The lake covered solidly in roughened ice, which was thrown into sharp relief by the level rays of the setting sun – Everywhere it seemed as if the Arctic regions could not possibly be any more wintry
A.M. – Food shopping (alone) and also at Woolworth’s & Ulbrich’s —
Last night—up at 3:00—the moon just past the zenith (to the west)—very brilliant and cold—the shadows of trees on the moonlit snow—
Yes, I did get the rising of Sirius and Orion painted – As I suspected it would, it turned out differently than I had planned. I added to the idea the moon rising (just the very tip of it shows over the hill) – I did some astronomical juggling to get in all I wanted
It is blasphemous to love the drops of dew on the haze blurred branches more than some formal religious idea? I say it is not. It may be said these are my Bible, the visible evidence of God - if so, I do love Him.
The children all came rushing in to greet me with kisses – The fact that I was unwashed, unshaven, & uncombed made not the slightest difference to them.
The third of warm, spring like days- with alternate showers and sunshine - a strong warm wind from the southwest...
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"...With me, both life & love are subservient to art. Is it perversion? Yet the ideal of art for art’s sake is so deeply implanted in me that the opposite seems perversion."
Sometime David played the piano, alone, or in duets with Peggy or Mart.