About noon Red called to announce the safe delivery of a baby boy and we breathed a sigh of relief!
To the Big Woods painting — Another mellow sunny day – the trip down a rare pleasure –
At noon the High South wind blowing; heavy blue haze; a black storm appears in SW. The waving of dry sunlit corn against it of yellow flying leaves + swaying scrawny trees
What wonderful weather is this fall weather—I can only describe it as capricious.
Up at 5:00 A.M. To get Bertha – a happy reunion, the children all better –
These are truly rare October days...
"... An interesting discussion on the divinity of Christ. Such discussions are broadening."
On the way the sunset glow in the west. A long horizontal cloud-less, rich pink – the vapor trail of a jet plane, of the same color, in huge loops and turns – startling in effect –
The Swan of Tuonela by Sibelius – as I listen to it, it stirs me in a way no music has ever done ― It has the wild sad beauty of nature in it ― I have felt the same way in the woods...
Autumn Afterglow – Trees mostly bare or sprinkled with leaves – Sky blue luminous yellow blending to pink + blue at top – Trees a blackish yellow green, thinner against sky, with vibrating blue outline + white area next in – where branches are thickly netted the sky is wholly white –