it turns yellow, a stiff damp winds comes out of the south turning the sky a rainy grey –...
Lunch under the willow tree again – we both concluded we think of no other place on earth we’d rather be than in this little spot. A yellow warbler and orioles kept singing most of the time we were...
A confused indefinite week of small events. My lumbago is getting better slowly but I feel no real urge to get out to paint. Only, as Hopper put it once, I want to want to paint.
Youth is a thing of the spirit—No matter what circumstances or duties or cares tend to drag you down—youth always must be retained—
For a walk – a marvelous wind has come up - wonderfully weird effects with arclights –
A vivid clear day sunlight white & blinding shadows are very sharp & dark blue black; dandelions hurt the eyes – Shadows group into flat masses...
Foggy morning – sun white spot in swift flowing mist – Trees hazy – clearing at night – To Winchesters – Feeling, after evening of hilarity, of self-disgust –
Bertha suggested we get sandwiches at the hut and go out in the country and “eat our lunch” by some roadside. I needed no persuading to decide to play truant with her and we were on our way by 12:00 –